A 75-foot Norway spruce was cut in East Greenbush and loaded onto a 100-foot trailer for transport to Rockefeller Center. The 11-ton tree will be installed at 30 Rockefeller Plaza overlooking the ice rink. The tree will be wrapped with more than 50,000 multicolored energy-efficient LED lights and topped with a 900-pound Swarovski star. The lighting ceremony will air Dec. 3, hosted by Reba McEntire, and the tree will remain on display until mid-January, after which it will be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity. Homeowner Judy Russ donated the tree, planted by her husband's great-grandparents in the 1920s.
"The towering Christmas tree that will light up Rockefeller Center this holiday season is on its way to New York City. The 75-foot-tall (23-meter-tall) Norway spruce was felled Thursday morning in East Greenbush, an Albany suburb located about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Manhattan. The 11-ton tree was then loaded onto a 100-foot-long (31-meter-long) trailer as scores of people turned out for the occasion."
"The tree will be wrapped with more than 50,000 multicolored, energy efficient LED lights and crowned with a Swarovski star weighing 900 pounds (408 kilograms). It will be lighted on Dec. 3 during a live TV broadcast hosted by country music star Reba McEntire. It will be displayed until mid-January, after which it will be milled into lumber for use by the affordable housing nonprofit Habitat for Humanity. The tree was donated by homeowner Judy Russ and her family."
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