Toronto’s Official Christmas Tree for 2007
While it is not exactly the Official Christmas tree, this tree from past years within the Eaton’s Centre does a very good job of approximating what the tree looks like. This year’s tree is sponsored by the Bay and stands a full 50 feet tall. It was created by a Canadian named Brian Gluckstein, who you might remember as being a designer of some renown both here in Toronto and across the continent. It was designed under a “sparkling” theme and as a result includes a lot of reflective colours in great quantities; gold, silver and white feature prominently within the design of the tree.
Courtesy of the City of Toronto website, here are some interesting facts about Toronto’s Christmas Tree:
- The tree is around 50 feet high, although a more accurate measurement will be obtained once the tree is placed on the stand in the position in Nathan Phillips Square that it conventionally occupies
- The tree has to be transported by truck and has to be lifted into place with the help of cranes
- The tree is put in place by a crew of six that spend half a work day at least on the process
- Three days are allowed to pass conventionally between the tree being set up and between it being decorated
- The tree is decorated by a crew of four and it takes them three work days to complete the task
- One of the biggest annual collections of machinery in one place occurs during the decoration of the official Christmas tree
- The tree is recycled into mulch after the holiday season in order to strenghen the beauty of the city’s walkways and flower beds
In any case, once the tree has been put up, I’ll snap some pictures for you guys to see.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
6 Comments
Is this a real tree?
Are you talking about the tree in the picture, or the one that’s going to be up near city hall?
its such a breath-taking christmas tree , good work indeed , nonetheless , it seems the red bulbs are missing eh?
Elie – Yeah, not sure what’s up with that. This is actually an old picture of a Christmas tree from the Eaton Centre; when the one for this year gets put up near City Hall I’ll be taking a bunch of pictures of it and uploading them for you to see here =). Something to look forward to!
Does any body know whether that is a real tree or not?
thx
Crystal – the tree in the picture is an old tree from the Eaton Centre either last year or the year before and if memory serves, it is not a real tree. The one that the city will be putting up this year is not a real one either I don’t think.
Thanks for commenting =)