The lights are dimming on this yr’s Rockefeller Heart Christmas Tree.
The 11-ton Norway Spruce acquired a light-weight dusting of snow on its remaining day earlier than crews deliver it all the way down to be milled and repurposed.
Anybody trying to catch one remaining peak on the vacation spectacle has till 10 p.m. on Saturday. After that, the tree goes darkish — formally bringing an finish to the vacations in New York Metropolis.
This yr’s tree got here from Massachusetts — the primary tree to return from that state since 1959.
What occurs to the Rockefeller Heart Christmas tree after it comes down?
The tree goes from offering Christmas pleasure to offering housing.
When the tree is taken down, it’s laid in Rockefeller Plaza to be minimize up and brought to a yard in New Jersey. There it’s milled into two-by-four and two-by six beams and branded with a Rockefeller Heart stamp.
Tishman Speyer, the agency that owns and operates Rockefeller Heart, then donates the lumber to Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit group that helps to construct and enhance houses throughout the nation.
Pictures: Star-studded performers dazzle at Rockefeller Heart Tree Lighting
