A 60-year-old Norway spruce from Shelton will be heading to New York City as this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
The 84-foot-tall tree in Joseph and Judy Rivnyak’s backyard is being prepared to make the trip to the Big Apple next week. The Rivnyaks have lived at the home on Soundview Avenue for 32 years and say the tree was planted in 1947 by the home’s first owner. Judy Rivnyak says her husband wasn’t too enthusiastic at first about the spruce being taken, but he has warmed up to the idea.
The couple will be staying overnight at a hotel for the Nov. 28 tree lighting ceremony, courtesy of NBC.
Four of the past nine Rockefeller Center Christmas Trees have come from Connecticut, including Norway spruces from Ridgefield last year, Manchester in 2003 and Killingworth in 1999.
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