The Vatican
The lines were too long, and I had been there before, so I didn't make an effort to fight my way into the Vatican. But I did want to see the Christmas tree!
I actually don't think I had seen the Vatican before at night. It was much softer, quieter, than I remembered.
The Christmas tree was a surprising blue-green. But the golden lights on the colonnade, and the soft hue of the dome, tied the display into a very pleasing whole.
I especially liked the effect of the saints and the apostles standing on the roof of the Vatican, observing the crowd and the tree.
