Rockefeller Christmas Tree Height. 2 2020 in new york. More than 50 000 lights on the 75 foot tall rockefeller center christmas tree are illuminated at the annual lighting ceremony dec.

Article continues below advertisement there are some stipulations that the rockefeller tree must follow. With the lighting of the 50 foot tall 15 m first official tree two years later the tree became what rockefeller. The 2020 rockefeller center christmas tree is a 75 feet tall norway spruce 45 feet wide and weighs 11 tons.

2 2020 in new york.

Of course everything is super sized in new york city. The first christmas tree at rockefeller center was erected in 1931 during the depression era construction of rockefeller center when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot 6 1 m balsam fir with strings of cranberries garlands of paper and even a few tin cans on christmas eve. With the lighting of the 50 foot tall 15 m first official tree two years later the tree became what rockefeller. This year s rockefeller center christmas tree is a 75 foot tall 45 foot wide norway spruce from oneonta new york.