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Last minute rehearsals, and the final touches are taking place before tonight's tree lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Center.

This year, the Norway spruce soars nearly 9 stories and it is the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center during the holidays.

Hours before the televised tree lighting ceremony begins, people from all around the country are starting to carve out a viewing spot.

"It's a bit early, but I think it's worth it."
"With what her friends sold us from work, come early so we can get a good spot, so..." (这一句一定还有问题，可是偶听不出来~ )

"It's great, it couldn't be any better." Debbie Moore travelled all the way from Dallas to see the tree light up in person. "This has been one of my wife's longtime dreams to come and see this, so we finally made it happen. Wish we wouldn't have to stand here for several hours."

And when the switch/ is turned on, more than 30,000 lights carefully wrapped on the branches by crews over the past 2 weeks will signal the start of the holiday season.

Got a dazzling crystal star topper measures nearly 10 feet in diametre and it is made up of 25,000 crystals. This year's Christmas tree comes from a home in Connecticut about 60 miles from the mid-town Manhattan spot where it now stands.

In New York, Michelle Franzen, NBC news