EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — The towering Christmas tree that will light up Rockefeller Center this holiday season is on its way to New York City.

The 75-foot-tall (23-meter-tall) Norway spruce was felled Thursday morning in East Greenbush, an Albany suburb located about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Manhattan.

The 11-ton tree was then loaded onto a 100-foot-long (31-meter-long) trailer as scores of people turned out for the occasion. It is expected to arrive Saturday at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where it will take its place in front of the midtown Art Deco skyscraper overlooking the plaza's famous ice skating rink.

The tree will be wrapped with more than 50,000 multicolored, energy efficient LED lights and crowned with a Swarovski star weighing 900 pounds (408 kilograms).

It will be light

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