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Judy Russ, who donated this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, dedicated the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce to her late husband, Dan Russ

“As my husband has passed away, I know he would have loved to have been here for this moment,” Judy said on Today alongside her 7-year-old son, Liam Russ

The tree had been planted in the yard of their East Greenbush home by Dan’s great-grandparents around 75 years ago

Judy Russ is carrying on her late husband Dan Russ’ legacy in the form of one of the most iconic Christmas trees in the world.

Five years after Dan died at 32 years old , Judy decided to make their lifelong dream of getting the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce outside their home in upstate New York to the front of Rockefeller Center come true.

On Nov. 8, the tree was tra

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