Iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center to be illuminated
1 year, 4 months ago

Iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center to be illuminated

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center will be lit Wednesday night by more than 50,000 multicolored lights as crowds gather in New York City for the holiday tradition. The massive tree — a 12 ton, 80-foot-tall Norway spruce from upstate New York — will be illuminated by about five miles of LED string lights and topped with a 900-pound star covered in 3 million gleaming crystals. Starting in the 1930s, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition has drawn thousands of visitors to the city each year during the holiday season.

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Is the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting still happening tonight?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Is the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting still happening tonight?

The Independent  

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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights up in New York City
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights up in New York City

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fifty-thousand multi-colored lights were illuminated on Rockefeller Center’s iconic Christmas tree Wednesday evening to cheers from the crowds gathered to witness the annual New York City tradition. Wednesday night’s ceremony marked the culmination of the tree’s long journey to New York, which began in 2020 when the center’s head gardener spotted the tree and asked its owners …

Haul out the holly! Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives in New York City
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Haul out the holly! Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives in New York City

Live Mint  

NEW YORK — The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrived in New York City on Saturday, signaling the start of the holiday season in the Big Apple. It is the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to come from Massachusetts since 1959. It was met in New York City by smiling crowds who held cellphones aloft from behind barriers as crews attached …

Haul out the holly! Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives in New York City
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Haul out the holly! Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives in New York City

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrived in New York City on Saturday, signaling the start of the holiday season in the Big Apple. It is the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to come from Massachusetts since 1959. It was met in New York City by smiling crowds who held cellphones aloft from behind barriers as crews attached …

A green giant: This year's 74-foot Rockefeller Christmas tree is en route from Massachusetts
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A green giant: This year's 74-foot Rockefeller Christmas tree is en route from Massachusetts

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A giant Norway spruce that …

Iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center illuminated in midst of pro-Palestinian protest
1 year, 4 months ago

Iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center illuminated in midst of pro-Palestinian protest

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center was lit by more than 50,000 multicolored lights Wednesday night as crowds massed in New York City for the holiday tradition. The massive tree — a 12 ton, 80-foot-tall Norway spruce from upstate New York — was illuminated in Rockefeller Center by about five miles of LED string lights and …

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
1 year, 4 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

The Independent  

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Pro-Palestinian protestors halt Macy's Thanksgiving parade and GLUE themselves to Sixth Avenue in NYC before being arrested - as New England Native American float sparks outrage by displaying Palestin
1 year, 4 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protestors halt Macy's Thanksgiving parade and GLUE themselves to Sixth Avenue in NYC before being arrested - as New England Native American float sparks outrage by displaying Palestin

Daily Mail  

Macy's 2023 Thanksgiving parade in NYC was hit by pro-Palestine protests amid heightened tensions over the Middle East crisis - with some demonstrators gluing their hands to the middle of Sixth Avenue. pic.twitter.com/ZAQbQWeqRa — DH November 23, 2023 BREAKING: Pro-Palestine protesters unfurl a Free Palestine banner at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City pic.twitter.com/L17bwucE2S — BreakThrough News …

National Christmas Tree blazes to life with Biden lighting
2 years, 3 months ago

National Christmas Tree blazes to life with Biden lighting

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — “Five, four, three, two, one!” and the towering National Christmas Tree blazed with bright color Wednesday evening as President Joe Biden marked a century-old American tradition leading the lighting near the White House. The president, joined by first lady Jill Biden and host LL Cool J, led the festive crowd braving damp, chilly weather in a countdown before …

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on, with coronavirus rules and restrictions
4 years, 3 months ago

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on, with coronavirus rules and restrictions

Hindustan Times  

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree looks different for visitors at Rockefeller Center this year, starting with Wednesday’s tree lighting ceremony. The Christmas tree is lit at Rockefeller Center amid the coronavirus disease restrictions in New York City, New York, U.S., December 2, 2020. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree stands lit, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in New York. The 75-foot tall …

PHOTOS | Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on amid coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

