The holiday season is beginning in New York City, as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrived this weekend following a 170-mile journey from the upstate New York town of Oneonta. The 94-foot-tall Norway Spruce was donated by Graig and Angie Eichler, and arrived in Manhattan on November 14.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is a New York City institution, with the tree first going up in 1931. Since then, the tree has become an iconic New York City tradition. This year’s tree is between 90 and 95 years old and weighs 14 tons, and it will be illuminated by 45,000 LED lights linked by 5 miles of wire.
The 84th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony will take place during a live television broadcast on Wednesday, November 30. The tree will stay on display until January 7, when it will be milled into lumber to be used by Habitat for Humanity.