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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrives in New York City
By Joy Johnston, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Nov 10, 2018A 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.
