the christmas tree of lagoa rodrigo de freitas has been wowing audiences since 1996. it is unique in that it is the world's largest floating christmas tree and officially recognized by the guinness book of record, weighing in at over 543 tons.

the decoration consists of 3.1 million micro light bulbs, 120 kilometers of tube lights, and 100 led spotlights. the tree is just over 85 meters tall, the equivalent of a 28-story building.