NEW YORK (AP) — The holly, jolly, ideal time of the yr received a light-crammed launch on Wednesday, when the towering Christmas tree at Rockefeller Middle was officially turned on.
The 79-foot (24-meter) Norway spruce, coated with more than 50,000 lights in a rainbow of shades and bearing a crystal-coated, 900-pound (400-kilogram) star, was lit in a midtown Manhattan ceremony all over again open to the public, in distinction with previous year’s virus-impacted occasion.
The lighting was televised on NBC and hosted by NBC “Today” anchors Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Craig Melvin. Between the musical performances were being Harry Connick Jr., Norah Jones, Brad Paisley and Alessia Cara. The higher-kicking Radio Metropolis Rockettes were being also element of the celebration.
This year’s tree arrived from Elkton, Maryland, where by it stood for additional than 80 several years outdoors a spouse and children dwelling.
The first Christmas tree was positioned in Rockefeller Heart by males doing the job there in 1931.
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