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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrives in New York City
A symbol of the holiday season arrived in New York City on Saturday: the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
The 72-foot-tall Norway spruce will be decorated with 50,000 LED lights and overlook the Rockefeller ice skating rink, The Associated Press reported.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree goes up. It's a 72-foot Norway Spruce from Wallkill, NY, owned by Shirley Figueroa & Lissette Gutierrez. Covering 4 @ap https://t.co/bJEdK0jYY4 pic.twitter.com/uf6q793PJY
— Julie Walker (@jwalkreporter) November 10, 2018
The lighting of the tree, which will feature a 900-pound Swarovski crystal star, will take place Nov. 28 in a televised ceremony.
This year's tree hails from a private property in Wallkill, New York, the AP reported. The tree's owners nicknamed it "Shelby."
The 2018 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 72-foot tall, 12-ton Norway Spruce from Wallkill, N.Y., pulls into Rockefeller Plaza, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in New York.
