Selecting
the perfect Christmas tree for Midtown Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center is no
easy task. It has to be quite
perfect. But one has been found that
meets the requirements. It was chosen
from Pennsylvania’s State College (Jason Perrin’s home) and is originally from
Norway. It was put on display behind the
ice rink and it will be lit up in a ceremony on November 29.
The
tree will – as in years past – remain at the center throughout Christmas and
New Year’s and will only be taken down January 7. Rockefeller Center has been adorned with a
tree now for around 7 decades and is viewed by passersby between W. 48th
and 51st Streets and Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
This
year measuring in at 75 feet it has a 50 foot diameter and weighs approximately
12-13 tons.
