The Christmas song “Every Year Again” can also be applied to false reports on social media, because they return just as regularly.
Like a video about a Christmas tree. A Christmas tree that appears to be in some kind of shopping center. In this video you can see how some people are pulling at the tree and trying to climb it.
At the same time, you can also see in the short video how some people throw small objects in the direction of the tree. Overall, there is a certain unrest.
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The video was also set to music. A speaker talks about scenes in a German city and that Muslims want to destroy this Christmas tree. Here is a screenshot from the video, which is distributed via WhatsApp and Facebook:

So, you have to say clearly, the video is real. But the story told about the video is complete nonsense. This Christmas tree is not in Germany, it is not even in Europe.
What's the deal with the Christmas tree?
We are dealing with a story that “Every Year Again” is now in its fourth Christmas season ( compare ). That's pretty intense. Just as memorable as it is violent is the fact that the narrative “Muslims want to stop Christmas in Germany” has now become so entrenched that many people consider this video with its soundtrack to be a real report.
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This video with the current soundtrack has also been available since 2018. This video has accordingly acquired a news character through which it attempts to legitimize itself.
Depending on the soundtrack and the text elements that were put into the video, there are also screenshots that are distributed. All text, as well as the corresponding subtitles in the video, are completely fictional.
Where is the original video from?
The video was shot at the Mall of Arabia in Cairo . The Christmas tree was there and we reported on this video for the first time in the winter of 2016. At that time we asked the mall directly and got the following answer:

What exactly the people were doing is a little unclear, but it was neither a game nor an attack on the tree. According to the mall, it was “kids” that the center’s security dealt with directly. The operators of the mall themselves naturally have a (commercial) interest in Christmas, and so there is also the Christmas tree.
In some texts and explanations for this video, the custom of Christmas plundering is also given as an explanation. Plundering is a tradition where Christmas decorations are taken out of the tree on January 13th. It is essentially “looted”. It is a custom that comes from Sweden. However, we do not assume that this custom from Sweden is also used in Cairo and can be seen in this video.
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