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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree En Route to NYC for Saturday Arrival and Public Viewing

Donated by the Russ family in East Greenbush, the spruce will be repurposed into Habitat for Humanity lumber after the season.

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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 75-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce, that has been wrapped for transport, is craned onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in East Greenbush, NY.
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED TISHMAN SPEYER - Workers prepare to crane a wrapped 75-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce, that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in East Greenbush, NY. The wrapped tree will be brought into New York City by flatbed truck and raised into place at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 8. (Diane Bondareff/AP Content Services for Tishman Speyer)
The Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 04, 2024 in New York City

Overview

  • The 75-foot, 11-ton Norway spruce was cut down Nov. 6 in East Greenbush and loaded onto a 100-foot trailer for its roughly 150-mile trip to Manhattan.
  • Rockefeller Center will raise the tree on Saturday, Nov. 8, during a free Meet the Tree event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with advance signup encouraged.
  • The Dec. 3 lighting will feature about 50,000 multicolored LED lights and a 900-pound Swarovski star during a live television broadcast.
  • The live broadcast is reported to be hosted by Reba McEntire, according to the Associated Press.
  • The tree was donated by Judy Russ, whose late husband's great-grandparents planted it in the 1920s, turning a family landmark into a national seasonal symbol.