While the official Christmas tree tradition at Rockefeller Center began in 1933, it unofficially began during the Depression-era while construction of Rockefeller Center was still underway.

There will be around 6.5 million visitors to New York City between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year and most of them will be descending on the Rockefeller Center to catch sight of the world ...

It has been lit since Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. In 1931, during the Great Depression, workers at the Rockefeller Center construction site erected and decorated a small tree, and then lined up at ...

The Rockefeller Center tree tradition dates back to 1931 when construction workers at the site pooled their money to buy a ...