The Millstone Times March 2019

The Millstone Times' Photo of the Month Are you a photo buff? Do you love taking pictures everywhere you go? Perhaps you have a favorite one that you would like to share? We want your pictures for our photo of the month section. You can send photos to the following email: crescent671@gmail.com Include your name and a description of the photo. If you have a brief story that goes with it, send that too. You may send photos more than one time. (If you prefer to send anony- mously, we will leave your name out.) Make sure you put “Millstone Times Photo” in the subject area when emailing or it won’t be opened. Charles Wilkens of Monroe took these two photos this past January at Rockefeller Center.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree describes the holiday tree as a “world- wide symbol of Christmas,” in which 125 million people visit the attraction each year. From its start as a modest Depression-era pick-me-up for Rockefeller Center con- struction workers, to World War regulations, to its cur- rent 550-pound Swarovs- ki star; there’s no shortage of interesting tidbits about one of NYC’s biggest attrac- tions. On Christmas Eve, 1931, during the height of the Clutch Plague, workers at the Rockefeller Center construction site decided to pool their money together to buy a Christmas tree, a 20-foot balsam fir that they decorated with handmade garland from their families. The men lined up at the tree to receive their paychecks. Two years later in 1933, Rockefeller Center decided to make the tree an annual tradition and held the first official lighting ceremo- ny with a 50-foot tree. In 1936, they put up two trees to mark the opening of the skating rink and also held an ice skating competition.

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