In previous posts, I wrote about the reindeer on display at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 1944, and about the horses that delivered the first public Christmas tree to Madison Square Park in 1912. In this story, I’m going to tell you about Paddy Reilly and the annual Christmas tree and party for New […]
Archive for December, 2013
1935: Paddy Reilly, the Irish Terrier Host of New York’s Animal Christmas Party
Posted: 20th December 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: 313 East 58th Street, Alice Manchester, Animal Tales, Greenwich Village Humane League, Humane Society of New York, New York History, Paddy Reilly
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1912: When New York’s First Public Christmas Tree Was Delivered by Horses
Posted: 6th December 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and Pigeons, Horse TalesTags: Christmas tree, Emilie D. Lee Herreshoff, Gwent Male Glee Singers, Madison Square Park, New York History, Tree of Light
I previously wrote about four reindeer on display at the iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, which made its debut in 1931. Although the Rockefeller Center tree in New York always gets all of the media’s attention, the “Tree of Light” at Madison Square Park was in fact America’s first community Christmas tree. This tree […]
