It doesn't get much more "iconic NYC Christmas" than the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, towering above the ice rink below. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is a world-wide symbol of the holidays in New York City.
Daniel Okrent in his book 'The epic of Rockefeller center' wrote: "A progenitor of the world's mot famous Christmas tree was a relatively modest balsam rising out of the rock floor near the eastern end of the central block ( of the future Rockefeller center). On December 31, 1931 some very fortunate men dressed the tree in strings of cranberries, garland of paper an even few tin cans." The men were fortunate because they had jobs and it was the time of Great Depression.
Official Christmas tree tradition at Rockefeller Center began in 1933. Usually the lighting is at the first days of December. Starting from 1986 the tree is always Norway spruce between 69 to 100 feet tall. The tallest tree was from Connecticut in 1999 and stood 100 feet tall.
The 2013 tree is 76 feet tall and weighs 12 tons, and it was first planted by the original owners of the Vargoshe family's home (Connecticut) Otto and Susan Luchtenberg in 1953. The couple decided to get a “living” Christmas tree. After Christmas, they planted it back in their front yard.
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| Tree arrived (2010 photo) |
The 85-foot Norway spruce of 2014 was donated by a central Pennsylvania family. The 78-foot, 10-ton 2015 tree was from Gardiner, New York. Last year the 94-foot Norway spruce tree arrived from the backyard in Oneonta, New York.
2017 year Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, an enormous, 12-ton Norway spruce,which is estimated to be around 80 years old, made the journey from State College, PA
Since 2007, the tree has been lit completely by solar-powered LED lights. This year it is illuminated by 50,000 of them! And it is topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
Here is my collection of Rockefeller Christmas tree pictures. The first photo was taken in December 2005.
Daniel Okrent in his book 'The epic of Rockefeller center' wrote: "A progenitor of the world's mot famous Christmas tree was a relatively modest balsam rising out of the rock floor near the eastern end of the central block ( of the future Rockefeller center). On December 31, 1931 some very fortunate men dressed the tree in strings of cranberries, garland of paper an even few tin cans." The men were fortunate because they had jobs and it was the time of Great Depression.
Official Christmas tree tradition at Rockefeller Center began in 1933. Usually the lighting is at the first days of December. Starting from 1986 the tree is always Norway spruce between 69 to 100 feet tall. The tallest tree was from Connecticut in 1999 and stood 100 feet tall. 
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