New York Christmas Sung Rockefeller 2024. Turning on the lights of the christmas tree is a real. The lighting of rockefeller center’s towering christmas tree—traditionally on the first wednesday after thanksgiving—is a perennial highlight.

The lighting of rockefeller center’s towering christmas tree—traditionally on the first wednesday after thanksgiving—is a perennial highlight.  — the christmas tree at rockefeller center will be illuminated by more than 50,000 multicolored lights on wednesday, kicking off a midtown manhattan holiday tradition that dates.