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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI, at right, has illuminated a huge Christmas tree lighting display in Umbria by tapping on a tablet computer from the comfort of the Vatican.
Benedict brought the “tree” to life Wednesday with a Sony Tablet S, thanks to a wireless connection with the local electric grid. In reality, the “tree,” billed as the world’s biggest, is a display made up of nearly 1,000 lights on a mountainside in Gubbio. It is 1,476 feet by 2,460 feet and covers an area of 1.4 million square feet, or just under 30 soccer fields.
The 84-year-old Benedict has embraced new technology: Earlier this year, he tweeted for the first time and put the Vatican’s news information portal online by tapping on an iPad. The Associated Press
