PHOTOS 📷 The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is here! The 82-foot-tall Norway spruce arrived from Queensbury, New York, on Saturday morning.
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images2022 Rockefeller Center Christmas treeThe enormous tree was cut down from a property in Queensbury, New York.Neil Lebowitz and his family donated this year's tree.The 90-year-old Norway spruce is 82 feet tall and weighs around 14 tons.The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been part of the city's holiday traditions for over 80 years.The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was purchased by center workers in 1931.
"The tallest Rockefeller Center Christmas tree went up in 1999 -- a 100-foot tree from Killingworth, Connecticut.Erik Pauze, the head gardener for Rockefeller Center, has picked the Christmas tree every year for the past three decades.Every year after the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is taken down, the tree is cut into pieces, which are then transported to a mill in New Jersey. The lumber is donated to Habitat for Humanity.
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