Christmas Tree for Rockefeller Center

[Gary_C]

Yep, it's that time already. If you wanted to bring your chainsaw and help, your too late. They cut the tree down yesterday. I happened to see the cutting on the local news last night. The tree is a Norway Spruce from Connecticut.

I was shocked when I saw a guy with a chainsaw making a straight cut across that tree and then just backed up and stood there. But then the tree lifted off that stump and went airborne. They had a crane. Now why didn't I think of that?  :D

And if you wanted to help set it up, they did that this morning.  :

http://www.newyorkled.com/moreNYseasonal_christmas_Rockefeller-Tree.htm

[SwampDonkey]

Nova Scotia has always sent one down to Boston since 1973, in gratitude for the relief supplies received from the citizens of Boston after a ship exploded in 1917 following a collision in the Halifax, Nova Scotia Harbor. Part of the city was leveled killing and injuring thousands.

http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/extension/christmastrees/bostontree.htm

[mrcaptainbob]

Huh? What's a Christmas tree? I thought it was formally changed over this year to a Holiday Tree.

[easymoney]

i thought that the tree huggers would be up in arms about the waste of a tree. what will be done with the tree after the season is over. will it be taken to a landfill or will it be milled into lumber?

[J.Hercules]

Probably too much blue stain by January - or not a problem in the N.E.?
As I heard the report on the radio I wondered how much did the owner get paid for this fabulous tree? If it had been in my yard that long I would being having a great Christmas!

[easymoney]

if it was in my yard no one would cut it down if i could help it. no matter where it was going.

[SwampDonkey]

All kinds of them, just like it.  8)  ;)

[stonebroke]

Most of these Christmas trees are yard trees that have just gotten too big and have to be removed one way or another. They also have to be within a reasonable distance because it is a big deal to move a tree that large.

Stonebroke

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