Christmas Tree Lighting New York

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic there will still be a christmas tree at rockefeller center for the 2020 holiday season but maybe not the traditional.

Christmas tree lighting new york.

It looks like the holiday season in new york city will look different this year. In new york the tree lighting ceremony right after thanksgiving is the official start of the holiday season over the past years we weren t super lucky with the weather but the tree lighting ceremony attracts tons of people every year. It s not the holidays without the iconic rockefeller center christmas tree. Since 1997 the lighting has been broadcast live to hundreds of millions on nbc s christmas in rockefeller center telecast on a wednesday.

The christmas tree at rockefeller center. Christmas tree lighting are going to be different this year mayor says. The tree traditionally a norway spruce is illuminated by 30 000 environmentally friendly led lights on five miles of wire and crowned by a swarovski crystal star. The rockefeller center christmas tree is a large christmas tree placed annually in rockefeller center in midtown manhattan new york city united states the tree is erected in mid november and lit in a public ceremony in late november or early december.