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Why This 75-Year-Old Tree Is Stealing the Spotlight at Rockefeller Center

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The search for the world’s most famous Christmas tree is over.

Rockefeller Center has picked a 75-year-old Norway spruce from upstate West Edmeston to anchor the iconic Midtown holiday display, officials said.

The 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree stands in a field in West Edmeston, New York, under a double rainbow.
The 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a Norway Spruce from West Edmeston, New York, will be cut on Thursday, Nov. 5, and arrive at Rockefeller Center on Nov. 7. Courtesy of Tishman Speyer
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Crowds gather to view the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center in New York on Dec. 4, 2025. China News Service via Getty Images

The towering 76-foot-tall tree is expected to be cut down late next week and driven some 200 miles to Manhattan several days later ahead of a nationally televised tree lighting ceremony Dec. 2.

The spruce will be adorned with 50,000 multicolored LED lights and topped off with a Swarovski star, according to Rockefeller Center.

It will remain on display until Jan. 9, before being milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.