74-Foot Christmas Tree En Route to NYC’s Rockefeller Center

The 11-ton Norway spruce, cut down and loaded onto a flatbed truck, will arrive in New York this weekend, marking the start of the Christmas season.

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down in West Stockbridge, Mass., on Nov. 7, 2024. Matthew Cavanaugh/AP Photo

The Big Apple is gearing up for holiday season, as the famous Rockefeller Center Christmas tree officially begins its journey from a small Massachusetts town to New York City.

The 74-foot Norway spruce was cut down in West Stockbridge on Nov. 7, and is the first tree from Massachusetts to be selected for the Christmas display since 1959.