PHOTOS | Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on amid coronavirus

Hindustan Times  

PHOTOS | Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on amid coronavirus Rockin’ around the Christmas tree looks different for visitors at Rockefeller Center this year, starting with Wednesday’s tree lighting ceremony. The plaza where the tree is physically located will be closed to the public; instead, there will be specific tree-viewing zones on the midtown Manhattan blocks on either side.. 1 …

Rockefeller tree lighting ceremony is closed to the public for the first time in 88 years
4 years, 3 months ago

Rockefeller tree lighting ceremony is closed to the public for the first time in 88 years

Daily Mail  

Rockin' around the Christmas tree looks different for visitors at Rockefeller Center this year, starting with Wednesday nights tree lighting ceremony. More than 50,000 lights on the 75-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree are illuminated at the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, on Wednesday night in New York NYPD buses were used to block the view on 5th Avenue …

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on, with virus rules
4 years, 3 months ago

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree turns on, with virus rules

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Rockin’ around the Christmas tree looks different for visitors at Rockefeller Center this year, starting with Wednesday’s tree lighting ceremony. The telecast used pre-recorded performances from entertainers like Kelly Clarkson and Dolly Parton, and camera shots of the streets around the tree showed them to be largely empty. The plaza where the tree is physically located will …

Badly malnourished baby owl discovered in Rockefeller Christmas tree
4 years, 4 months ago

Badly malnourished baby owl discovered in Rockefeller Christmas tree

Daily Mail  

A baby owl has been rescued and rehabilitated after being found roosting in New York City's Rockefeller Christmas tree. Al Dick of Daddy Al's General Store in Oneonta donated the tree to Rockefeller Center Workers in Oneonta, New York, on Thursday prepare to cut down a 75ft-tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce that was chosen to be the tree that will be …

Thanksgiving parade celebrated in New York[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 4 months ago

Thanksgiving parade celebrated in New York[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus seen during the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, US, on November 24, 2016. NEW YORK - The 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City kicked off on Thursday among unprecedented law enforcement presence as millions of spectators gathered along the route to marvel at the annual spectacle. The …

Thanksgiving parade celebrated in New York[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 4 months ago

Thanksgiving parade celebrated in New York[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus seen during the 90th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, US, on November 24, 2016. NEW YORK - The 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City kicked off on Thursday among unprecedented law enforcement presence as millions of spectators gathered along the route to marvel at the annual spectacle. The …

In New York, 85-foot-tall, 13-tonne Christmas tree delivered for Christmas
10 years, 4 months ago

In New York, 85-foot-tall, 13-tonne Christmas tree delivered for Christmas

India TV News  

Bloomsburg: An 85-foot Norway spruce that belonged to a Pennsylvania family of "Christmas elves" will serve as Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree this year. The tree was donated by Dan Sigafoos, 38, and Rachel Drosdick-Sigafoos, 29, who live in a century-old farmhouse about three hours west of New York City. Erik Pauze, the head gardener at Rockefeller Center, was driving on …

Christmas Tree Lit On Capitol Hill
14 years, 3 months ago

Christmas Tree Lit On Capitol Hill

India TV News  

Washington, Dec 7 : A glittering 67 foot Christmas tree was illuminated outside the US Capitol building on Tuesday in Washington, DC. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi helped a young student from Wyoming to light the tree.Daniel Sitter, a sixth grade student, pushed the button that illuminated the tree's lights.The annual event was marked by a ceremony …

Christmas Tree Lights Turned On At Rockefeller Center
14 years, 3 months ago

Christmas Tree Lights Turned On At Rockefeller Center

India TV News  

New York, Dec 1 : Tens of thousands of people gathered in New York's Rockefeller Center on Tuesday night to watch the lighting of the country's most famous Christmas tree, just days after a bomb scare at a tree lighting in Oregon. Mayor Michael Bloomberg helped turn on the 30-thousand energy-efficient lights decorating the Rockefeller Christmas tree following performances by …

Christmas tree rises in New York
14 years, 4 months ago

Christmas tree rises in New York

China Daily  

America's Thanksgiving holiday is nearly two weeks away, but there are already some signs that the Christmas season is here. That was the impression at New York's Rockefeller Center on Friday as workers carefully put in place and secured a 22 meter tall Norway Spruce tree that, when illuminated, will serve as one of the Big Apple's most recognizable and …

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