Ready, ready, glow!
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been carefully selected and is expected to make its way to the Big Apple next week for the lighting ceremony hosted by Kelly Clarkson on Wednesday, Nov. 29.
This year’s sappy specimen — an 80-foot-tall, 43-foot-diameter Norway spruce donated by the McGinley family in the Binghamton area — is from the town of Vestal, New York, about 190 miles northwest of NYC.
Currently shadowing a residential driveway basketball hoop, the tree will be cut down on November 9 and arrive at the Rock two days later, on Veterans Day morning.
After lighting 50,000 festive LED bulbs along 5 miles, the fir tree will remain until Jan. 13.
The tree is from Vestal, New York. Rockefeller Center/Twitter
The selection of this tree is a very fateful one, says Rockefeller Center head gardener Erik Pauze, who has the biggest job of the year as its picker.
“I came across the tree in Vestal, New York, when I was on my way to see another tree, not too far away. I had driven to another tree and taken the slow way back, and saw this one,” he told Pusat Magazine last month.
“I came back this spring and decided to knock . . . The McGinleys told me that shortly before I knocked on the door, someone told them, ‘That looks like the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.’ “
They are right. Pauze adds that this Norway spruce “has the perfect shape” – and the height is just right.
“I just have to trim the branches down to 5 or 6 feet,” he explained.
“It’s a beautifully shaped tree, and it looks beautiful. When you stand on the street, and see it against the blue sky, it really looks great.”
Rockefeller Center head gardener Erik Pauze found Norway spruce this year with a little help from fate, he said. Erik Thomas/NY Post
Visitors will experience a livelier view of the trees and skating rink from the lower interior concourse of the newly renovated Rockefeller Center. It is accessible from the subway, elevators and stairs in the surrounding streets.
Once closed the corridor has been daylighted with glass windows with an open view to the plaza along a 360 degree walkway that connects all sides of the ground floor.
“You really can’t tell where you’ve been before. Are you still on the subway? Are you at Rock Center? It’s really a maze and there’s no public access, visually, to the court from the lower level,” architect Adam Rolston previously told The Post about the former design.
For those who can’t see the tree in person, “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” will be broadcast live on NBC stations and streamed live on the Peacock Nov. 29, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
All NBC-owned stations and many NBC affiliates nationwide will air a special additional live hour starting at 7pm ET. Viewers should check their local listings.
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