Rockefeller Center Christmas tree selected in Massachusetts

The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been selected from West Stockbridge, Mass.

The 74-foot Norway Spruce, weighing astir 11 tons, volition beryllium chopped down connected Nov. 7, get successful New York City 2 days aboriginal and beryllium lit astatine a star-studded ceremonial connected Dec. 4.

“The process (for this year’s tree) began successful July 2020. I came from getting state aft staying overnight histrion searching. I saw the beauteous Norway Spruce arsenic I drove down the road, and it was close successful beforehand of me,” Rockefeller Center caput gardener Erik Pauze said successful an interview.

“I knocked connected the doorway and met Earl Albert. I asked if helium would someday see donating the Tree to Rockefeller Center. His reply was instantly yes.”

Meet the 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 🎄 This year’s Tree comes from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Weighing astir 11 tons and lasting 74 feet tall, The Tree volition get connected Saturday, 11/9. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates: https://t.co/prpPHsQ78o pic.twitter.com/SbrEp1Rjm9

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Pauze has selected Rockefeller Center trees for decades, but this year’s histrion is the archetypal to travel from Massachusetts since 1959, according to the histrion selectors astatine Rockefeller Center. Last year’s tree was from Vestal, N.Y., and 2022’s was from Queensbury, N.Y.

“I would thrust by each truthful often to cheque successful connected the tree,” Pauze said. “In the outpouring of this year, I decided to telephone Earl and inquire if I could commencement feeding it and watering it. I came up rather often to provender the tree, and each clip I got retired of the car, I smiled and knew it was the close 1 for Rockefeller Center.”

The histrion volition beryllium wrapped successful 50,000 LED lights and topped with a Swarovski crystal prima connected Dec. 4 successful a televised ceremony. It volition stay lasting until mid-January, aft which it volition beryllium brought down and milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.