Learn the story behind the 2023 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
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- čas přidán 9. 11. 2023
- Matt and Jackie McGinley of Vestal, New York, have donated a massive Norway Spruce from their front yard to be 2023’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. NBC’s Joe Fryer shares the McGinley family’s sweet story.
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I wish the families that give their tree to Rockefeller Center, could light the tree during the Ceremony, instead of some Celebrity. Those family will have great memories of donating & pushing the button to their tree!🎄
It’s ok. Like groot, it will come back and grow from a seedling again. 🌱 By being part of the holiday season, it will bring hope and wholesome joy to many. I don’t celebrate Christmas but find it wonderful seeing others who do. The family did a nice gesture. Thank you, McGinleys!
I am Groot!
I’m from the southern tier. Live here now. Sad to see the tree being cut down, but it will bring smiles to millions. Hopefully they planted a seed in its place for a new one to grow
The tree’s wood will be milled and donated to Habitat for Humanity after it is taken down.
Is it actually a”donation”?!!!!
Lol
I HIGHLY DOUBT THIS😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What an honor to be part of history making memories
though it's beautiful tradition that tree standing there for centuries should have been protected... you should maybe grow them specifically for that on a special Christmas tree farm.
Touchy feely no doubt, like American media is, but make no mistake. These people were paid handsomely to watch their tree be killed.
Not enough to retire on but still an “undisclosed” amount. I checked and so can you.
😂😂😂THATS WHAT I SUSPECTED 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
They get a portion taken off their taxes. That’s it
Yo siempre he querido ir a ver ese árbol. Soy de Mexico y pensé que el árbol estaba plantado ahí, ahora me da infinita tristeza que talen un árbol cada año para hacer posible esa magia. Saben cuantos años se tarda un árbol en dar esa enormidad…???? 😔😓 que tristeza….
I love this story ..thank u for bringing joy and happiness x
The gift that keeps on giving ❤
I used to live not far from Vestal and worked for WENY-TV news in Horseheads, NY. I shared this story with friends that live or worked there and the news director. Maybe it will be a local story!
I HAVE WATCHED THESE TREES FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS AND THE WAY OUR WORLD IS GOING, THIS TREE MEANS MORE TO MILLIONS THAN EVER!!
Yes, but eating CO2 and giving back O2, to cut down a healthy any possibly a several hundred year old tree for a 1 month hooman celebration is a disaster imo, sad.
Love the words of this family
Bendiciones👏❤
Your moms watching from heaven shez proud of you allll ; Doing such a wonderful thing thank you
What a waste. It made their yard look beautiful. And to give it away with no money in return? These people are not smart
How is this cause for celebration? A beautiful old tree just cut down for a celebration lasting 1 month or so.
The tree is stunning. 🎉❤
I couldn't have done it.. unless the tree was sick and dying there's no way I could have done it. 👎
I’m with you… this is utterly stupid. No way they’re getting my 130 foot sequoia
Completely agree.
Yes, it feels so wasteful. How many years did it take to grow this large?...only to be cut down for a single holiday season. 😢
No way could I chop down a beautiful old tree for one month or so of joy. Nope no way. No sense.
What a shame to destroy this beauty. SHAME!!!
It’s beautiful, but it will die after Christmas!😢
That’s extremely sad. That tree lived an amazing life and for status it will be killed.
Exactly! So sad....
Makes no sense to chop a historic old healthy tree to use for a display for a month
Personally I am bummed for that tree, it was a healthy giant creature, living a great life, and now it's dying and will be dead soon. Hoomans ruining life on earth for all living things.
Awesome
Cool that it’s donated. Even better that they’re not paying thousands of dollars to have it removed if that was their long time intention!
There's a Beautiful Ginormous Tree in Burbank, CA and it has to be OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS!
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING! 😉🤗
Are you recommending they go and chop it down so it can be made gaudy for one month? Have you ever planted a tree? Do you know what it takes for them to get to that point?
@@randomcole619
ABSOLUTELY NOT AND THE FOLKS OF BURBANK WOULDN'T ALLOW IT!
My mom lived in vestal. She has passed but would have loved this moment. Her name was Barbara Hartman if anyone knows her or her fsmily. This is her daughter Barbare Answer in the reply if you are watching this video. ❤😊❤😊
It's cruel for Nature! How many birds and others animals live there!! So sad!!
WHAT IS SAVANAH WEARING?
👀 like pleather leggings 🤔🤨😏😒
Greetings ro all of you .l love you all❤❤❤❤🌈🌈🌈🌈🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿
They should pay people foe these trees. After all it's not like they can't afford to
How is the tree recycled after it comes down?
Give me a break…
The Trafalgar Square tree in London donated every year by Norway goes mostly to help marram grass grow on sand dunes and protect against erosion and loss of natural habitat
I heard that they cut it up and give the wood to Habitat for Humanity. That's just hearsay though.
Your mom sees what you’re doing ❤!
👏👍🌲🎄
The tree is going to die though it's so pretty. 80 years old
The tree is a symbol of Christmas not of holiday season!
Ok Binghamton
How much
No they should, keep the tree in they’re yard
An pa komprann ayin mèm
For anyone who’s gonna complain about them cutting down the tree, don’t worry Rockefeller Center and the city never waste the trees….they get chopped down into timber pieces and used to build new homes.
Anyone ask the tree what it thinks? Arborcide. It was hanging out for 84 years and then guys with a chain saw came along and it was all over.
They wasted it when they cut it down. Mulching it means very little.
Seems like it was kind of a risk to their house anyway. They are probably happy to get rid of it for insurance purposes. That monster would have destroyed their house given the right storm/situation.
So sad to see this beautiful tree relegated to a limber pile . And they don’t even give them any money to replace it with a new generation of tree to replace it
So yet again the Rockefellers get all the glory, the actual donor gets absolutely nothing, kinda how the Rocks have prospered through their history.
The donors should be paid for the tree.
jawor
No afence to anyone. But a big tree like that donated wow New York is one of the richest states in the US. At least give the family a fat donation for they can fill the spot were there is a big gap.
2024.friday fifth janiary of 2024 .
Greetings All of you at mainly David Rokfeller and David Rkefeller junier.
Personally I am bummed for that tree, it was a healthy giant creature, living a great life, and now it's dying and will be dead soon. Hoomans ruining life on earth for all living things.
example of humans thinking they own everything. so sad to cut the tree down.