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2009 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree chosen -- yours could be next!

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 1998.

Photo credit: Handout

At 9:45 this morning, a Norway spruce was cut down in Connecticut and it's headed for fame, albeit short-lived. The 40-foot diameter tree, which had been growing in the yard of Maria Corti, a fifth-grade teacher from Easton, has been chosen to become the 77th Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.

>>See photos of past Rockefeller Center Christmas trees

This year's tree will be strung...

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