Skip the train to see the tree at Rockefeller Center. Instead, aim your car or your feet into Bellport Village to view Bellport Illumination.

By the way, the village’s Christmas tree will be lit this Saturday and shops will be open for evening purchases as well as Dec. 17.

But back to Bellport Illumination, initiated by Phil Grucci, CEO, creative director, Fireworks by Grucci Inc., Pyrotechnique by Grucci Inc., and Grucci Middle East Event Organizers LLC.

The Advance spoke to Grucci while he was in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with his wife, Debbie. Grucci was there along with a crew of eight pyrotechnicians, setting up a laser and lighting show for a World Heritage site.

“This year we’re putting up a little more than 5,000 lights,” he reported of the village project. “We started last week and then put up the rest this Monday,” he said. “We got 90 percent of the businesses participating with the 52 buildings.”

Grucci said he contacted each storeowner individually; those who agreed contributed their storefront’s percentage share of the total.

“I also brought in my cousin, James Grucci of Grucci Service Group, to facilitate the installation as well as maintain materials during the off-season,” he added. “We found a warm, white LED bulb we used to replace the bulbs from last year. He’s donated much of his time and his crews to this vision.”

“Most of the storeowners agreed to do it with Phil,” said Bellport Chamber co-vice president LuAnn Thompson, owner of Bellport Arts & Framing. “Some still wanted to keep their own originality to mix in with it. The lighting goes to the west of Station Road, then down to Bellport Lane. There’s some with Phil’s lights and some with their own to the east.”

According to Grucci, 5,000-plus feet of warm-glow white LEDs are being used. Each are connected to the participant’s storefront; some are powered by village light poles. “In keeping with the aesthetic charm of Bellport Village, the design is to emphasize the roofline peaks and architectural features of each building,” he said.

Not one to let details slip by, Grucci even texted Alison Buck one early morning, like at 3 a.m.; Buck, also a Bellport Chamber co-vice president, owns TOLA and Temperance Hall.

“The feedback I get from the customers from my businesses is that it’s like a Norman Rockwell scene,” she said. “People love it.”