Every Rockefeller Center Christmas tree since the 1930s, and where it came from
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2018.
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The Rockefeller tree has been put up every season around Christmas since the 1930s.
Each year, a tree is selected and driven across st
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2018.
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The Rockefeller tree has been put up every season around Christmas since the 1930s.
Each year, a tree is selected and driven across state lines to Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.
The iconic tree has come from Canada, New York, and various states across the Northeast.
Since the 1930s, a towering tree has appeared in Midtown Manhattan each winter, drawing crowds from around the world and signaling the unofficial start of the holiday season.
But long before it's lit in front of millions, each Rockefeller tree begins its journey elsewhere, sometimes traveling hundreds of miles to reach its famous perch above Rockefeller Center's skating rink.
Practically every tree since the tradition's inception has been a Norway spruce, though there have been a couple of white spruces and balsam firs over the years.
The tree is selected from candidates across the country, either through people submitting photos of their own trees or through the Rockefeller Center head gardener scouting potential picks in person.
Here's where the Rockefeller tree has come from over the past 100 years — see if your hometown has ever supplied the iconic tree.
1930s: Babylon, New York
rockefeller christmas tree 1934
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Height (1934): 70 feet
1940s: Long Island, New York
rockefeller christmas tree 1944
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Height (1944): 65 feet
1950s: Belvidere, New Jersey
rockefeller christmas tree 1955
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Height (1955): 65 feet
1960s: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
rockefeller christmas tree 1966
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Height (1966): 64 feet
1970s: East Montpelier, Vermont
rockefeller christmas tree 1971
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Height (1971): 65 feet
1980: Mahwah, New Jersey
rockefeller christmas tree 1980
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Height: 70 feet
1981: West Danville, Vermont
rockefeller christmas tree 1981
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Height: 65 feet
1982: Mahwah, New Jersey
rockefeller christmas tree 1982
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Height: 70 feet
1983: Valley Cottage, New York
rockefeller christmas tree 1983
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Height: 75 feet
1984: Far Hills, New Jersey
rockefeller christmas tree 1984
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Height: 75 feet
1985: Harveyville, Pennsylvania
rockefeller christmas tree 1985
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Height: 75 feet
1986: Nanuet, New York
rockefeller christmas tree 1986
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Height: 68 feet
1987: Suffern, New York
rockefeller christmas tree 1987
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Height: 75 feet
1988: Raritan Township, New Jersey
rockefeller christmas tree 1988
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Height: 75 feet
1989: Montebello, New York
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Height: 70 feet
1990: West Norwalk, Connecticut
rockefeller christmas tree 1990
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Height: 75 feet
1991: Suffern, New York
AP Photo/Ed Bailey
Height: 65 feet
1992: Stony Point, New York
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Height: 65 feet
1993: Nanuet, New York
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Height: 85 feet
1994: Ridgefield, Connecticut
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Height: 85 feet
1995: Mendham Borough, New Jersey
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Height: 75 feet
1996: Armonk, New York
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Height: 90 feet
1997: Stony Point, New York
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Height: 70 feet
1998: Richfield, Ohio
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Height: 75 feet
1999: Killingworth, Connecticut
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