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This photo taken on Dec. 19, 2017 shows, Rome's official Christmas tree standing in front of the Unknown Soldier monument in downtown Rome. Rome's city cabinet decided on the tree’s "new life" Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, hoping to close an embarrassing chapter that saw the tree, so droopy and dried out it was nicknamed "Mangy" by Romans, come to symbolize the city's degradation and dysfunction under its 5-Star mayor, Virginia Raggi, and years of neglect and corruption before her. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Rome's pathetic Christmas tree, so droopy and dried out that residents nicknamed it "The Mangy One," will be carved up and turned into souvenirs and a lactation hut for mothers and babies, city officials said Tuesday.

By NICOLE WINFIELD, AP January 11, 2018