{"id":6903,"date":"2025-11-09T00:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2025-11-09T00:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:26:19","slug":"widow-who-donated-this-years-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-says-its-in-honor-of-her-late-husband-spread-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903","title":{"rendered":"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"people-article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp people-article-header mntl-article-header\">\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">\u201cIt\u2019s so special that my family\u2019s tree gets to be America\u2019s, if not the world\u2019s, Christmas tree,\u201d Judy Russ said of the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp bylines people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<div id=\"mntl-bylines__group_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-bylines__group mntl-block mntl-bylines__group--author\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/_dcvn9ZYt8i5EDSFWB1dnmXobqQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(700x557:702x559):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-d84a08349c364fe497e5ec30cd60f9da.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/CnNltpK0Uev29W_Sy-hbbRQ89jU=\/750x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(700x557:702x559):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-d84a08349c364fe497e5ec30cd60f9da.jpg 750w\" alt=\"Judy Russ and her son Liam Russ donate this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Judy Russ and son Liam donated this year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a Norway spruce.<\/span><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :\u00a0<\/span>Diane Bondareff\/AP Content Services for Tishman Speyer<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Judy Russ, who donated this year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, dedicated the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce to her late husband, Dan Russ<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<p>\u201cAs my husband has passed away, I know he would have loved to have been here for this moment,\u201d Judy said on\u00a0<em>Today<\/em>\u00a0alongside her 7-year-old son, Liam Russ<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The tree had been planted in the yard of their East Greenbush home by Dan\u2019s great-grandparents around 75 years ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Judy Russ is carrying on her late husband Dan Russ\u2019 legacy in the form of one of the most iconic Christmas trees in the world.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Five years after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjrockefeller.com\/obituaries\/Daniel-Doran-Russ?obId=25242311\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Dan died at 32 years old<\/a>, Judy decided to make their lifelong dream of getting the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce outside their home in upstate New York to the front of Rockefeller Center come true.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On Nov. 8, the tree was transported from the Russ family home in East Greenbush to the center of Midtown Manhattan for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cAs my husband has passed away, I know he would have loved to have been here for this moment,\u201d Judy told NBC correspondent Joe Fryer on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/life\/rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-2025-backstory-russ-family-rcna242537\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;We always talked about it being the (Rockefeller Center) tree. It&#8217;s so special that my family\u2019s tree gets to be America&#8217;s, if not the world\u2019s, Christmas tree.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TlSTFIboJcTSiMnLW2IMpleMxuM=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(619x729:621x731):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TlSTFIboJcTSiMnLW2IMpleMxuM=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(619x729:621x731):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"IMAGE DISTRIBUTED TISHMAN SPEYER - Judy Russ and her son Liam, 7, pose in front of the wrapped 75-foot tall Norway Spruce that the Russ family donated to serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in East Greenbush, NY. The wrapped tree will be brought into New York City by flatbed truck and raised into place at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 8. \" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TlSTFIboJcTSiMnLW2IMpleMxuM=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(619x729:621x731):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TlSTFIboJcTSiMnLW2IMpleMxuM=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(619x729:621x731):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Judy Russ and son Liam donated this year&#8217;s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.<\/span>Diane Bondareff\/AP Content Services for Tishman Speyer<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The couple\u2019s 7-year-old son, Liam, added, \u201cI\u2019m excited that the whole world can see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">As for how the dream became a reality? After Judy took Liam to see the biggest Christmas tree in New York City last year, they couldn\u2019t help but think of the huge spruce back at home that had been planted by Dan\u2019s great-grandparents around 75 years ago. So, Judy reached out to a family friend with a relative who works at Rockefeller Center.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"midcirc__card-list_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__card-list mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">The 2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Has Been Chosen! See the Evergreen and Find Out Its Home Town<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"midcirc-card__image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/gpCbltcMgxqtwZrezuuUj6ubYVA=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/gym-class-heroes-rockefeller-tree-113023-2-69311d14ec3f4cca936999fb6b53cac5.jpg\" alt=\"The Swarovski star is seen atop the Christmas Tree during the Rockefeller Center's annual lighting ceremony in New York, November 29, 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/gpCbltcMgxqtwZrezuuUj6ubYVA=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/gym-class-heroes-rockefeller-tree-113023-2-69311d14ec3f4cca936999fb6b53cac5.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">Days After His Wife&#8217;s Death, an &#8216;Angel&#8217; Knocked. Now Tree They Planted as Newlyweds Is in Rockefeller Center<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"midcirc-card__image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/dqi3fq65Y5bzSoyJGzh6m-wA3_0=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-tree-2024-new-home-120424-tout-184a5805ed6047d6b470f49d3e9c91cd.jpg\" alt=\"Rockefeller Center 2024 Christmas Tree Lighting rehearsal on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/dqi3fq65Y5bzSoyJGzh6m-wA3_0=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-tree-2024-new-home-120424-tout-184a5805ed6047d6b470f49d3e9c91cd.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Before they knew it, Rockefeller Center\u2019s head gardener, Erik Pauze, was telling them that the tree Liam once used as his own personal jungle gym would soon be adorned with 50,000 lights and a Swarovski star for all to see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;I think I just hallucinated, like, &#8216;We need to go back because there\u2019s no way this is real, right?