Christmas is widely considered one of the most joyous times of the year, especially when it's spent surrounded by the company of loved ones.
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been carefully selected and is due to make its way to the Big Apple next week for a lighting ceremony hosted by Kelly Clarkson on Wednesday, Nov. 29.This year’s sappy specimen — a Norway spruce 80-feet tall and 43 feet in diameter that was donated by the McGinley family in the Binghamton region — hails from the town of Vestal, New York, about 190 miles northwest of NYC.Currently casting a shadow over a residential driveway basketball hoop, the tree is to be cut down Nov. 9 and arrive at the Rock two days later, on the morning of Veteran’s Day.
After its joyous lighting of 50,000 LED bulbs that stretch 5 miles long, the spruce will stay up until Jan. 13.This tree’s selection was an incredibly fateful one, said Rockefeller Center head gardener Erik Pauze, who has the most wonderful job of the year as its picker.“I found the tree in Vestal, New York, when I was on my way to look at another tree, not too far away. I had driven to the other tree and took a slow road back, and saw this one,” he told the Center Magazine last month.“I went back this spring and decided to knock .
. . The McGinley family told me that not too long before I knocked on the door, someone told them, ‘That looks like a Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.’ “Right they were.
Pauze added that this Norway spruce “has the perfect shape” — and its height is ideal as well.“I just had to trim the branches up to 5 or 6 feet,” he explained. “It’s a nice shaped tree, and it looks beautiful. When you stand in the street, and look at it against the blue sky, it really looks awesome.”Onlookers will experience a much more vibrant view of the tree and skating rink from Rockefeller Center’s recently renovated lower, indoor
.Christmas is widely considered one of the most joyous times of the year, especially when it's spent surrounded by the company of loved ones.
be “happy to accept” an invitation to spend the holidays with the royal family, but it seems as though that sentiment is not reciprocated.The Sussexes skipped out on merry festivities with the royal family last year, and according to a royal source, they likely won’t be welcome this year.A source has told The Telegraph that the coupe is “highly unlikely” to turn down the chance to spend the festive season with King Charles.The insider added that despite “friends of the Sussexes” saying the couple would be open to Christmas at Sandringham to “change the state of play,” it appears as though not all royals are on board.Another source told the Daily Mail that senior members of the royal family, including Prince William, will not want Meghan and Harry there at Christmas.“It seems as if they are really doubling down on their reconciliation strategy,” a source told the outlet.The insider added that it was “bizarre” for the Sussexes to suggest they could just “waltz back in and allow bygones to be bygones if only someone would be good enough to invite them.”“Which begs the question, why now?” the insider added.
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is becoming increasingly palpable. Is it time, then, to put up your in November and start brightening up your home in the holiday spirit? After all the cold has set in, Instagram posts are multiplying, and holiday TV movies have invaded screens and the Netflix catalog.Some say you should wait until December 24, or Christmas Eve, to put up your tree.
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