Overview
- NBC's live special hosted by Reba McEntire featured performances by Marc Anthony, Michael Bublé and an appearance by the Rockettes.
- The Norway spruce measures roughly 23 meters and 11 tons, with about 50,000 LED lights and a Daniel Libeskind–designed Swarovski star set with more than three million crystals.
- Thousands packed the area as New York City police deployed additional officers, K-9 units and aerial support to manage crowds around Rockefeller Center.
- The tree was selected after Judy Russ’s snowy photo was forwarded to head gardener Erik Pauze, who has chosen the Rockefeller Center tree for decades.
- The display is scheduled daily through mid-January, with lights on from 5 a.m. to midnight, operating all day on Christmas and with reduced hours on New Year’s Eve.