A Christmas tree put up in the middle of London's Trafalgar Square is being ridiculed for looking sparse and droopy.
The Norwegian spruce is a "generous gift from the people of Oslo to London" according to Westminster City Council.
But visitors have said the 69ft tree looks sad, droopy, sparse and anaemic.
The British Ambassador to Norway, Richard Wood told the BBC: "This is what 90-year-old, 25m trees in the wild look like.
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"It is important to consider the symbolism of the tree rather than simply how many branches it has."
The tree - which has its own Twitter account - confirmed its lights will be switched on from 6pm tonight and also hit back at the haters.
One twitter user quipped: "Hi @trafalgartree please don’t listen to the trolls, I think you look cute and gorgeous and you’re making me very festive."
To which the tree's account replied: "And to think I thought I’d left them in Norway!"
According to Westminster City Council the tree was planted in about 1929 in a forest near a small lake called Trollvann, which is Norwegian for "the water of the trolls".
It weighs around two tonnes and has been "encouraged to grow" by foresters talking to it and hugging it.
It was felled on Tuesday, November 19, at a special ceremony attended by the mayors of Oslo and Westminster before being shipped from Brevik to Immingham.
The first Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree in 1947 was 48ft tall and was a thank you from King Haakon VII who was forced to flee Norway and seek sanctuary in Britain with his government as the Nazis invaded his homeland, the BBC reports.
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