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Christmas Show Stoppers

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and the Radio City Rockettes highlight New York City’s holiday season

Forget Miracle on 34th Street, the real holiday spirit can be found several blocks uptown between 48th and 51st Streets, which serve as the home to the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and the Radio City Rockettes, respectively.

Towering above the Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Rink, an 88-foot Norway spruce sways slightly as thousands of people move about on the sidewalks and streets below. Bespeckled with approximately 30,000-colored lights, the mammoth tree can be viewed from late November through the first week of January.

This year’s tree, first spotted about eight years ago by David Murbach, Rockefeller Center Gardens Division manager, weighs approximately nine tons and is 45-feet in diameter.

“It’s a beautiful darkgreen evergreen from Ridgefield, Connecticut,” said Murbach, who needs a helicopter to help select the giant pines.

Even native New Yorkers known for taking so much of the city’s international attractions for granted (How many lifelong New Yorkers have visited the Statue of Liberty or 86th floor of the Empire State Building?) find the time to “go see the tree.”

The tradition started modestly in 1931, when workers building the Rockefeller Center placed an averaged-sized Christmas tree in the middle of the muddy construction site and adorned it with simple decorations. The lighting of the tree has now become a nationally televised event that includes performers and entertainers.

A Leg Up

Just uptown, inside majestic Radio City Music Hall the Rockettes kick up their heels as part of the annual Christmas Show Spectacular. While the Rockettes take their show all over the country, watching the precision dancing live on one of the world’s most famous stages is more impressive. This year the legendary leggy hoofers celebrate their 75th anniversary.

While the show will continue to perform traditional fan favorites such as the Living Nativity and Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, the show has undergone a major facelift.

“This year’s show is unmistakably the most dynamic version of the Christmas Spectacular that has graced the Great Stage,” said Linda Haberman, the show’s director and choreographer.

The make over will include dramatic lighting effects, flying characters - including one rotund fella dressed in red - and new music written just for the show.

“We’ve pushed the possibilities for more daring Rockette choreography, created dazzling new costume looks, incorporated technology and stage effects in a way that makes the audience feel as though they are part of the magic onstage,” said Haberman.

While December is the most wonderful time of the year in New York City, these two holiday traditions are well worth the time and effort, especially since they are in such close proximity.

Happy Holidays.

Did You Know?

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is recycled and turned into mulch that is donated to the Boy Scouts of America. The tree produces about three tons of mulch which is spread along the trails of BSA campgrounds to reduce erosion. Also, the base of the tree is donated to the U.S. Equestrian Team to be used as jumping obstacles.

Ticket Information:

There is no charge to view the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The tree is illuminated on a daily basis from 5:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. Rockefeller Center is easily accessible by subway, taking the B/D/F/V to 47-50 Street station, or the No. 6 to 51st Street. For more information go to www.wnbc.com/christmastree.

Tickets for the Christmas Spectacular can be purchased via Ticketmaster (212) 307-1000 or in person at the box office, located at 1260 Ave. of the Americas. The box office is open Monday through Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The box office is closed on Sunday. For more information go to www.radiocity.com.

Traveling In Style

After being placed on a custom made trailer that can stretch up to 100-feet, and able to hold a tree about 125-feet tall, the spruce is transported to New York City late at night under the supervision of a NYPD escort. A 280-ton allterrain hydraulic crane is needed to maneuver the tree on and off the trailer, as well as the assistance of 15 to 20 workers.

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