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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is officially on its way to NYC! The 74-foot-tall Norway Spruce was cut down on Nov. 7, 2024, from its home in West Stockbridge, Mass. The tree, which is about 70 years old and the first to come from Massachusetts since 1959, is set to arrive at Center Plaza on Saturday, Nov. 9. The tree lighting ceremony will be on Dec. 4, 2024.

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

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A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is placed on a flatbed, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

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A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

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

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A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

Workers are seen inside the branches of a Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is readied to be cut down and lowered with a crane on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

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Workers are seen inside the branches of a Norway Spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is readied to be cut down and lowered with a crane on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is placed on a flatbed, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

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A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

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

Matthew Cavanaugh/AP

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

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

Matthew Cavanaugh/AP

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

Workers prepare a Norway spruce, this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, for harvest, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

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Workers prepare a Norway spruce, this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, for harvest, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

In this image take with a drone, workers prepare a Norway spruce, this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, for harvest, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

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In this image taken with a drone, workers prepare a Norway spruce, this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, for harvest, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in West Stockbridge, Mass.

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