The Aporia · Rockefeller Center Christmas tree heads to New York City to usher in the holidays

Brittney Donovan

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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is officially on its way to New York City after it was cut down on Thursday. asserted

it → cut → Thursday

Originating from a yard in West Edmeston, New York, the 76-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce is expected to arrive on Saturday. asserted

spruce → originate → Saturday

The conifer is roughly 75 years old and measures 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter. asserted

conifer → measure → diameter

A crane hoisted the tree onto a flatbed truck to begin its 200-mile (322-kilometer) trip to its perch at Rockefeller Plaza, where it will stand over the center’s famous skating rink. asserted

it → hoist → rink

Once in place, the tree will be wrapped with more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights and crowned with a 900-pound (408-kilogram) Swarovski star before a televised lighting ceremony on Dec. 2. asserted

tree → wrap → Dec.

The display will remain on view until Jan. 9, after which the tree will be milled into lumber for the housing nonprofit Habitat for Humanity. asserted

tree → remain → Humanity

The tradition dates back to 1931, when construction crews building Rockefeller Center put up a small Christmas tree with handmade garlands to raise spirits during the Great Depression. asserted

crews → date → Depression

The balsam fir was comparatively modest, standing at 20-foot-tall (6 meters). asserted

fir → stand → ?

It was decorated with handmade garlands made by the worker's families. asserted

It → decorate → families

The first formal lighting ceremony took place in 1933. asserted

ceremony → take → 1933

Last year’s tree, an 11-ton Norway spruce, was 75 feet tall (23 meters) and came from East Greenbush, an Albany suburb located about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Manhattan. asserted

tree → come → Manhattan

Scores of people turned up to see it be loaded onto a 100-foot-long trailer en route to 30 Rockefeller Plaza. asserted

it → turn → Plaza

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