This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is officially on its way to New York City after it was cut down on Thursday.

Originating from a yard in West Edmeston, New York, the 76-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce is expected to arrive on Saturday.

The conifer is roughly 75 years old and measures 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter.

This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday (AP Content Services for Tishman)

A crane hoisted the tree onto a flatbed truck to begin its 200-mile (322-kilometer) trip to its perch at Rockefeller Plaza, where it will stand over the center’s famous skating rink.

Once in place, the tree will be wrapped with more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights and crowned with a 900-pound (408-kilogram) Swarovski star before a televised lighting ceremony on Dec. 2.

It will be will be trucked to New York City to usher in the holiday season (AP Content Services for Tishman)

The display will remain on view until Jan.…