It’s not just a Christmas tree anymore,” Hanna ... After the Rockefeller Center tree was removed from the busy Big Apple hotspot, it was processed in a dry kiln and sawn into 48 2-inch-by ...

Today's faux firs can be several stories tall. These big, artificial trees start with a steel skeleton. Rollers bend steel tubing into arcs. They'll be joined to form the base of the framework.