The Origami Holiday Tree

In keeping the spirit of the Holiday Season going, we decided to visit the craftiest tree in NYC! The Origami Holiday tree housed at the American Museum of Natural History is truly a work of art. Every year, a holiday tree is crafted out of beautiful Origami figures based on a chosen theme. This year the theme was “Proboscideans on Parade” to coincide with the museum’s new exhibition The Secret World of Elephants. Created in partnership with Origami USA, the American national society devoted to origami, the art of paperfolding, this tree is made of over a thousand of intricately crafted models of elephant and elephant-relatives such as the Woolly Mammoth. Lucky for all holiday decor and origami lovers out there, this exhibit is still open to see until Jan 15!

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center is one of the most iconic symbols of Christmas in New York City. Tourists and locals alike come to Midtown Manhattan every year to see the enormous, brightly lit tree. This year, the tree is a 79ft tall Norway Spruce, which was carted to the plaza from Maryland and decorated with more than 50,000 multicolored lights strung on approximately 5 miles of wire. This Christmas Tradition has a long history – this year’s tree was not even planted yet when workers at Rockefeller Center put up the very first one and decorated it with garlands made by their families. 90 years ago, that first tree was modest, bought with money pooled together by the workers. Today, the search for the perfect tree takes all year, and it is a major operation to transport it to New York City and decorate it. The Christmas tree lights up Rockefeller Plaza through the holiday season, before eventually being donated to Habitat for Humanity as lumber to help build homes.

See You Next Year!

As 2020 thankfully draws to a close, we were able to get out of the apartment and see this lovely tree at Fort Greene Park. While it’s not quite as large and magnificent as the tree at Rockefeller Center, this tree is doing its best, just like all of us. Bye, 2020. Hello, 2021.