A 45-foot tree in 1948. A 60-foot tree in 1949. A 65-foot tree in 1950. And a 70-foot tree in 1951! Check out my latest Substack post for the story of the four years when a Hartford department store hoisted a massive Christmas tree onto its roof! https://open.substack.com/pub/oldhartford/p/the-massive-christmas-tree-atop-sage?r=4j8x6h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Remembering Sage-Allen’s Rooftop Christmas Tree