Rockefeller Center Christmas tree headed to New York City

Associated Press · Associated Press · 2026-11-05 19:41 UTC

This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been cut down and is heading to New York City to mark the beginning of the holiday season in the city. The 76-foot Norway spruce is expected to arrive Saturday after making the 200-mile trip from West Edmeston, New York. The tree will be wrapped with over 50,000 multicolored LED lights and crowned with a 900-pound Swarovski star before lighting up during a live broadcast ceremony on Dec. 2. The tree will be on display until Jan. 9, after which it will be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.

NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday and will be trucked to New York City to usher in the holiday season.

The 76-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce is expected to arrive Saturday following its journey from a yard in West Edmeston, New York. The conifer is approximately 75 years old and measures 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter.

A crane hoisted the tree onto a flatbed truck before it began the 200-mile (322-kilometer) trip to its perch at Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, where it will overlook the center’s iconic skating rink.

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