MMC History of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. grew up with Christmas firmly a part of his family’s culture. An 1885 school essay speaks of Christmas being celebrated with family and sleigh rides. But Christmas was never on his mind years later as he envisioned the “city within a city” that would become Rockefeller Center. In 1928, about a year before the famed market crash of October 1929, Rockefeller leased land in the heart of New York City intending to build a showcase development that would have the Metropolitan Opera as its centerpiece. But with the market crash the Opera backed out and Rockefeller hesitated due to his own losses of the times. But after giving it lots of thought Rockefeller re-drew his plansRead more

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[xmas365]

My goal is to go there this December, all I want is to take a picture of it, and get an ornament to commemorate our visit.

 

[Jeff Westover]

I actually want to go to get video of it...like with a drone...that would be awesome...