Christmas tree wars

A month before Christmas  in Lithuania is a "real" battlefield. Luckily not a really real one - the field of competition is full of Christmas trees. So, it's fair to say that's a fir wood of competition! Christmas toys, garlands and lights are our cannon balls and bullets. Yes, the war is fictional, otherwise even with Christmas toys, garlands and toys much damage can be done. But it is very real in the newspapers and online portals, filled with titles "which Christmas tree is the best this year?" and alike.
It's true that we Lithuanians like to compare ourselves to the neighbors - the closer the better. And the rivals in this competition are our cities and towns. Thanks to this every-year competition, the centers of towns turn into little commercial markets selling expensive stuff and alluring with their smells of waffles, cookies and mulled wine. So, yes - our hearts of towns had turned into something you can find in every western Europe city during Christmas period. Nothing original, but not entirely true. The competition between two main cities is so tough, that they start preparing for next Christmas at the beginning of the year. Yes, brainstorming ideas, evaluating the budget and doing the hard work. Could you imagine a work, where your main duty was to decorate a Christmas tree? No, I don't think it's a fully and well paid position, rather they run on a good will and great ideas than on a good salary, but in any case - the task is exciting. And yes, our nice looking Christmas trees are not made from a single fir tree. It's rather dozens of smaller fir branches put on a carcass, but it still can be made to look like a real tree. Well, in one of Lithuanian cities in the past Christmas trees were being made from other stuff, like plastic cups and bags and bottles and the things alike, that combined together still had a shape of Christmas tree. In the past years it uses more and more fir trees(unfortunately) and is more natural(and looks more like a Christmas tree in Western Europe capitals), but still has some interesting elements. Some toys can be activated through internet and change lightning color or start rotating. This year there is a merry-go-round below the tree carcass - it was made specially for this occasion. This tree is located in the old town square of Kaunas. (To get a visual understanding of what I'm talking about, you can check out the trees from the other years at this page: https://kaunoeglute.lt/)
It's main rival is located in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It has always been more traditional-western-Europe-commercial type of Christmas tree(because of a bigger budget). But still with a typical look it managed to achieve something beautiful this year as well. Well, maybe the right word would be - inspiring - the light bulb lines from the tree are going into all directions and forming like a roof - but the light garlands are very evenly distributed and it makes a feeling of being in some magical places. Well, symmetry always works great on people! The best way to experience Vilnius's Christmas tree is to get under this roof and at a time when it is less crowded.
And I hear that other towns are becoming more inventive and brave every year, so, hopefully this Christmas tree competition will have more than two strong competitors this year.