New Yorkers and visitors gathered together Wednesday night to kick off the holiday season as the world Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was lit.
More than 50,000 multi-colored, energy-efficient LED lights, strung on five miles of wire, adorn the 14-ton, 82-foot tall, 50-foot-wide Norway Spruce that is topped with a stunning Swarovski Star designed by architect Daniel Libeskind.
Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Craig Melvin and ‘ACCESS Hollywood’ Host Mario Lopez hosted the annual Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with featured appearances from Jimmie Allen, Andrea Bocelli along with Matteo Bocelli and Virginia Bocelli, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Brett Eldredge, Mickey Guyton, Alicia Keys, The Muppets of Sesame Street, Dan + Shay, Blake Shelton, The Shindellas, Gwen Stefani, Louis York and more.
This year’s tree comes from the Lebowitz Family of Glens Falls, New York. The tree was harvested on November 10and arrived in New York City on Nov. 12, where it was raised into place in front of a crowd of spectators. The Lebowitz Family attended the tree lighting ceremony.year a Swarovski Star tops the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The star, which debuted in 2018, is made up of 70 spikes covered in 3 million crystals, is nearly 9 ½ feet in diameter, and weighs 900 pounds.
Spectators can view the lit tree each day from 6 a.m. – 12 a.m.; all day on Christmas; and from 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. Rockefeller Center began its Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in 1933, when a Christmas tree was placed in front of the then-RCA Building and decorated with 700 lights. Now a quintessential New York tradition, the Christmas trees in Rockefeller Center have ranged from 50-foot Pines to 100-foot Norway Spruces and are enjoyed by millions of New Yorkers and visitors from near and far throughout the holiday season.
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