Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lights Up In New York

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 1: Thousands of people gathered to watch the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio, actors Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon were on hand to light the 94-foot Norway spruce outside the building in midtown Manhattan.

The tree is adorned with 50,000 multicolored lights, and topped with a 550 lb, 9.5-foot wide Swarovski crystal star.