Seasonal & Holidays

Crowds Flock To Tiny Massachusetts Town To Say Farewell To Rockefeller Christmas Tree

The tree will be lit during a live TV broadcast on Dec. 4. It will feature 50,000 multi-colored lights with a Swarovski star on top.

(CBS Boston)

November 4, 2024

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited.

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The Norway spruce traveling to New York City hails from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was scheduled to be cut down Thursday and make the roughly 140-mile journey south, arriving Nov. 9 in midtown Manhattan.

The tree will be lit during a live TV broadcast on Dec. 4. It will feature 50,000 multi-colored lights with a Swarovski star on top and remain on display until mid-January.

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