Christmas chorale members take a bough

Chorists on a 7-meter tall platform give voice to a "Singing human Christmas tree" at Megumi Chalet Karuizawa, a Christian education center in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. The specially built platform can hold 60 people. Performances, which started on Nov. 22, will be held twice a day, from 7 p.m. and from 8 p.m., on Dec. 5, 12, 19 and 23.(IHT/Asahi: November 28,2009)