Taking the Trees into the City

Because they're so big — and New York City so traffic-jammed — the Rockefeller Center Christmas trees travel into the city at night, when fewer cars are on the road. Each tree's uppermost branches are decorated before it is raised into a standing position. And the tree doesn't require watering: because it's outside, the behemoth doesn't dry out the way that smaller indoor Christmas trees do.

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