It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year at Rockefeller Center.

This holiday season’s most famous Christmas tree arrived Saturday morning, having made the 150-mile journey to midtown Manhattan from just outside of Albany.

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The 75-foot, 11-foot Norway Spruce was delivered to 30 Rockefeller Plaza by flatbed truck as onlookers lined the street.

The tree will soon be surrounded by scaffolding so crews can wrap it in 50,000 lights and top it with a nearly one-ton star for its shining moment. The tree-lighting will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3 during a ceremony airing on NBC and Peacock .

This year’s tree was donated by the Russ family of East Greenbush, New York – where it stood on a generational family prop

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