Haul out the holly – before Halloween?
The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was revealed on Monday as a sky-scraping Norway spruce from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
The tree is 70 years old and stands an incredible 74-feet high, Rockefeller Center said in an announcement.
The 11-ton tree is expected to be cut down on Nov. 7 before it travels 135 miles and reaches the Big Apple by Nov. 9.
The tree was spotted four years ago by head gardener for Rockefeller Center, Erik Pauze, as he drove down a road while tree searching.
He said in an interview posted by Rockefeller Center on Monday that he knocked on the tree owner’s door, Earl Albert, in July 2020 and asked if he would donate the tree for the Big Apple festivities.
Albert quickly agreed.
“I would drive by every so often to check in on the Tree. In the spring of this year, I decided to call Earl and ask if I could start feeding it and watering it,” Pauze said.
“I came up quite often to feed the Tree, and every time I got out of the car, I smiled and knew it was the right one for Rockefeller Center.”
The tree will be lit up on Dec. 4 and is the first to come from Massachusetts since 1959.
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