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Rockefeller Christmas Tree Is Harvested From Upstate New York and Begins Trek to Manhattan
- On Saturday, the Russ family of East Greenbush, New York delivered a 75-foot Norway spruce to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan.
- After visiting Rockefeller Center with her son, Judy Russ submitted and donated a tree from the Russ family property in East Greenbush, New York, where it stood for over 60 years to honor her late husband Dan, who died at the age of 32.
- Cut down by chainsaw and loaded onto a flatbed truck, the spruce made a roughly 150-mile journey before crews hoisted the 11-ton tree from a 100-foot-long trailer and the donors performed the sledgehammer tradition.
- It will be wrapped in 50,000 lights and about five miles of wire, crowned with a 9-foot, 900-pound Swarovski star covered in 3 million crystals, and lit Dec. 3 on NBC and Peacock.
- The selection continues a decades-old Rockefeller Center tradition, with head gardener Erik Pauze choosing the tree after a tip from a former supervisor, marking New York City's holiday season.
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The imposing 23-meter Norwegian fir, donated by a family in the north of the state, will be illuminated on December 3 with more than 50,000 LED lights and a Swarovski star, in a tradition dating back to 1931.
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was hoisted on Saturday at its new home in Manhattan, marking the start of the Christmas season in New York City.
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