Re: Christmas Lights

Stan (the Man) wrote:

> Dick Harper wrote:

> >     Speaking of doing good for selfish reasons, what possible motive
> > is there for donating a tree from one's front yard unless the tree
> > needs to be removed before it falls on one's house?

Fame, maybe. They may have read The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen.

> I never quite got that one, either. In all the years I've visited 
> Rockefeller Center to see "The Tree," I've never once heard anyone ask 
> who donated it. There may be a plaque on it somewhere, but I've never 
> seen nor looked for one.

Some times the tree is donated for a "good" cause, as in 1966 when a 
Canadian tree was donated in celebration of the centennial of 
Confederation. In 2002, the tree was selected because the Rizzos of 
Bloomsbury, NJ, sent in a photograph of their tree and suggested it as a 
potential choice.

Most other times, like this year, the garden manager for the Rockefeller 
Center goes up in his whirly bird and spots a tree, then stops by to ask 
the tree's owners and if they'd like their tree to be "the tree."

--
Sal

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