Christmas tree
A Christmas tree was typically any conifer tree that was decorated with lights and ornaments, known as Christmas tree decorations, during the Christmas season.
History
The Christmas after Jo Grant left UNIT, the UNIT HQ canteen was decorated with a large Christmas tree. (PROSE: Faithful Friends: Part 1) Remote-controlled Christmas trees were used by the Roboforms during the alien invasions of Earth that occurred on Christmas of 2006 and 2007. They were dealt with by the Tenth Doctor on both occasions. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride)
On 25 December 2006, a Christmas tree was placed behind Prime Minister Harriet Jones as she addressed the British public and the Doctor in the midst of the Sycorax invasion. (TV: The Christmas Invasion, PROSE: The Christmas Inversion)
There was a Christmas tree in the Nobles' home by Christmas Eve 2007. Sylvia and Geoff Noble embraced near to it when Donna Noble and the Tenth Doctor spoke outside. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"54:18","1":"The Runaway Bride (TV story)"})
Princess Cilia used Ulian shrinking technology to make herself six inches tall and hid on top of a Christmas tree, pretending to be an angel. The Ulian robots which had been sent to protect her tracked her down with the Tenth Doctor's help. The Doctor convinced her to return home with the robots. (PROSE: The Doctor on My Shoulder)
When the Zentra came to Earth, they disguised Zentrabots as the Christmas "toy craze". When the Zentrabots were underneath children's Christmas trees, the Zentra sent an activation signal to kidnap a hundred thousand children, and demanded to one of Earth's governments that they would hand over all its weapons or the children would die. The children were successfully rescued by the Eleventh Doctor. (COMIC: The Zentrabot Invasion)
A Christmas tree was on display in the waiting room of the hospital Rory Williams worked at during the Year of the Slow Invasion in the early 21st century. (TV: The Power of Three)
In the 2020s, (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log) a group of humans had a model christmas tree in their home. (PROSE: And now for a story...)
Various Christmas trees could be seen around Christmastime in 2023, such as one on display in a street in Notting Hill, one in the Sundays' home, and one that the Fifteenth Doctor stopped from falling on Davina McCall after it was pushed by a Goblin. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
Christmas trees were a common sight in the town of Christmas on Trenzalore. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
Other references
In 1941, Amy Pond observed that a Dalek ship had lit up the city of London like a Christmas tree. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)
