The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrived in New York City on Saturday, marking the start of the holiday season in the Big Apple.
The 74-foot Norway spruce was transported to Center Plaza in Manhattan to be placed with the help of a crane. It will take 8 kilometers (5 miles) of lights with more than 50,000 multicolored LED bulbs to wrap around the tree, which measures 13 meters (43 feet) in diameter. It will be crowned by a sparkling Swarovski star with 3 million crystals.
The towering conifer, donated by the Albert family of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was cut down Thursday morning and traveled 140 miles (225 kilometers) on the bed of a truck. It is the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to come from Massachusetts since 1959.
The lighting ceremony is scheduled for December 4.
When it is taken down in January, the tree will be turned into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.
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