The Rockefeller Middle Christmas Tree arrived in New York Metropolis on Saturday, signaling the beginning of the vacation season within the Huge Apple.
The 74-foot Norway Spruce was pushed into Manhattan’s Middle Plaza to be hoisted in place by a crane. It is going to take 5 miles of sunshine strands with greater than 50,000 multicolored LED bulbs to wrap the tree, whose diameter measures 43 toes. A Swarovski star crown glowing with 3 million crystals will prime it.
The towering conifer, donated by the Albert household in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was minimize down Thursday morning and loaded onto a flatbed truck for the 140-mile journey. It’s the first Rockefeller Middle Christmas tree to return from Massachusetts since 1959.
The lighting ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 4.
When it lastly comes down in January, the tree shall be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.
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Employees safe the Rockefeller Middle Christmas tree as it’s lifted by a crane into place at Rockefeller Plaza, Saturday in New York. (AP Picture/Yuki Iwamura)
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An worker touches the Rockefeller Middle Christmas tree at Rockefeller Plaza, Saturday in New York. (AP Picture/Yuki Iwamura)
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A Norway Spruce that may function this yr’s Rockefeller Middle Christmas tree is minimize down Thursday in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Picture/Matthew Cavanaugh)
