NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will travel to New York City from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Rockefeller Center officials announced Monday.
The Norway spruce will be cut down Nov. 7 and will make the roughly 140-mile (225-kilometer) journey south, arriving Nov. 9 in midtown Manhattan, the officials said. It will be lit during a live TV broadcast on Dec. 4.
The Rockefeller Center tree has been a since the 1930s and attracts throngs of visitors every year.
This year's tree is the first from Massachusetts since 1959, according to Rockefeller Center officials.
The Associated Press
