The 2022 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, an 82-foot tall, 14-ton Norway Spruce from Queensbury, NY, is lowered into place by crane in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in New York. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 30. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer)
If you remember 2020’s anticlimactic arrival, you can imagine New Yorker’s excitement when they saw this year’s promisingly plump tree stood up in Rockefeller Center Plaza.
And though there were some hilarious reactions from “thinner than normal” trees from years prior, it’s refreshing to see the iconic symbol of the holiday season return with its rightful glory upon first impression.
The wrapped 2022 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, an 82-foot tall, 14-ton Norway Spruce from Queensbury, NY, pulls into Rockefeller Plaza on a flatbed truck, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in New York. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 30. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer)
And if you’re still one of those who thinks it looks underwhelming, just you wait until its all fluffed up and decked out!
The 2022 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, an 82-foot tall, 14-ton Norway Spruce from Queensbury, NY, is lowered into place by crane in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in New York. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 30. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer)
The 82-foot Norway Spruce arrived this past Saturday, November 12th all the way from Queensbury, New York. It weighs about 14-tons and is approximately 85-90 years old.
After being unwrapped, the tree can now enter our favorite phase—decoration time! This year’s tree will twinkle in more than 50,000 LED lights (totaling about five miles of wire) and be topped with a sparkling Swarovski star covered in three million crystals.
Here’s a first look at it getting set in place in the plaza where it will remain for the entire holiday season:
