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Farifield County Family's Tree Headed to Rockefeller Center

Visitors to the Big Apple this holiday season will feast their eyes on a 12-ton Norway Spruce from our neck of the woods.

Written by Aaron Leo

Start spreading the news. Shelton's Vargoshe family's tree leaves this week for the Big Apple.

The 76-foot tall Norway Spruce will be cut down this week and brought to New York City on Nov. 8.

The tree is 47 feet in diameter and weighs 12 tons. "It will be cut down and hoisted by a huge crane onto a 115-foot long trailer,"  according to a press release. "The tree will be brought into Manhattan by flatbed truck."

The 81st Rockefeller tree lighting ceremony will take place on Dec. 4.


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