Has the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Ever Been Donated From Maine?

For those of you who are bonkers for Christmas, here's something to excite you. The tree for Rockefeller Center in New York City for 2024 has been selected and is planned to be lit on December 4.

It's an annual tradition that the tree selected from hundreds of submissions, donates the tree. This year it was Norway Spruce, which is the type of tree used at Rockefeller Center the most. This one stands 74 feet tall and this drone footage shows just how big this tree is.

The tree was donated by a family in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. According to Wikipedia, it's the second time a tree has been selected from Massachusetts, the first being from Podunk, Massachusetts in 1959.

But what about Maine? We're the Pine Tree State after all, right? Well, since the first tree for Rockefeller Center was cut down in 1931, there hasn't been a single tree that was a pine tree. Maybe they are just too messy if the needles start to drop?

That said, there have been three trees in the history of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree that have come from Maine, all of which are white spruce.

In 1958 the tree was donated from East Madison, Maine, and was a 64-foot white spruce.

The second tree was donated in 1963 from Greenville, Maine. It was a 67-foot white spruce.

And in 1977 a 65-foot white spruce was donated from Dixfield, Maine

Over the years, New Hampshire donated one tree, Vermont donated six trees, Rhode Island donated twin trees in 1937, Connecticut donated 10 trees, Massachusetts donated two trees and Maine donated three.

Sure, Connecticut and Massachusetts have donated the most, but they're also a lot closer to New York City to transport these massive trees.