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Rockefeller Christmas Tree Is Harvested From Upstate New York and Begins Trek to Manhattan
The 75-foot Norway Spruce, donated by the Russ family and adorned with over 50,000 LEDs, will star at the annual Rockefeller Center lighting on Dec. 3, NBC said.
- A 75-foot-tall Norway spruce tree was cut down in East Greenbush, New York, on Thursday to become the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in Manhattan.
- The 11-ton tree was loaded onto a trailer and will arrive at Rockefeller Plaza on Saturday, where it will be decorated with over 50,000 LED lights and a 900-pound Swarovski star.
- The tree, donated by homeowner Judy Russ, has been in her family since the 1920s and will be on display until mid-January before being used for affordable housing by Habitat for Humanity.
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The Saratogian‘Something special’: Rockefeller Tree from East Greenbush headed to NYC
EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — The Rockefeller Tree started its journey from East Greenbush to Manhattan on Thursday. With the community crowded behind barricades, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Team cut down the tree donated by the local Russ Family. “We thought about renting a crane to decorate it,” Judy Russ, owner of the tree and house next to it, said Thursday shortly after the cutting. “That just kind of was opening my eyes to how big this tree …
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NBC BostonHere's how the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is picked, moved and decorated
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