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The Chicago Christmas Tree is the city of Chicago's official Christmas tree. It is located in Millennium Park. Historically, the tree was located in Grant Park and Daley Plaza. ==History== The first official Christmas tree in the city of Chicago was installed in 1913 in Grant Park and lit on Christmas Eve by then-mayor Carter Harrison.〔 This first tree was a tall spruce tree.〔 In December 1956 the official tree, though still installed in Grant Park (at Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway), was not an individual tree. The tree was a combination of many smaller trees, stood tall, and was decorated with over 4000 lights and 2000 ornaments. Beginning with Christmas 1966 the official Chicago Christmas tree was placed in Civic Center Plaza, now known as Daley Plaza. With the exception of 1981, the tree has been installed in Daley Plaza ever since.〔"(Daley Plaza Christmas Tree )", ''Explore Chicago'' (official tourism site), accessed December 16, 2010.〕 The city continued to use multiple trees to constitute the official Chicago Christmas Tree through Christmas 2008, that year the tree was constructed from 113 individual trees and stood .〔 Following a report from CBS 2 in Chicago which revealed the erection of the frame and construction of the tree cost the city $300,000, the city decided to do away with the multiple trees and erect an individual tree in Daley Plaza.〔"(Christmas Tree Lighting Kicks Off in Daley Plaza )", ''CBS 2'', November 24, 2010, accessed December 15, 2010.〕 This was billed as a way to save the city money during the economic recession.〔"(City Extending Contest for Daley Plaza Christmas Tree )", ''Fox Chicago'', September 20, 2010, accessed December 15, 2010.〕 The 2009 Daley Plaza Christmas tree was an individual tree donated by a family in Palos Heights, Illinois.〔”(Tree lighting marks start of holiday season )”, ‘’ABC 7’’, November 25, 2009, accessed December 15, 2010.〕 The 2009 tree cost was reduced by more than half of the $300,000 the 2008 tree cost to erect, decorate and maintain.〔 Because the 2009 tree was just one tree, as opposed to multiple smaller trees, it could not support the weight of the many ornaments that usually adorn the Daley Plaza tree and thus it was decorated only with lights.〔Daniels, Serena Maria. "(Daley Plaza Christmas tree half of what it once was )", ''Chicago Breaking News Center'', November 3, 2009, accessed December 15, 2010.〕 In 2010, for the first time, the Daley Plaza Christmas tree was chosen through a contest.〔”(2010 City of Chicago Christmas Tree Facts )”, (Press release), ‘’Explore Chicago’’ (official tourism site), November 2, 2010, accessed December 15, 2010.〕 The contest began in July 2010 but the deadline was extended after none of the original submissions met the height requirement.〔 The contest winner was decided based on the results of an online poll.〔Beazley, Elliot. ”(The Spruce is Loose )”, ‘’NBC 5’’, November 4, 2010, accessed December 15, 2010.〕 Chosen from three finalists, the winning tree, donated by a McHenry, Illinois family, received 2,678 votes out of 5,182.〔 For 2015, the Chicago Christmas Tree was moved to a new location in Millennium Park.〔http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/tree0.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chicago Christmas Tree」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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