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 ...

The first Massachusetts tree since 1959 to star as the famous Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center will be lit for the final ...

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 ...