Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City

     The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree dates back to the Depression Era days. The first tree at Rockefeller Center was placed in 1931. It was a small unadorned tree placed by construction workers at the center of the construction site. Two years later, another tree was placed there, this time with lights. These days, the giant Rockefeller Center tree is laden with over 25,000 Christmas lights.
     Although the official Christmas tree tradition at Rockefeller Center began in 1933 (the year the 30 Rockefeller Plaza opened), the unofficial tradition began during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir tree with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans" on Christmas Eve (December 24, 1931), as recounted by Daniel Okrent in his history of Rockefeller Center.  There was no Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 1932.

           This year, the tree was lit on November 30, and is scheduled to remain illuminated until the first week of January, 2011.  When it is removed, it will be recycled for a variety of uses.  In 2007, the tree went "green," employing LED lights. After being taken down, the tree was used to furnish lumber for Habitat for Humanity house construction.
     The tallest Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center was a 100 foot spruce in 1999.
 

Trees used since 2003:
2010 from Mahopac, NY, a Norway spruce - 74 ft
2009 from Bethel, CT, a Norway spruce - 76 ft
2008 from Hamilton, NJ, a Norway spruce - 72 ft
2007 from Shelton, CT, a Norway spruce - 84 ft
2006 from Ridgefield, CT, a Norway spruce - 88 ft
2005 from Wayne, NJ, a Norway spruce - 74 ft
2004 from Suffern, NY,a  Norway spruce - 71 ft
2003 from Manchester, CT, a Norway spruce - 79 ft

    The Rockefeller Center tree is located at Rockefeller Center, west of Fifth Avenue from 47th through 51st Streets in New York City.

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