Christmas might be almost two months away but the festive spirit is all set to hit New Yorkers soon. That’s because the Rockefeller Center has selected its Christmas tree for the 2024 holiday season and they unveiled its first look on Monday. Scroll on to know all about this year’s Christmas tree.
Rockefeller Center Selects & Unveils Its Christmas Tree For 2024
On Monday, Rockefeller Center selected and unveiled its Christmas tree for the 2024 festive season. They took to X (formerly Twitter) to reveal that this year’s tree will come from Massachusetts, the first one to hail from the state since 1959!
The tree will be cut down on November 7 and will arrive in New York’s Center Plaza on November 9, after covering a distance of almost 225 kilometres.
According to Rockefeller Center’s official website, the selected tree is a Norway Spruce from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is almost 70 years old, weighs 11 tons, and is about 74 feet tall. Once it arrives, the Christmas tree will be decked with 50,000 multi-coloured LED lights. It will be topped with a 408.23 kg Swarovski star that features 70 spikes and is covered in three million crystals!
The annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony will, reportedly, take place on December 4 during the live broadcast. The tree will be put on display until mid-January 2025. Post that, the tree will be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity, as per a Time Out report.
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All You Need To Know About This Iconic Christmas Tree In NYC
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has been a part of New York’s Christmas celebrations for the last eight decades! The iconic tree has become a quintessential part of the city’s festive season. As per the official website, in December 1931, workers at Rockefeller Center pooled money to buy a 20-foot-high Christmas tree. They even decorated the tree with handmade garlands made by their families! In 1933, Rockefeller Centre made the tree installation and decoration an annual tradition. Now, around 125 million people visit the attraction each year and you might remember seeing it in the iconic movie, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York!
After the annual lighting ceremony, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be lit daily from 5 AM to midnight. On Christmas Eve, the tree will be lit for 24 hours. So, if you’re planning to spend Christmas in New York, do not forget to visit this iconic tree!
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