Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

[caudio51]

Well I can't believe it is that time of the year already! The tree is up and getting strung with lights!

Weighing nine tons and boasting a 42-foot limb span, the tree was loaded onto a 115-foot-long trailer and transported to the city. The tree, Rockefeller Center's 73rd, is to be hoisted into place next to the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center on Thursday morning.

Last year's tree, a 71-foot-tall Norway spruce, came from Suffern, N.Y.

The first Rockefeller Center tree was put up in 1931 by workers helping to build the complex, and the first formal tree-lighting ceremony took place in 1933.

http://www.wnbc.com/christmastree/index.html

 

[Poni]

Its beautiful up close, if you can get that close.

They do a nice job around the holiday season.

 

[Wasch_24]

The White House tree gets kinda gaudy looking at times.

 

[Doofus]

The White House tree gets kinda gaudy looking at times.

Are you talking about the one at The Ellipse? If so, I'm glad to hear someone else say that!

My favorite part is hanging out with the real reindeer.

 

[Wasch_24]

Yeah...it gets kinda over the top sometimes.

 

[caudio51]

I love the smell of pine, thinking about going out and getting one of thos pine scented candles!