The annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree has offered presidents an opportunity ... dignity and brotherhood of man which Christmas Day signifies — more than any other day or any other ...

NBC's annual tree lighting ceremony is in November and ... with the exception of Christmas Day, when it will remain illuminated for 24 hours, and New Year's Eve, when it will be on from 5 a.m ...

For the Rockefeller Center tree lighting, the Rockettes performed a medley of Christmas favorites. The Rockettes rehearse for six hours a day, six days a week for the six weeks leading up to the ...

We tend to think of Christmas-season traditions as ancient ... An 1884 New York Times article counted 120 bulbs on his dazzling tree. Johnson’s lights were indeed ahead of their time ...

The lighting of Christmas trees is an annual tradition for both cities, with the Rockefeller tree in New York first being lit in 1933. The duo's eight-day mission became a nine-month space odyssey ...