Rio de Janeiro proudly boasts the world’s tallest floating Christmas tree — yes, that’s a thing — which normally looks something like this:
But this year, days before the 280-foot metallic tree was scheduled to be lit up in the middle of Rio’s lagoon, an 85-mph wind snapped the 542-ton structure in half and delayed the annual fireworks-and-music-filled lighting ceremony by nearly a month, as I wrote in an article published today by Fusion. Rio’s famous tree right now looks something like this:
Talk about a Charlie Brown Christmas. Brazil’s famous floating tree is even sadder than Charlie’s droopy evergreen.
