India, Nov. 9 -- The 2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrived in New York City on November 8. The Norwegian spruce, donated by the Russ family, stands 75 feet tall, measures 45 feet in diameter, and weighs 11 tons.

Judy Russ, a resident of upstate New York, donated this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to honor her late husband Dan's memory. Dan Russ, who tragically passed away at age 32 in 2020, cherished the Norwegian tree on their Rensselaer County farmland for years. He and Judy always wanted their spruce to occupy Rockefeller Center during Christmas.

"I think I just hallucinated, like, 'We need to go back because there's no way this is real, right?'" Judy told NBC, after the tree was brought to the iconic location.

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