The tree at Rockefeller Center is due an update (NY Daily News)
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“A highlight of the month of December for my sisters and me, growing up in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s, was a trip downtown to breathe in the smoky caramel scent of chestnuts roasting on the tiny pushcarts of bundled-up street vendors, hear the jingling bells of Salvation Army Santas along Fifth Ave., see the storybook holiday window displays of department stores like B. Altman’s and Lord & Taylor’s, and admire the spectacular Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.”
To read the rest of this op-ed for the NY Daily News on the potential for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree to become a symbol not only of holiday cheer but also of hope and sustainability, look here.