Jody Victor: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
Each year Kathy and I go to New York City around the holidays to visit friends and see some Broadway Shows. One stop we always make is visiting the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. What a beautiful site!
The Rockefeller Center tree is located at Rockefeller Center, west of Fifth Avenue from 47th through 51st Streets in New York City.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree dates back to the Depression Era days. The tallest tree displayed at Rockefeller Center came in 1948 and was a Norway Spruce that measured in at 100 feet tall and hailed from Killingworth, Connecticut.
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.
To see live streaming video of the tree check out with site.
http://www.wnbc.com/christmastree/index.html
Next year we would like to bring Billy Florence, Orrin Woodward and Fred Harteis with us to visit NYC!
Enjoy!
Jody Victor is the owner of MarkerMan Productions.