Lake George is a top destination for many Hudson Valley families year-round. You might have passed the future Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in your recent travels and didn't even know it.

LIVE! From NY It's The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 2022

Rockefeller Center announced on Facebook on Tuesday, November 1st, that the 2022 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will come from Queensbury, New York right near Lake George.

The Queensbury tree stands at 82 feet and 14 tons!

NBC 4 New York reports the tree will make quite the journey to get to NYC, traveling about 200 miles. They write:

It will be cut down in a few days and transported roughly 200 miles south to Manhattan. After its trek, the tree will be dressed with more than 50,000 LED lights and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.

You can watch the Queensbury, New York Norway Spruce kick off the holiday season on November 30th at the NBC Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony. Once the holiday season wraps up, the tree will be milled into lumber and donated to Habitat for Humanity.

Hudson Valley + Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree History

In years passed, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree had closer ties to the Hudson Valley. Back in 2019, the infamous Christmas Tree was from Florida, New York in Orange County, and in 2015 the tree came from Gardiner, New York in Ulster County.

And who could forget Rocky the Owl in 2020? When the Rockefeller Tree was being transported in 2020 a baby small owl was discovered by the maintenance crew. In an attempt to save the owl and get it back to its natural habitat, the Rockefeller crew brought the tiny bird to Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties.

Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties
Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties
loading...

Rocky the Owl then became an overnight sensation even becoming one of the animals printed on the side of Frontier Airline planes.

Do you have a favorite Rockefeller Center Christmas tree memory?

Magical Ice Castles Return to Lake George in 2023

Lake George will transform from an Adirondack town to a magical frozen village filled with castles, slides, and even a bar made of ice! Grab your coats, and mittens and chill with the family in Lake George this winter!

Marist College Christmas Tree 2021

It's that time of year for Hudson Valley citizens to flock to the bright lights of Marist College to bask in the glory that is the Marist Christmas Tree! We highly recommend making a trip in person, but here are some of our photos to hold you over until you can make the trek.

If Hudson Valley Towns Were Christmas Movies

Poughkeepsie is Die Hard and Newburgh is The Grinch. It just makes sense right? What Christmas Movie would your hometown be?

 

 

More From WRRV-WRRB