Rockefeller Center is getting ready to get into the Christmas spirit when the 75 feet tall, 45 feet wide, 11 tons, and approximately 70-year-old Norway Spruce will be cut down this morning. The tree has been donated by the Russ family from East Greenbust, New York.
The tree will make the over 137-mile journey by flatbed truck to Manhattan and arrive on Saturday, November 8 where it will be erected at Rockefeller Center. Crews will start decorating the tree and wrapping more than 50,000 multi-colored, energy-efficient LED lights. Then it will be topped with a Swarovski star with 3 million crystals and 70 glass spikes, shining with an intensity of 106,000 lumens. This year’s official lighting ceremony will take take place on Wednesday, December 3rd and will be broadcast nationally as part of NBC’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center, hosted again by country music icon Reba McEntire, who will also perform.. As always, we here at ACME warn you to avoid the area at all cost.
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