This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has arrived in New York City. The 76-foot-tall Norway Spruce made its way from West Edmeston, New York to Manhattan on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. The tree lighting ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2026.
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Workers prepare to crane a wrapped 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce, that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in West Edmeston, N.Y.
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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce, that has been wrapped for transport, is craned onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in West Edmeston, N.Y.
Diane Bondareff/AP for Tishman Speyer
This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce, that has been wrapped for transport, is craned onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in West Edmeston, N.Y. The wrapped tree will be brought into New York City and raised into place at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 7.
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The 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from West Edmeston, NY, is lifted by a crane on Meet the Tree day, Saturday, Nov. 07, 2026, in New York.
Diane Bondareff/AP for Tishman Speyer
The 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from West Edmeston, NY, is set into place on Meet the Tree day, Saturday, Nov. 07, 2026, in New York. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
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Riggers prepare the wrapped 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from West Edmeston, NY, for craning on Meet the Tree day, Saturday, Nov. 07, 2026, in New York.
Diane Bondareff/AP for Tishman Speyer
Riggers prepare the wrapped 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from West Edmeston, NY, for craning on Meet the Tree day, Saturday, Nov. 07, 2026, in New York.
Diane Bondareff/AP for Tishman Speyer
The 2026 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 76-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce from West Edmeston, NY, stands before it is decorated in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Meet the Tree day, Saturday, Nov. 07, 2026, in New York.