Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

                                                       

The first tree in Rockefeller center is between west 48th and 51st street and Fifth and Sixth avenues  was in 1931 was a small 20 foot balsam fir. when workers put up and decorated it with stringed cranberries, garland and even cans. The first official tree was two years later and that was a 50 foot tree now the trees are 69 to 100 foot Norway Spruce.  In 1936 the ice rink was opened. During world war 2 three small trees were put up in the center each decorated one color of the united states flag in the years of 1944 and 45 the tree was left unlite do to black outs regulations. In Dec 2001 again the tree was decorated in red white and blue following the attacks on 9/11 When the tree gets to Rockefeller center it is anchored by 4 steel spikes held buy guy-wires with a spike in its base then scaffolding is used to decorate the tree with 3 million multi colored lights 70 spikes and topped with a Swarovski crystal star and weighing 900lbs in the end. Starting in 2007 the trees have been milled and donated to habitat for humanity