'Christmas Around the World' returns to Chicago's science museum
Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light, a 74-year tradition, returned to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry Thursday with help from 14 preschool children and a miniature robot.
This year, the museum's lighting of its 45-foot Grand Christmas Tree highlighted its Robot Revolution exhibit, which opened in May. Robotis Mini, a 12-inch robot and popular figure at the Robot exhibit, lit the rotunda's main stage Christmas tree with support from a group of children from the Rainforest Learning Center, dressed in cardboard robot suits.
In all, 51 trees, representing 51 countries, lined the museum's rotunda. Each was decorated with trinkets distinct to that country's culture, along with a description of Christmas customs and how to say "Merry Christmas" in their language.
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