It’s what New Yorkers, and out-of-towners alike, look forward to every year; the 2015 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has arrived in New York City.
The tree made its way from a family home in Gardiner, New York to Rockefeller Center and it will be officially lit on Dec. 2.
NBC New York reports the 78-foot tree was first spotted late Thursday night, but the big reveal came on Friday’s Today Show.
The tree, which is about 80 years old, comes from the property of Albert Asendorf and his partner Nancy Puchalski, who told Today they submitted it to be this year’s Rockefeller Center tree "as more of a joke than anything.”
“It kind of took over the whole yard,” said Asendorf. “So then I looked around and found out that Rockefeller Center might want the tree.”
"It's part of history, you know. It's been in the family for years,” added Puchalski of Asendorf's family.
The tree will remain in Rockefeller Center until Jan. 7.