1. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Has No Bad Angles

With as much publicity as Rockefeller Center gets around the holidays, it’s important for its crowning feature to be picture perfect. Its Christmas tree, as a result, is chosen based on the fact that it can be viewed from every side. This essentially means that it has no bad angles. This includes the angle from above: in fact, a helicopter is utilized to scan the New England landscape for the ideal tree during the scouting process.

Here is a photograph of the first Rockefeller Christmas tree in 1931, and 11 other vintage photos of NYC Christmas tree lightings. Next, check out the Top 10 Secrets of Rockefeller Center.