The tree was planted 67 years ago, but Michael Albert said there was nothing sad about seeing it go. "It's a gift to the world," he said. "It's not something that we're taking awa

A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Christmas tree was en route to New York City on Thursday from its tiny Massachusetts hometown.The 74-foot-high (23-meter-high) conifer was cut down Thursday morning in West Stockbridge and hoisted onto a flatbed truck by crane.