Trafalgar Square Christmas tree countdown to Christmas. Since 2009, the Poetry Society has commissioned new poems annually for display on banners around the base of the tree. In 2010, schoolchildren also performed one of the poems at the lighting-up ceremony. Trafalgar Square Christmas tree The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is a Christmas tree donated to the people of Britain by the city of Oslo, Norway each year since 1947. The tree is prominently displayed in Trafalgar Square from the beginning of December until 6 January. The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree has been an annual gift to the people of Britain by the city of
1996 Trafalgar Square riots flashback to the large-scale football violence in the country during the 1980s. However the rioting was the only notable incident that happened during the Euro 1996 championship, which went by mostly peaceful and orderly. These were the worst of the rioting that happened that day in several places in the country, including in Swindon and Bedford, where looting occurred. In Shirley, West Midlands, hooligans threw bricks at an Aldi (German) supermarket. In Brighton, a Russian student was stabbed five times by a hooligan thinking he was German. 1996 Trafalgar Square riots The 1996 Trafalgar Square riots in London occurred on