Seasonal & Holidays
2016 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree from Mid-Hudson Valley
The 94-foot Norway spruce will arrive in Manhattan Nov. 12.
ONEONTA, NY — This year’s Christmas tree that will grace Rockefeller Center is a 94-foot Norway spruce from Oneonta, Ostego County.
The mid-Hudson Valley tree will be cut down Nov. 10 at the home of Angie and Graig Eichler and will arrive in New York City Nov. 12, according to the Daily Freeman.
The tree will be outfitted with 50,000 multi-colored lights and lit Nov. 30 during an NBC television special, nbcnewyork.com said.
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For the 10th consecutive year, the tree — when its duties are done after Jan. 7 — will be donated to Habitat for Humanity, the Rockefeller Center website said.
This year's #RockCenterXMAS Tree comes from Oneonta, NY—& what a view from the top! pic.twitter.com/g0qHbkrHz5
— Rockefeller Center (@rockcenternyc) October 31, 2016
It will be milled, treated and made into lumber to build homes for the nonprofit organization.
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For more, go to the Daily Freeman and nbcnewyork.com.
Photo caption: A previous year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. credit: Michael Woyton/Patch staff.
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