New York: Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting energy-saving bulbs to help out

New York local time on December 3rd, held in front of the Rockefeller Center in New York, the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Although this year's huge Christmas tree with 30 thousand bulbs, but in order to save electricity, all bulbs are energy-saving lamps.

The Christmas tree is about 22 meters high, weighing more than 8 tons, with thirty thousand LED above only energy-saving lights and wires is about 8 kilometers long, the top is a weight of about 340 kg, consisting of 25000 SWAROVSKI crystal stars. Although the Christmas tree decorated very luxurious, but after Christmas, these gorgeous decorations will be fully recycled, some will become animal toys, some will become the building materials, continue to play a role in different places.

From 1933 onwards, every year on the eve of Christmas, the Rockefeller Center square to be erected in New York, one of the largest Christmas tree, Christmas night here is a must see the visitors to New York. While most people initially decorated the Christmas tree with candles, until 1882 the advent of Christmas lights, Christmas tree began to put on a dazzling coat.

The first Christmas tree was created by Edison, inventor of the inventor, Edward Johnson. He was a vice president of electric power company, has a special Christmas decorative bulbs. Johnson is called the father of the Christmas tree".