Few holiday traditions are as enduring — or as photographed — as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
Since the 1930s, a towering tree has appeared in Midtown Manhattan each winter, drawing crowds from around the world and signaling the unofficial start of the holiday season.
But long before it’s lit in front of millions, each Rockefeller tree begins its journey elsewhere, sometimes traveling hundreds of miles to reach its famous perch above Rockefeller Center’s skating rink.
Practically every tree since the tradition’s inception has been a Norway spruce, though there have been a couple of white spruces and balsam firs over the years.
The tree is selected from candidates across the country, either through people submitting photos of their own trees or through the Rockefeller Center head gardener scouting potential picks in person.
Here’s where the Rockefeller tree has come from over the past 100 years — see if your hometown has ever supplied the iconic tree.
1930s: Babylon, New York
Height (1934): 70 feet
1940s: Long Island, New York
Height (1944): 65 feet
1950s: Belvidere, New Jersey
Height (1955): 65 feet
1960s: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height (1966): 64 feet
1970s: East Montpelier, Vermont
Height (1971): 65 feet
1980: Mahwah, New Jersey
Height: 70 feet
1981: West Danville, Vermont
Height: 65 feet
1982: Mahwah, New Jersey
Height: 70 feet
1983: Valley Cottage, New York
Height: 75 feet
1984: Far Hills, New Jersey
Height: 75 feet
1985: Harveyville, Pennsylvania
Height: 75 feet
1986: Nanuet, New York
Height: 68 feet
1987: Suffern, New York
Height: 75 feet
1988: Raritan Township, New Jersey
Height: 75 feet
1989: Montebello, New York
Height: 70 feet
1990: West Norwalk, Connecticut
Height: 75 feet
1991: Suffern, New York
Height: 65 feet
1992: Stony Point, New York
Height: 65 feet
1993: Nanuet, New York
Height: 85 feet
1994: Ridgefield, Connecticut
Height: 85 feet
1995: Mendham Borough, New Jersey
Height: 75 feet
1996: Armonk, New York
Height: 90 feet
1997: Stony Point, New York
Height: 70 feet
1998: Richfield, Ohio
Height: 75 feet
1999: Killingworth, Connecticut
Height: 100 feet
2000: Buchanan, New York
Height: 80 feet
2001: Wayne, New Jersey
Height: 81 feet
2002: Bloomsbury, New Jersey
Height: 76 feet
2003: Manchester, Connecticut
Height: 79 feet
2004: Suffern, New York
Height: 71 feet
2005: Wayne, New Jersey
Height: 74 feet
2006: Ridgefield, Connecticut
Height: 88 feet
2007: Shelton, Connecticut
Height: 84 feet
2008: Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Height: 72 feet
2009: Easton, Connecticut
Height: 76 feet
2010: Mahopac, New York
Height: 74 feet
2011: Mifflinville, Pennsylvania
Height: 74 feet
2012: Flanders, New Jersey
Height: 80 feet
2013: Shelton, Connecticut
Height: 76 feet
2014: Danville, Pennsylvania
Height: 85 feet
2015: Gardiner, New York
Height: 78 feet
2016: Oneonta, New York
Height: 94 feet
2017: State College, Pennsylvania
Height: 75 feet
2018: Wallkill, New York
Height: 72 feet
2019: Florida, New York
Height: 77 feet
2020: Oneonta, New York
Height: 75 feet
2021: Elkton, Maryland
Height: 79 feet
2022: Queensbury, New York
Height: 82 feet
2023: Vestal, New York
Height: 80 feet
2024: West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Height: 74 feet
2025: East Greenbush, New York
Height: 75 feet
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