Rockefeller Christmas Tree 2024 Nbc Nightly News. A norway spruce that will serve as this year's rockefeller center christmas tree is cut down, thursday, nov. Millions of people visit the tree every holiday season, and it’s a major operation to get the towering evergreen to manhattan before christmas.

It will arrive in the plaza on saturday, nov. Lester holt and al roker head to the very top of this year’s rockefeller center christmas tree to reflect on this iconic symbol of hope and tradition that brings us all together.