2021 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Chosen — See How it Compares to 2020's Controversial Fir

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This year’sRockefeller Center Christmas treehas been selected!

For the first time in the tradition’s nearly 90-year history, the tree that will be on display in New York City’s iconic Rockefeller Center has been scouted out of Maryland. The 79-foot Norway spruce was selected from the town of Elkton, a 140-mile trek from Rockefeller Plaza.

“Meet the 2021 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree!” Rockefeller Center’s official account posted Thursday to Twitter, along with aphotoof the towering pine.

Since the tradition began in 1933, the tree has most often been sourced from Upstate New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Other trees have come from as far away as Canada.

The tree will be cut on Thursday, November 11, and is scheduled to arrive in Manhattan on Saturday. The annual lighting ceremony will take place Wednesday, December 1 and air on NBC.

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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.”

source: people.com