German President <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Joachim+Gauck&family=editorial&specificpeople=2077888 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Joachim Gauck</a> (R) offers a gift bag to photographers during the illumination ceremony for the Christmas tree at Bellevue Presidential Palace on December 4, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The 12-meter (40-foot) tall Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) was planted in 1994 and is being supplied to the president for the second time by Werderaner Tannenhof Christmas tree farm in the town of Werder, just outside of the German capital.
{"Image ImageDescription": "BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 04:  German President Joachim Gauck (R) offers a gift bag to photographers during the illumination ceremony for the Christmas tree at Bellevue Presidential Palace on December 4, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The 12-meter (40-foot) tall Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) was planted in 1994 and is being supplied to the president for the second time by Werderaner Tannenhof Christmas tree farm in the town of Werder, just outside of the German capital.  (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2012 Adam Berry"}