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Connecticut tree heading to Rockefeller Center

Originally published: November 11, 2009 10:43 AM
Updated: November 11, 2009 10:11 PM
By JOHN VALENTI  john.valenti@newsday.com

Quick ReadAt 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, a work crew cut down a 76-foot, 10-ton Norway spruce growing in the yard of fifth-grade teacher Maria Corti in Easton, Conn.

In this photo released by Rubenstein Communications, a

Photo credit: AP | In this photo released by Rubenstein Communications, a 76-foot tall Norway spruce tree, which was chosen as the 2009 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, is lifted to a trailer in Easton, Conn. (Nov. 11, 2009)

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas?

You might not think so, considering it's only mid-November. But at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, a work crew cut down a 76-foot-tall, 10-ton Norway spruce growing in the yard of fifth-grade teacher Maria Corti in Easton, Conn.

PHOTOS: Click here to view photos of Rockefeller Christmas trees

Thursday, that tree will be hoisted with a crane and...

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