3Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily

The town of Gubbio in Umbria may be home to the largest Christmas tree in the world, with lights projected on the slopes of Mount Ingino, but in Sicily that honor goes to Palazzolo Acreide, which boasts the tallest Christmas tree on the island.

Each year the town sets up hundreds of lights on the Baroque facade of the Basilica of San Sebastiano in the town’s main square in Piazza del Popolo.