Metro Rockefeller Center Christmas tree unveiled: 70-year-old Norway spruce from Mass. is the ‘right one’ for 30 Rock By David Propper Published Oct. 28, 2024, 11:37 p.m. ET ...

1980 - For the 50th tree lighting, a 70-foot-tall (21.3 m) Norway Spruce came from the grounds of the Immaculate Conception Seminary of Mahwah, N.J. Bob Hope participated in the lighting.

The Norway spruce is thought to be one of the oldest growing trees in the world; some individual trees have been carbon dated to be over 9000 years old. Although technically it is a clonal tree, ...

1980 - For the 50th tree lighting, a 70-foot-tall (21.3 m) Norway Spruce came from the grounds of the Immaculate Conception Seminary of Mahwah, N.J. Bob Hope participated in the lighting.