Christmas tree in Rockefeller center is a symbol of Christmas in new York. Thousands of citizens and tourists from all over the world come to it annually. Here you can meet people of all ages, all social strata. Here are Dating, walk with the kids. But not every resident of the Big Apple knows about the history of this tree and even more about the secrets that she keeps under its spreading branches: where does it come from, who chooses it, as we dismantle the tree? And talk about this.
So, the Christmas tree is installed at its permanent location since 1931. It was then built Rockefeller center. When the builders installed the tree, local residents and tourists gathered in downtown Manhattan to enjoy its festive lights and feel the «Christmas spirit». The official history of the installation of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller center is from 1933.
This year in Midtown Manhattan will be installed Norwegian spruce, with a height of 75 feet, whose age is 80 years. The tree weighs almost 12 tons. It brought from State College in Pennsylvania. The tree this year was picked up by the gardener of Rockefeller center Eric POS. He accidentally saw the tree during his visit to a football match back in 2010. After that, POS every year come to State College and watched the growth of spruce. In 2017 it has reached the right height and a perfect fit for Rockefeller center.
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Perhaps you would be interested to know that the selection of a new spruce Christmas starts a year before its installation.
«This is a year-round process, I am constantly in search of spruce that can be included in the list,» said POUs.
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Choose the perfect spruce, which is good from all sides, because it is the «star» of many of the show and will be broadcast on television. Remove the can from all sides.
And another interesting fact. It turns out that the Rockefeller center has never paid for fir. «The tree is a donation,» says POUs. Of course, any costs associated with transportation were eating, the gym owner takes over, but for the tree itself, he does not pay.
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Once the fir is dismantled at the end of the festive season, it becomes waste, its just like hundreds of other trees allowed for processing. but inspiring dimensions of wood can transform it not just sawdust for use in the garden, but the planks and beams used for construction of houses, manufacture of Windows, etc., for Example, of wood 2014 built part of the house in Philadelphia.
After installation, the tree is decorated with colored lights. Garland length is 5 miles and it is enough to stretch from 30 Rock to Battery Park. Garland contains 45,000 light bulbs.
Select and install spruce at Rockefeller center, as you can see, the task is not easy, but the work is worth it. Tree brings happiness and festive warmth to the hundreds of thousands of people and hopefully will continue to give him a very long years.
