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Christmastimehas officially kicked off in New York City.
The 2021 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrived Saturday in New York City, after the 79-foot Norway sprucewas scouted from Elkton, Maryland, earlier this week.
Marking the first time the tree has been chosen in Maryland in the tradition’s nearly 90-year history, it was donated from the yard of the Price family, who was present in N.Y.C. for the 80-year-old tree’s arrival.
“We never thought a tree on our property would be selected for Rockefeller Center. Nope, not in a million years,” Devon Price said on theTodayshow. “As a family, we’ve gone from, ‘No, we can’t let this tree go,’ to now, we worry about it. We worry about how it survived a storm or a heavy rain or heavy wind. So, we’re very excited to have it go to New York City.”
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“Wow, you all must look great right after a two-day drive, huh?” the Rockefeller Center Instagram jokingly wrote in response. “Just wait until I get my lights on!”
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A few days after it arrived in New York, spectators noticed that it appeared to be getting some extra filler branches added to it. An onlooker at the scene told PEOPLE that a crew member working on adding the extensions to the tree said that it was “normal” to do so.
She told PEOPLE of the makeover, “I think our tree is beautiful. Hoda [Kotb] and I both know what it’s like to have a bad hair day and have everyone see it.”
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The annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony will take place Wednesday, Dec. 1 and air on NBC.
source: people.com
