Picea abies outside of its native range, and one of the most economically important coniferous species in Europe. It is used as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. It is also widely planted for use as a Christmas tree. Every Christmas, the Norwegian capital city, Oslo, provides the cities of London (the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree), Edinburgh and Washington D.C. with a Norway spruce, which is placed at the most central square of each city. This is mainly a sign of gratitude for the aid these countries gave during the Second World War. In North America, Norway spruce is widely planted,
Pluto's Christmas Tree including "A Disney Christmas Gift". Scenes from this cartoon along with scenes from "Mickey's Christmas Carol" were also set to D-TV's video of Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree". A book published in 1954 from Little Golden Books called "Donald Duck's Christmas Tree" has the same plot as this cartoon but with Donald Duck instead of Mickey Mouse. "The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Characters" mistakenly credits Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow as appearing in this cartoon. Pluto's Christmas Tree Pluto's Christmas Tree is a 1952 Mickey Mouse cartoon in which Pluto and Mickey cut down a Christmas tree that