he Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center It was installed Saturday in its new home in Manhattan, marking the official start of the Christmas season in New York City.
This year’s tree is A Norway spruce 23 meters high, From the town of East Greenbush, upstate near Albany. After being cut off this week, he traveled 240 kilometers south on a flatbed truck, sparking the curiosity of those who saw him pass by.
The crowds were much larger at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where workers used cranes to lift the 11-ton tree into place. View of the iconic skating rink. Dozens of people gathered with coffee and phones in hand as the team secured the spruce and began the delicate installation process.
It will soon be decorated with more than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights, and crowned with a Swarovski star weighing 408 kilograms.
The official lighting will take place on December 3 during a live television broadcast hosted by country music star Reba McEntire. The tree will remain on display until mid-January, when it will be turned into lumber for the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity, which builds affordable housing.
The tree was donated by Judy Ross and her family, who said so It was planted by her husband’s grandparents in the 1920s.
“That it is now the center of Christmas in New York is unbelievable,” Ross told 1010 WINS.
The first Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center It was put up by workers in 1931, during the Great Depression, as a gesture to boost morale. The modest six-meter-tall balsam fir tree is decorated with garlands handmade by the workers’ families.
This tradition continued, and in 1933 the official tree lighting ceremony was held for the first time.
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