The Christmas season began in New York with the lighting of the Rockefeller tree

the emblematic Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York, was illuminated on the night of this Wednesday, November 30. Thus was inaugurated christmas festive season in the city, an event that brought together hundreds of people despite a rainy and cold weather.

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the beloved tradition. Like every other occasion, the ceremony was broadcast on television, by the nbc. It featured performances by Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Alicia Keys, Andrea Bocelli and the Rockettesthe famous dancers from the Radio City Christmas show.

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The spouses Gwen and Blake graced the stage of the Rockefeller Center singing You make it feel like Christmas. She wore a festive green dress while he kept it more casual in a red flannel.

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Bocelli’s interpretation was the most movingbecause he went on stage together with his children Matteo and Virginia to interpret The Greatest Gift at the Christmas celebration last night. The song is off the family’s new album, A Family Christmas.

Undoubtedly, what captivated the public that attended the event was the light display spread over the branches of the Norway spruce more than 25 meters high and about 14 tons in weight, which traveled about 320 kilometers from the town of Queensbury, in upstate New York.

The almost hundred-year-old tree looks 50,000 multi-color LED lights that were lit up at the end of the party, whose cable stretches over a little more than 8 kilometers. It is crowned with a Swarovski star, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, in use since 2018, which weighs 900 pounds and has 70 points covered with 3 million crystals.

Located next to the ice skating rink in the shopping complex, the tree will be lit daily from 6:00 a.m. to midnight. The authorities have announced that they will close road traffic in its surroundings coinciding with those hours.

On Christmas Day, the tree will be lit continuously, and on New Year’s Eve, it will be lit until 9:00 PM. On an unspecified date, after the tree is cut down, it will be turned into lumber and given to Habitat for Humanity International.

Visitors, spread out in the streets near the imposing Rockefeller skyscraper, this Wednesday also enjoyed the light show that can be seen on the façade of the luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue and which contributes to the New York Christmas atmosphere.

It is estimated that 125 million people visit the tree Rockefeller Christmas Eve each year. (AND)