Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes to NYC

Joseph Balku takes photos as his 80 ft. tall, 50 ft. diameter, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree is cut down by crews at his home in Flanders, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012. The tree will be this years Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The tree survived the winds of Superstorm Sandy that left a path of destruction in this New Jersey town and left Balku without electricity for weeks.

Joseph Balku stands near his 80 ft. tall, 50 ft. diameter, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree at his home in Flanders, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012. Crews prepare to cut it down for this years Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

Joseph Balku stands near his 80 ft. tall, 50 ft. diameter, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree at his home in Flanders, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012. Crews lift the freshly cut tree that will be loaded onto a flatbed truck and transported to New York City for this years Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

Crews cut down an 80 ft. tall, 50 ft. diameter, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree that will this years Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree at the home of Joseph Balku in Flanders, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012.

Crews use a crane to hoist a 80 ft. tall, 50 ft. diameter, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree from its base at the home of Joseph Balku in Flanders, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012. The tree will be laid onto a flatbed truck and transported to New York City where it will be this years Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

Crews use a crane to hoist a 80 ft. tall, 50 ft. diameter, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree from its base at the home of Joseph Balku in Flanders, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012.

Joseph Balku, left looks at his 80 ft. tall, 50 ft. diameter, 10-ton Norway Spruce tree after it was cut down and loaded onto a flatbed truck at his home in Flanders, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012. The tree will be transported to New York City where it will be this years Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

The 80th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is suspended by a crane in preparation to be raised at Rockefeller Center, Nov. 14, 2012, in New York.

The 80th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is unloaded in New York's Rockefeller Center, Nov. 14, 2012.

Joseph Balku, of Flanders, NJ, uses a sledge hammer to drive in the spike in the base of the 80th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, in New York's Rockefeller Center, Nov. 14, 2012.

The 80th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is suspended by a crane in preparation to be raised at Rockefeller Center, Nov. 14, 2012, in New York.

The 80th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is raised in New York's Rockefeller Center, Nov. 14, 2012. The 80-foot Norway Spruce, donated by Joseph Balku, of Flanders, NJ, will be strung with 30,000 multi-colored, LEDs on 5 miles of wire, and topped with a Swarovski Crystal Star. The tree is scheduled to be lit on Nov. 28, 2012.

The 80th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is suspended by a crane in preparation to be raised at Rockefeller Center, Nov. 14, 2012, in New York.

The 80th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is raised above the statue of Prometheus and the ice skating rink in New York's Rockefeller Center, Nov. 14, 2012.