&#8217; &#8221; Judy quipped.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/BEKyQV4sMi0pqVdmUDikKiWix98=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1003x607:1005x609):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-3-7770d0762de74163b057c31b453b812f.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/BEKyQV4sMi0pqVdmUDikKiWix98=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1003x607:1005x609):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-3-7770d0762de74163b057c31b453b812f.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"IMAGE DISTRIBUTED TISHMAN SPEYER - This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 75-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce, that has been wrapped for transport, is craned onto a flatbed truck, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in East Greenbush, NY.\u00c2\u00a0The wrapped tree will be brought into New York City and raised into place at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 8\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/BEKyQV4sMi0pqVdmUDikKiWix98=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1003x607:1005x609):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-3-7770d0762de74163b057c31b453b812f.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/BEKyQV4sMi0pqVdmUDikKiWix98=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1003x607:1005x609):format(webp)\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-3-7770d0762de74163b057c31b453b812f.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">The 2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.<\/span>Diane Bondareff\/AP Content Services for Tishman Speyer<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The tree made its grand arrival at Rockefeller Center on the morning of Nov. 8. Judy and Liam will attend the lighting ceremony on Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWell, I cry at home in my living room when the tree is lit, so I\u2019m probably going to be inconsolable that day, but it\u2019s going to be great,\u201d Judy said, deciding to dedicate each shining light on the tree to her late husband. &#8220;Spread joy, spread cheer, love one another. Think of our family, think of my husband, think of us. We\u2019re just happy to share it with everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so special that my family\u2019s tree gets to be America\u2019s, if not the world\u2019s, Christmas tree,\u201d Judy Russ said of the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce Judy Russ and son Liam donated this year\u2019s Rockefeller&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019 - FRESHSTORYES<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019 - FRESHSTORYES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cIt\u2019s so special that my family\u2019s tree gets to be America\u2019s, if not the world\u2019s, Christmas tree,\u201d Judy Russ said of the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce Judy Russ and son Liam donated this year\u2019s Rockefeller&#046;&#046;&#046;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FRESHSTORYES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-09T00:26:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"burim1234\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"burim1234\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"burim1234\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a18b4262a54d89b106cb800c96ff7f65\"},\"headline\":\"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-09T00:26:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903\"},\"wordCount\":600,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903\",\"name\":\"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019 - FRESHSTORYES\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-09T00:26:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a18b4262a54d89b106cb800c96ff7f65\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp\",\"width\":1333,\"height\":2000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?p=6903#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/\",\"name\":\"FRESHSTORYES\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a18b4262a54d89b106cb800c96ff7f65\",\"name\":\"burim1234\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc561583c2ff366a447455606ddb4981addbcba515192e036fb0c4bc8affada7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc561583c2ff366a447455606ddb4981addbcba515192e036fb0c4bc8affada7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc561583c2ff366a447455606ddb4981addbcba515192e036fb0c4bc8affada7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"burim1234\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freshstoryes.lol\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019 - FRESHSTORYES","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019 - FRESHSTORYES","og_description":"\u201cIt\u2019s so special that my family\u2019s tree gets to be America\u2019s, if not the world\u2019s, Christmas tree,\u201d Judy Russ said of the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce Judy Russ and son Liam donated this year\u2019s Rockefeller&#46;&#46;&#46;","og_url":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903","og_site_name":"FRESHSTORYES","article_published_time":"2025-11-09T00:26:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1333,"height":2000,"url":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"burim1234","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"burim1234","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903"},"author":{"name":"burim1234","@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/#\/schema\/person\/a18b4262a54d89b106cb800c96ff7f65"},"headline":"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019","datePublished":"2025-11-09T00:26:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903"},"wordCount":600,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903","url":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903","name":"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019 - FRESHSTORYES","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp","datePublished":"2025-11-09T00:26:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/#\/schema\/person\/a18b4262a54d89b106cb800c96ff7f65"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rockefeller-Center-Christmas-Tree-110825-2-99fb3a29d7c04f8f84f7e4570fbef963.webp","width":1333,"height":2000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?p=6903#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Widow Who Donated This Year\u2019s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Says It\u2019s in Honor of Her Late Husband: \u2018Spread Joy\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/#website","url":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/","name":"FRESHSTORYES","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/#\/schema\/person\/a18b4262a54d89b106cb800c96ff7f65","name":"burim1234","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc561583c2ff366a447455606ddb4981addbcba515192e036fb0c4bc8affada7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc561583c2ff366a447455606ddb4981addbcba515192e036fb0c4bc8affada7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc561583c2ff366a447455606ddb4981addbcba515192e036fb0c4bc8affada7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"burim1234"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol"],"url":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6905,"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions\/6905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshstoryes.lol\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}