12 of the world's most spectacular Christmas trees

By Tamara Hinson, for CNN

(CNN) -- Twinkly lights and tinsel?

That's so last Christmas.

Christmas trees don't have to be traditional to look spectacular.

In fact, some of the most memorable ones this year are anything but.

How about a Christmas tree made from Lego?

Or macaroons?

Even the odder entrants in this selection of the world's most amazing Christmas trees on public display tend to be big and bright.

And there are still plenty of sparkly stars to be found and photographed.

They're just much bigger and much brighter than the ones on the tree in your living room.

1. Vilnius Christmas tree (Lithuania)

The well-preserved old town in the Lithuanian capital looks like just the sort of place that needs a Christmas tree.

Now it's got one -- in fact, at 25 meters, the tallest Christmas tree in the Balkans.

Well, "tree" -- it's actually a metal skeleton covered with fir tree branches.

Lithuanian fir tree branches, though -- they're not made in China.

Vilnius Christmas Tree, Cathedral Square, Vilnius, Lithuania

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