Ukraine's main Christmas tree will be lit on Independence Square in Kyiv on Saint Nicholas Day. Ukraine's main Christmas tree will be lit on Independence Square in Kyiv on Saint Nicholas Day, Dec. 19.

The date was set in a resolution issued by Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky, the press service of Kyiv City State Administration reported.

"Work on putting up the tree on Independence Square will start on Dec. 4. This year's tree will be 'alive.' It will be 35 meters high. Around 450-500 small fir trees are to be fitted to a 20-tonne metallic tree skeleton," Deputy Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Zhuravsky said.