Massachusetts Residents Excited When Local Spruce was Selected for Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

Residents of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, celebrated the felling of a local spruce tree that will become the Rockefeller Christmas tree on Thursday, November 7.

This image from 1010 WINS reporter Glenn Schuck shows the huge tree being lifted by crane, as well as the festive atmosphere in West Stockbridge.

“We’re here to celebrate the cutting down of the Christmas tree we’ve been visiting at Rockefeller Center for all these years. And now it’s right here,” West Stockbridge resident Deborah Carbone says in the footage. “It’s surreal and wonderful.”

Accordingly news reportsThis event marks the first arrival of the Rockefeller Christmas tree from Massachusetts since 1959.

Erik Pauze, Rockefeller Center’s gardenerHe said he was in West Stockbridge researching another tree when he found this Norway spruce. “I knocked on the door and the family was excited,” he says in the footage.

Local news in question The 67-year-old tree belonged to Shawn and Michael Albert. Credit: Glenn Schuck / 1010 WINS via Storyful