A picture shows the controversial Christmas tree at Piazza Venezia in Rome, on December 19, 2017. For the second year in a row the Christmas tree has backfired on the city's mayor Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Five Star mouvement (M5S). This year the tree was a gift from Val di Fiemme in the Trentino region of northern Italy but unfortunetly the municipality admited the tree has dried before Christmas day. / AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI        (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)