Rockefeller Center set the main Christmas tree in New York. A PHOTO
November 10 at Rockefeller Center was delivered and installed the main Christmas tree in New York.
Photo: Facebook / Rockefeller Center
The ceremony of lighting the lights on it will take place on November 28, it is said on the page of the center on the social network Facebook.
This year's symbol of Christmas was delivered from Wallkill (New York), the tree weighs about 12 tons, the height of the tree is 72 feet (almost 22 meters), the width is 45 feet (almost 14 m).
Photo: Facebook / Rockefeller Center
5 miles (8 km) of lights (about 50 thousand lights) will be used to decorate it.
The Christmas beauty will be open to the public until 7 January 2019.
Photo: Facebook / Rockefeller Center
Photo: Facebook / Rockefeller Center
A Christmas tree near the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan is installed from 1931, although the official installation history of Christmas trees is conducted from 1933, because in 1932, the Christmas symbol was not installed near the center, and since 1933, the lighting ceremony on the tree is held annually.
The Christmas tree is decorated at the end of November, the ceremony of lighting the lights is broadcast live throughout the country.
Photo: Facebook / Rockefeller Center
The selection of trees is the main florist of the Rockefeller Center Eric Pose. Selection is conducted throughout the year in several states. The minimum requirements for the dimensions of the tree - 20 meters in height and 10,5 in width. For its transportation a special sliding trailer is used, which is designed for lengths up to 38 meters.
Photo: Facebook / Rockefeller Center
On the Christmas tree lighting goes from 30 000 multi-colored LEDs and about 8 kilometers of wires. From 2004, the star of the tree is decorated with a star with a diameter of almost 3 meters and a weight of 250 kg produced by the company Swarovski.
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