~Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree~
1930s
Construction workers line up beside the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 1931. The Christmas tree went on to become an annual tradition and a New York landmark.
AP Photo
1940s
With the famed Rockefeller Center Christmas tree rising above them, skaters glide on the ice at the center's skating rink in 1949.
John Lindsay / ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP Photo/Harry Harris
