I love Christmas Trees. As a kid we would drive an hour out into the middle of the country, trudge deep into the woods until we found the evergreen with the perfect shape, and bring home a beauty for all to see. As an adult my wife and I got married during December and the place was covered with trees. We always put up two. A fancy one in the front over looking the street and the tacky one in the living room. Of course the tacky one is my favorite since it’s filled to the brim with literally 150 ornaments featuring everyone from Snoopy to Spiderman. Oh and gone are the days of chopping our own, we went fake a looong time ago. The thought of it taking all those years an evergreen to reach the size of a Christmas tree only to be cut down and tossed to the side of the road after a few weeks just doesn’t seem right.
This year we aren’t the only ones worrying about the environmental impact of Christmas, Rockefeller Center is getting in on the act as well. The 84-foot tall Norway spruce which will take it’s place in a line long of trees going back to 1931 will be covered with 30,000 energy-efficient LEDs (light emitting diodes). That’s five miles of Christmas lights. And to make things even greener the lights will receive the majority of their power from solar cells located on a nearby building. "Now they (New Yorkers) will see an example of green leadership which may inspire them to make greener choices in their own lives," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week.
This year’s tree lighting will kick off on November 28th with the usual giant sized ceremony. After which the tree will be lit daily form 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. until the first week of January. Oh and then instead of being tossed aside like the trees in my day, the Rockefeller tree will be used by Habitat For Humanity to build homes for those in need.
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