No matter what New York City neighborhood you're in during the holiday season, you're sure to be impressed by the festive lights and decorations that mark the holiday season. Check out these many Christmas trees, complete with lighting ceremonies all around New York City.
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: December 2, 2009
Tree Taken Down: January TBD, 2010
Address: from 47th to 51st Sts. between 5th & 6th Avenues (Map
Phone: 212-332-6868
Lighting Ceremony: December 2, 2009
Tree Taken Down: January TBD, 2010
Address: from 47th to 51st Sts. between 5th & 6th Avenues (Map
Phone: 212-332-6868
2. 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 24, 2008
Address: Central Park West at 79th Street
Phone: 212-875-5456
Visitors Guide to the Museum of Natural History
Pictures of the AMNH Origami Tree
Tree Viewing Begins: November 24, 2008
Address: Central Park West at 79th Street
Phone: 212-875-5456
Visitors Guide to the Museum of Natural History
Pictures of the AMNH Origami Tree
3. 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 at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m.Tree Up: November 24, 2009
Tree Down: January 6, 2010
Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Phone: 212-535-7710
Visitors Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
4. Chorus Tree at South Street Seaport
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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 28, 2008 at 6 p.m.
Address: South Street and Fulton Street
Lighting Ceremony: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 6 p.m.
Address: South Street and Fulton Street
5. 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
6. 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
