The giant evergreen that will light up the Rockefeller Center plaza for this year's holiday season has arrived in New York City.

The 78-foot Norway spruce was spotted late Thursday evening making its way down Columbus Avenue on a giant trailer, accompanied by a full police escort, as seen on photos posted to social media.

It was parked outside Rockefeller Center Friday morning until its big reveal on NBC's "Today" before being hoisted into place outside the front doors of the Comcast Building.

The giant evergreen that will light up the Rockefeller Center plaza for this year’s holiday season has arrived in New York City.

The giant evergreen that will light up the Rockefeller Center plaza for this year’s holiday season started its journey to New York City Wednesday. Rob Schmitt has more.

The 10-ton tree was cut down from a home in Ulster County before making its way to the city. It was cut down from the Gardiner property of Albert Asendorf and Nancy Puchalski and put on a 115-foot-long trailer to make the 80-mile journey to Rockefeller Center. It'll be erected on Friday.

Ran into the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on my way home tonight with @JimOConl pic.twitter.com/ICyAIsmUy8 — Bryan 🎃’Connell (@BryanOConnell) November 6, 2015

This year's tree, which is about 80 years old, is 78 feet tall and 47 feet wide.

It will be illuminated for the first time on Dec. 2 in a ceremony that's been held since 1933. The lighting ceremony will take place between 7 and 9 p.m.

The tree will be illuminated by 45,000 multi-colored LED lights on 5 miles of wire. This year marks the 12th year the Swarovski Star will top the tree.

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It will be lit every day from 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. until Jan. 7., except for Christmas when it will be lit for 24 hours and New Year's Eve when it will be lit until 9 p.m.

After it goes down, the tree will be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.

The 78-foot Norway spruce was cut down from a home in Ulster County and hoisted on a trailer to make its way to the city.

Here are some historical facts about the Rockefeller Center Tree: