T he 2022 Christmas tree has been unveiled in London’s Trafalgar Square, but not everybody is impressed. The tree, which first appeared to have spare growth on its branches when it arrived on Monday, has been called everything from “recycled” to “pathetic”. However, some people have leapt to the tree’s defence. The British Embassy in Oslo felt the need to go online to say the tree had been “in perfect condition when it left” Norway and was a symbol of the close relationship between the two countries. But what are the origins of the controversial foliage? Where is the Trafalgar...