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More than 50,000 trees were recycled last year, according to the city's parks department.

Aftermath. >> the home of 50,000 people, plant workers and their families is nowei deserted. helicopters pass overhead to measure the radio activity which is several hundred times more than normalun but millions of times less than it was in the days after the accident. also deserted is the town of chernobyl, and farm villages in the surrounding area several hundred square miles. two years ago, this was a thick forest of pine trees. now, only one tree stands. but this tree too is dying. >> now, that thick forest of pine trees came to be called the red forest because of all of the reddish color ...

Just a couple years after the disaster, nbc science correspondent got to take a brief trip inside to see the aftermath. >> which had been the home of 50,000 people, workers and families, is not deserted. helicopters pass overhead to measure the radioactive activity. there are still several hundred times more than normal but millions of times less than what it was the day of the accident. also deserted is the town of chernobyl. and villages surrounding the area. two years ago, this was a thick forest of pine trees. now only one tree stands, but this tree too is dying. >> that thick forest of pi...

>> who would've thought that a day after a fire claimed our christmas tree, we are lighting a new one. it 24 hours later. >> it is not exactly miracle on 48th street, but boy, oh, boy. just hours after the original tree was set on fire there was a massive cleanup and now a new tree stands in its place. the homeless man who allegedly set the blaze has been released from custody and he has a court date next month. none of the multiple misdemeanor charges. as a fire that made headlines around the world. the original tree had 10,000 ornaments and 1,000 lights. replacing it with so fast was no

Just build and build. >> how much more difficult is it this year to make this all happen? >> a lot more. like a lot more difficult this year. we went to four different states. we called 200 farmers just to find the trees that we needed to find for this year. >> reporter: thanks to these challenges, you may be paying 25% to 50% more for your tree this year compared to five years ago. that's according to the national christmas tree association. and that's not the only holiday price hike. everything that you'll see at your typical christmas tree stand from the trees themselves to the tree stands ...