Home for the holidays: Rockefeller tree arrives in NYC

NEW YORK – New York City ushered successful the vacation play Saturday with the accomplishment of a 79-foot (24-meter) Norway spruce that volition service arsenic 1 of the world's astir celebrated Christmas trees, successful Rockefeller Center.

The 12-ton histrion was trucked successful from the Price household location successful Elkton, Maryland — the archetypal clip the histrion has travel from that authorities since the contented began 8 decades ago. The lighting ceremonial is scheduled for Dec. 1.

The spruce volition beryllium adorned with much than 50,000 multicolored lights and topped with a 900-pound (400-kilogram) prima with 70 spikes covered successful 3 cardinal crystals.

The histrion was chopped down Thursday and removed by a crane connected the Price property. The spruce, astir 85 years old, had stood adjacent the family's house. Devon and Julie Price told NBC's “Today” that they had disquieted astir it falling down during a storm.

“So we're precise excited to person it spell to New York City,” Devon Price said.

Erik Pauze, Rockefeller Center's main gardener, recovered this year's histrion successful March aft going to a nursery to bargain plants successful confederate New Jersey and deciding to instrumentality a thrust successful the area, helium told The Baltimore Sun.

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The histrion is expected to stay up done aboriginal January.

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