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NEW YORK — New York City’s most famous Christmas tree, next to the Rockefeller Center skating rink, was adorned Tuesday with a spectacular Swarovski crystal star that weighs 550 pounds and is almost 10 feet in diameter.
The star is decorated with 25,000 crystals. A massive crane was used to place the star atop the 72-foot-tall Norway spruce.
This year’s tree comes from a family in Hamilton, N.J. It was hoisted into place last week.
The tree will be decorated with thousands of colored lights and lit in a televised ceremony Dec. 3.
The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was put up by workers building the complex during the Great Depression.
The Associated Press
