Nov 18, 2008 10:36 am US/Eastern
Crystal Star To Adorn Rockefeller Center Tree
550-Pound Swarovski Star Decorated With 25,000 Crystals
Official Tree-Lighting Ceremony Takes Place On December 3
NEW YORK (AP) ―
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People attend the 75th annual Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony in New York on Nov. 28, 2007.
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New York City's most famous Christmas tree is so good it's getting a star.
The Norway spruce next to the Rockefeller Center skating rink is being adorned with a spectacular Swarovski crystal star that weighs 550 pounds and is almost 10 feet in diameter.
The star is decorated with 25,000 crystals.
Property owner Tishman Speyer says a massive crane is being used to place the star atop the 72-foot-tall tree on Tuesday.
This year's tree comes from a family in Hamilton, N.J. It was hoisted into place last week.
The tree will be decorated with thousands of colored lights and lit in a televised ceremony on Dec. 3.
The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was put up by workers building the complex during the Depression.
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