Earl Albert, a widower from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, who donated the 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, suffered a stroke before the tree lighting.

This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrived at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on Saturday morning and was hoisted into its place for the holiday season ahead of next month’s tree lighting.

WEST STOCKBRIDGE - The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is on its way to New York City after being cut down in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Thursday.

The 74-foot Norway spruce was driven into Manhattan’s Center Plaza, where it was hoisted in place by a crane. It will take 5 miles (about 8 kilometers) of light strands with more than 50,000 multicolored LED bulbs to wrap the tree, whose diameter measures 43 feet (13 meters). A Swarovski star crown sparkling with 3 million crystals will top it.

The tree will be decorated over the next few weeks with more than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights and crowned with a Swarovski star before the tree lighting ceremony.

The iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has officially arrived in New York City, marking the official start of the city's holiday season.

The Massachusetts man who donated the Christmas tree​ that will soon be lit in Rockefeller Center​ is recovering after suffering a stroke and a friend said he could use some holiday cheer.

The man who donated his 74-foot Norway Spruce to Rockefeller Center has suffered a stroke, according to his daughter-in-law.The family tells CBS6 that Earl Albe

Earl Albert, who donated a tree to Rockefeller Center in memory of his wife, suffered a stroke. His family hopes he can attend the lighting ceremony.