#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 1: Rutland Square. Elegant, understated, classy.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 2: Melville Crescent. If Dolly Parton lived in the New Town, this is what she’d want. A generous gift of happiness, joy and sparkles to anyone walking by on a cold December night.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 3: Old College Quad, University of Edinburgh. If you’ve done over 400 years of research and teaching, you know how to do a proper Christmas tree.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 4: Ravelston Dykes. This family realised their home is shaped like a Christmas Tree so they’ve lit it up like one. Chapeau!
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 5: National War Museum. The only Christmas Tree guarded by an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun. Look after your Christmas Tree and it will look after you.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 6: Palmerston Place. Classic Edinburgh ‘double top’ in action. Part festive firefighter pole, part Jack and the Beanstalk, it’s like Christmas goes right through these homes all the way to the North Pole.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 7: St Giles’ Cathedral. When you’ve got this as a location, the secret is not trying too hard with your decorations. And, fittingly for the Old Town, it even has a ghost couple getting a festive selfie.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 8: Spittal Street. Gutted at not being able to get into The Blue Blazer for a festive drink but spirits raised by the lights of the wee tree in the first floor window. We will return.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 9: Foot of the Walk. Leith is having a Victorian Christmas.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 10: Scottish National Portrait Gallery. If you were to make a portrait of a perfect Christmas Tree, it would probably be this one. The Bard approves.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 11: Eglinton Crescent. From Little Acorns Do Mighty Oaks Grow (or jumbo Christmas Trees just don’t magically appear). Fittingly, this is the childhood home of author Dorothy Emily Stevenson who began writing at a young age but hid her work because her parents disapproved and refused to send her to university, ‘lest she become a bluestocking’. She went on to sell over seven million copies of her novels 👏
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 12: Corstorphine Old Parish Church. It’s a good life being a Christmas Tree - glamour, lights, attention - but you’ve always got to watch out for young pretenders trying to muscle in on the action…
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 13: Undisclosed Location ⚠︎ The Unlucky Christmas Tree. Nothing sadder than finding one trapped in a compound, stuck in the middle of a private park. It’s like solitary confinement for Christmas Trees.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 14: St Andrew & St George’s. Having a moment of reflection in this oasis of calm amidst the commercial clamour of George Street.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 16: Roseburn. If the Christmas Tree says celebrate, then celebrate we will. And we’ll do it safely, taking care of each other, so we can celebrate together in the future.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 17: Palace of Holyroodhouse (1 of 4). This is not just a Christmas Tree… it's a Royal Christmas Tree. Loved the decorations throughout the Palace and on their trees in the Throne Room and Grand Gallery. Definitively regal.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 17: Palace of Holyroodhouse (2 of 4). This is not just a Christmas Tree… it's a Royal Christmas Tree. Loved the decorations throughout the Palace and on their trees in the Throne Room and Grand Gallery. Definitively regal.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 17: Palace of Holyroodhouse (3 of 4). This is not just a Christmas Tree… it's a Royal Christmas Tree. Loved the decorations throughout the Palace and on their trees in the Throne Room and Grand Gallery. Definitively regal.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 17: Palace of Holyroodhouse (4 of 4). This is not just a Christmas Tree… it's a Royal Christmas Tree. Loved the decorations throughout the Palace and on their trees in the Throne Room and Grand Gallery. Definitively regal.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 18: Grassmarket. 5pm, Black Friday 2020. Any other year, it would be packed with office parties, tourists and Christmas revellers. This year, it's pretty much tumbleweed... *sigh*
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 19: National Museum of Scotland. If your festive decorations don't include a particle accelerator and a sperm whale, you may need to consider just how much effort you’re putting into Christmas.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 20: Clarendon Crescent. The New Town’s festive arms race just got serious.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 21: Carrick Knowe Parish Church. On the shortest day and the longest night, finding this grotto of stars and angels rebalanced everything.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 22: Queensferry Road. A Christmas Tree with two snowmen bodyguards. They know they’re the only decorations in their block. They’re holding the line.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 23: Bank Street. Bright Lights, Big City (and enhanced by a photo-bombing ghost No 23 bus).
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 24: Stenhouse Grove. The world may be moving faster than we’d like but a good Christmas Tree will always keep you grounded.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 25: The Mound.
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Santa) with one of the best views over the city. Oh Edinburgh, stay safe, stay beautiful.
#ChristmasTreesOfEdinburgh No 25: Western General Hospital. It’s not the biggest or brightest tree but probably the most poignant one. Hats off to all the frontline workers on shift today and let’s make their jobs a little easier by taking care of each other. Happy Christmas!
