Today Show was celebrating "Green Week" with a story of a very old large tree being use as an XMas

itsrobert

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Fri Nov-09-07 04:55 PM
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Today Show was celebrating "Green Week" with a story of a very old large tree being use as an XMas

Tree at Rockerfeller Plaza. They said it was transported by a truck from out west. The tree was obviously cut. The big story was it was going to be recycled after it's use as an XMas tree

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shaniqua6392

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Fri Nov-09-07 04:59 PM
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1. After all of these years of cutting down trees

for New York, Washington, etc. I can not believe no one ever thought to plant one and reuse it every year. What a crock. I can't stand when they show those tree lighting ceremonies on t.v. because I think of the poor trees which grew for over 100 years just to be whacked down.

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BrklynLib at work

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:06 PM
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3. The tree came from upstate NY..and I have been asking for years why they never planted a REAL tree

in Rockefeller Center and keep using it year after year, as it gets bigger and bigger.
That alone could be a cause for celebration...
I feel no joy in the cutting down of a 60 year old Blue Spruce so it can be gaudily decorated, oh-ed and ah-ed over for a few weeks,a nd then tossed aside for chips.

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chelsea0011

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:10 PM
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5. They don't want an ugly tree blocking the view of the building 24-7

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OBrien

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:04 PM
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2. treelife

That particular type of old tree would soon start to die. It was a noble gift. Not all trees live forever

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fasttense

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:06 PM
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4. How do you know?

Can you provide a link? How soon is soon?

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lapfog_1

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:13 PM
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6. My family used to buy an evergreen with its root ball

and then decorate it with a few lights, popcorn strings and such, no tinsel.

And the day after Christmas it would get planted on our farm.

Today, there is a lovely row of evergreens lining the fence on the north pasture, with only a slight difference in the height of the trees as you walk south along the fence.

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Lucinda

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:31 PM
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8. That's very cool!

We have next to no yard, or I'd do the same.

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lapfog_1

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Sat Nov-10-07 12:22 PM
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14. You can check with the local agencies

but I bet there will be a park or other public land not too far from you where you can donate the live tree.

Remember to take plenty of water for it to ease the shock of planting it (if it's not too cold where you are).

Check with the Arbor Day foundation as well.

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Lucinda

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Sat Nov-10-07 12:28 PM
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16. Thanks for the info. We back up to the GSMNP so that might be an option

Appreciate it!

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thereismore

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:28 PM
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7. recycled into paper? Is that what passes for recycling today? What a sham. nt

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Stinky The Clown

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:34 PM
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9. The tree came from Shelton, CT. Under a hundred miles from Rockefeer Center

And it was in someone's front yard, planted years ago as an ornamental and now incredibly overgrown for its site.

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Cass

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:40 PM
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10. I saw that and it made me very sad.

I understand that it outgrew its current location and all, but it made me incredibly sad to see it cut and strapped to the transporter. I hate seeing those Rockefeller tree stories every year.

I grew up in New England and each year we had a live tree with a root ball that was planted in the yard after the holiday. I wish that was the standard if one chooses a live tree. After the holiday seeing all those dead trees discarded at the curb depress me terribly.

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mindfulNJ

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:48 PM
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11. It's a Norway Spruce

They live approx. 75 years.

It was a huge tree so it's probably near the end of it's life cycle anyway...what a way to go out!:)

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Subdivisions

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:50 PM
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12. Yeah, even the Time's Square christmas tree industry has been

exported out of the country. Guess we don't grow good trees.

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tammywammy

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Sat Nov-10-07 12:26 PM
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15. Sigh, no it wasn't

Norway Spruce is the type of tree. It came from Connecticut.

http://www.wnbc.com/christmastree/10414299/detail.html

"HARTFORD, Conn. -- An 88-foot Norway spruce from a western Connecticut home arrived in Manhattan Friday to become this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree."

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alstephenson

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:54 PM
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13. That's what they said on Today this morning....

I was skeptical. I feel better now. Thanks!

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