{"id":13364,"date":"2015-12-03T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=13364"},"modified":"2015-12-03T08:28:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T13:28:24","slug":"how-much-does-the-2015-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2015\/how-much-does-the-2015-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Does The 2015 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/120315_1324_HowMuchDoes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2015 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was lit yesterday. David Caplan provided some details about it, and we looked into our own archives to get a sense of its cost:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>45,000 multi-coloured energy efficient lights adorn the tree. These cost around $13,500. A computer program that took three months to build powers the software that adds the beautiful shimmering glow to the tree.<\/li>\n<li>Solar panels power the lights helping offset upkeep costs.<\/li>\n<li>A Swarovski star with 25,000 crystals tops the tree and is estimated to be worth $35,000.<\/li>\n<li>The tree itself is 78 feet tall. Such trees usually cost around $25,000 but the Rockefeller Center always gets it as a free donation.<\/li>\n<li>This year it was donated by a family that has taken care of it for 80 years but recently decided it was getting too big for their property.<\/li>\n<li>The family that donates the tree gets front row VIP tickets to the tree lighting and other ceremonies.<\/li>\n<li>After the tree gets taken down it is turned into wood that is used to build houses for low income people.<\/li>\n<li>The wooden planks from the tree will be stamped with the words &#8220;2015 Rockefeller Center Tree&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more secrets about the tree <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/secrets-of-new-york\/rockefeller-christmas-tree-secrets-including-swarovski-star-history-facts-tv-broadcasts-1.11178009\">here<\/a>. And see our past coverage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centives.net\/S\/2012\/how-much-does-the-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-cost\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/secrets-of-new-york\/rockefeller-christmas-tree-secrets-including-swarovski-star-history-facts-tv-broadcasts-1.11178009\">AM New York<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2015 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was lit yesterday. David Caplan provided some details about it, and we looked into our own archives to get a sense of its cost: 45,000 multi-coloured energy efficient lights adorn the tree. These cost around $13,500. A computer program that took three months to build powers the software that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/120315_1324_HowMuchDoes1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13367,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13364\/revisions\/13367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}