How Rockefeller Center chooses a Christmas tree each year
From its humble roots as a backyard tree in upstate New York, a Norway spruce is set to become the 85th Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York City.
Officials with Rockefeller Center are traveling 170 miles from Manhattan to Oneonta, New York, to chop down this year’s tree on Thursday.
The 94-foot-tall tree will be adorned with about 50,000 lights and topped with a Swarovski crystal star, according to CBS News.
The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has long been a staple of the city’s Christmas season. Depression-era workers put up the first tree in 1931, and the first tree lighting took place in 1933, NBC News reported.
While a work crew will be required to cut the tree down Thursday and transport it to Rockefeller center by Saturday, one man is responsible for the operation’s orchestration: Erik Pauze.
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