amNewYork is reporting that some non-"green" grinches are boo-hooing the LED lights on Rockefeller Center's tree this year. Powered by solar panels and lit up with 30,000 energy-efficient LEDs for the first time in history, the environmentally friendly decor just isn't doing it for some holiday revelers. Guess it's not the 1930s anymore.
A tourist from California told Newsday there was a "warmer glow" from the old lights, "The bright whites look better than the colors they have this year." And when amNY compared this year's tree to one from years past, it does seem dimmer, but "Rockefeller Center officials say the brightness is the same," emphasizing that the new bulbs give off the same amount of light.
Still, one nearby street vendor said he'd heard grumbling this season from tourists about the dimly lit tree. Meanwhile, the tall piece of timber, in one final act of being "green," will be turned into mulch after it's taken down on January 8th.
Have your own tree you're ready to send to the chipper? Mulchfest is running Saturday and Sunday this weekend, more details here.
Photo via KarenKripp's Flickr.
