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76th Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center - 12.3

76th Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center

The 76th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony takes place
on December 3, 2008 from 7-9 p.m. The annual event is televised and features musical performances from a variety of popular artists. Typically, the Radio City Rockettes perform and there are also ice skaters performing in the Rockefeller Ice Rink.

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Location is located the center of the complex of buildings between 47th and 50th Streets and 5th and 7th Avenues.
Closest Subways to Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: B/D/F/V to 47-50 Sts/Rockefeller Center or the 6 to 51st/Lexington.
Tree is Illuminated: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Tree Comes Down: January TBD, 2009
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Hours: The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is typically illuminated from 5:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. daily, except on Christmas and New Year's Eve. On Christmas, the tree is illuminated for 24 hours and on New Year's Eve the lights are turned off at 9:00 p.m.

Official Christmas Tree lightings across the country:

NY: The famous celebration at Rockefeller Center takes place Dec. 3, 7-9 p.m.

If you can't be part of the crowd that night, watch from home on TV or stop by in person later in the season.

In Washington, D.C., the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse will be lit Dec. 4.

Tickets for the ceremony have already been distributed, but you can see it through Jan. 1.
On Dec. 2 at 5 p.m., the Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony takes place on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

If you're celebrating Christmas in California, stop by the 100-foot fir tree at The Grove in Los Angeles, which was lit Nov. 23, and is decorated with 10,000 lights and 15,000 ornaments.