NEW YORK, November 8, 2025 (AP).—The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree He settled into his new home today, Saturday, in Manhattanan act that marked the beginning of the christmas season in the city of New York.
This year’s tree is a 23 meter tall Norwegian spruce which comes from the town of East Greenbusha suburb of Albany.
They cut it down this week and began the approximately 150-mile (240-kilometer) journey south on a flatbed truck, attracting onlookers along the way.
11 ton Christmas tree
The crowds were much larger in the number 30 Rockefeller Plazawhere workers used cranes to place the tree, 11 tonsin position, overlooking the iconic skating rink.
People gathered with cups of coffee and while the teams held the fir and began the careful process of stabilizing it.
Al tree will have over 50,000 multicolor LED lights and energy efficient, and a Swarovski star that weighs 408 kilograms (900 pounds).
The lighting of the lights will be Wednesday, December 3 during a live broadcast to be hosted by the country music star Reba McEntire.
He christmas fir It will be on display until mid-January.
Then they will turn it into wood that will be used Habitat for Humanitya hardship housing nonprofit.
Christmas tree planted 105 years ago
the tree It is a donation from its owner Judy Russ and his family. She commented that her husband’s great-grandparents planted it in the 1920s.
“That this will now become the center of the Christmas from the city of New York “It’s something incredible,” he declared. Russ to radio station 1010 WINS.
Rockefeller Center’s first Christmas tree the workers installed it in 1931 to lift your spirits during the Great Depressionn.
The relatively modest 6 meter balsam fir They decorated it with handmade garlands by the families of the workers.
The tradition was maintained when the first tree lighting ceremony was held in 1933.