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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree headed to New York City

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Associated Press. (2026, November 5). Rockefeller Center Christmas tree headed to New York City. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-headed-to-new-york-city/article_88560d23-23f3-5d58-8e11-9826658c18ac.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-05 · by Associated Press

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Rockefeller Center received its Christmas tree, a 76-foot-tall Norway spruce cut down on Thursday from West Edmeston, New York. The tree will arrive in the city on Saturday to be displayed during the holiday season. It is estimated to be about 75 years old and has a diameter of 50 feet.
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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday and is now en route to New York City, where it will stand at Rockefeller Plaza ahead of the holiday season. The 76-foot-tall (23-meter) Norway spruce, which is approximately 75 years old and measures 50 feet in diameter, originated from a yard in West Edmeston, New York. A crane hoisted the tree onto a flatbed truck for its 200-mile journey to Manhattan. Once installed, it will be adorned with more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights and topped with a 900-pound (408-kilogram) Swarovski star during a televised lighting ceremony on December 2. The display will remain up until January 9, after which the tree will be repurposed into lumber for Habitat for Humanity. This tradition began in 1931 during the Great Depression, when construction workers put up a small Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center to boost morale.

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NEW YORK New York City West Edmeston

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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday and will head to New York City to usher in the holiday season.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-06
🔮 This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday and will head to New York City to usher in the holiday season.
2026-11-06 · Toronto Star
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree headed to New York City · assertive framing

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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday and will head to New York City to usher in the holiday season. asserted
tree → cut → season
The 76-foot-tall (23-meter-tall) Norway spruce is expected to arrive on Saturday from West Edmeston in upstate New York. asserted
spruce → expect → York
The conifer is approximately 75 years old and measures 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter. asserted
conifer → measure → diameter
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