Top Christmas Trees in New York City
Check out these many
Christmas trees, complete with lighting ceremonies
all around New York City. Data provided by About.com.
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1. Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
The most celebrated of New York City's
Christmas trees, the Rockefeller Center Christmas
Tree is a classic New York City destination for
holiday visitors and residents alike.
Lighting Ceremony: November 28, 2007
Tree Taken Down: January 6, 2008
Address: from 47th to 51st Sts. between 5th & 6th
Avenues
Phone: 212-332-6868
2. Lincoln Center Christmas Tree
The 18th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Lincoln
Center will take place in Josie Robertson Plaza and
include performances by the New York City Ballet and
the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus. Mickey
Mouse will be on hand to light the tree at 5:59 p.m.
Lighting Ceremony: November 26, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.
Tree Taken Down: January 2, 2008
Address: 64th St. & Columbus Ave.
Phone: 212-875-5456
3. Origami Christmas Tree at AMNH
For over 30 years the American Museum of Natural
History has celebrated the holiday season with its
origami tree, this year decorated with the theme of
Fantastic Creatures: Mythic and Real and covered
various exotic origami creatures from dragons and
mermaids to narwhals and peacocks. They also have 2
19-foot Holiday Barosaurs lit up for viewing as
well.
Tree Viewing Begins: November 19, 2007
Address: Central Park West at 79th Street
Phone: 212-875-5456
4. Christmas Tree at the Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will display its
Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Creche. The
twenty-foot blue spruce features 18th-century
Neapolitan angels and cherubs flanking the Nativity
scene at its base in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture
Hall. Lighting ceremonies are held Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 3:30 and 4:30
p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays (plus Thursday,
December 28) at 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m.
Tree Up: November 20, 2007
Tree Down: January 6, 2008
Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Phone: 212-535-7710
5. Chorus Tree at South Street Seaport
This Singing Christmas Tree has carolers performing
Fridays at 6 & 7 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 3 &
4 p.m. through Christmas, offering shoppers and
tourists a festive break from the holiday madness.
Lighting Ceremony: Friday, November 23, 2007 at 6
p.m.
Address: South Street and Fulton Street
6. Cathedral of St. John the Divine Peace Tree
The Peace Tree in the Cathedral is decorated with
1000 paper cranes and other peace symbols. Children
can participate in a workshop to learn to make the
cranes, and there is also a walking tour of the
Cathedral that highlights the pre-Christian origins
of Christmas, as well as the ways the Cathedral
celebrates the holidays.
Lighting Ceremony: early December
Tree Taken Down: just after Christmas
Address: 110th St. and Amsterdam Ave.
Phone: 212-316-7490
7. Park Avenue Trees
Anyone driving or walking on the Upper East Side
should take a detour to view the 2.5 mile long
stretch of Park Avenue that is illuminated by trees
during the Holiday season.
Address: Park Avenue from 97th Street to 48th Street
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