This tree could be the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree!

Many have spotted a towering tree — whether in their community, down their block or even on their property — that seemed large enough, full enough, and majestic enough to serve as the world’s most high-profile Christmas tree for the holiday season.

Like my neighbor’s tree, a 75-foot Norway spruce on Long Island, New York, that soars over both houses and has long been a source of shade, pinecones and Rockefeller wonder.

But just how tall does the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree actually have to be? How full? How majestic?

To get to the root of these questions, I had to bark up the right tree. So, I took photos and videos of the tree and showed them to Erik Pauze, the head gardener of Rockefeller Center who scouts areas near and

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