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For at least the last decade or so, the (now former) News Channel had a tree in the background for at least a week before Christmas Day itself. I'm not sure if that was always the case and what they did when the channel was News 24 and when they were in Studio N8. I know Breakfast has had a tree in the studio for at least 2 weeks before Christmas Day but again not sure if that's always been the way or for how many years (I imagine this being the same for regional news). The network bulletins have only had a tree for as long as they've shared a studio with the News Channel, although the late bulletin on Christmas Eve and bulletins on Christmas Day first got a festive ending in 2007 when they still had their own studio in N6 during the blue skyline backdrop era.

As I recall when the News channel was News 24 and in N8 it typically inherited one or both of Breakfast's tree(s) on Christmas Eve. It wasn't exactly the most breathtaking example you'd ever seen.

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Around 2010/2011 when the News channel had to decamp from N6 to N9 for the Barco screens upgrade, they had a larger artificial tree in the background.

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