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Australian Christmas tree sets record with 518,838 lights

CANBERRA (Australia) — An Australian has set a world record by illuminating a Christmas tree in the capital, Canberra, with 518,838 twinkling lights.

A visitor watches the illumination ahead of the Christmas at Tokyo on Nov 26, 2015. Photo: AP

A visitor watches the illumination ahead of the Christmas at Tokyo on Nov 26, 2015. Photo: AP

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CANBERRA (Australia) — An Australian has set a world record by illuminating a Christmas tree in the capital, Canberra, with 518,838 twinkling lights.

Guinness World Records confirmed that David Richards broke the record today (Nov 27) for the most lights on an artificial Christmas tree that had been held for five years by Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. That 36-metre Japanese tree had set a new benchmark of 374,280 lights earlier this month.

Richards, a Canberra lawyer and businessman, brought together a team of volunteers including an electrical engineer, structural engineer, welders, carpenters, masons and steel fixers to erect the display on a 22-metre steel tree.

Mr Richards creates such Christmas extravaganzas to raise money for Canberra’s Sudden Infant Death Syndrome charity. AP

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