New York City's Top 7 Christmas Trees

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.
Tree Goes Up: November 14, 2011
Lighting Ceremony: November 30, 2011
Tree Taken Down: January 7, 2012
Address: from 47th to 51st Sts. between 5th & 6th Avenues (Map
Phone: 212-332-6868

• Rockefeller Center Visitors Guide
• Rockefeller Center Map

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 the "Biggest and Best", from the Museum's famous whale and the Largest Dinosaurs exhibit, as well as the space shuttle. They also have 2 19-foot Holiday Barosaurs lit up for viewing as well.

Tree Viewing Begins: November 21, 2011
Tree Comes Down: January 2, 2012
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

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 23, 2010
Tree Down: January 6, 2011
Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Phone: 212-535-7710
Visitors Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 26, 2010 at 6 p.m.
Address: South Street and Fulton Street

The NYSE Christmas Tree has been a Downtown New York tradition since 1923. The tree is located on Broad Street between Wall Street and Exchange Place in front of the NYSE. The official lighting ceremony will take place on December 7, 2010 from 5-5:30 p.m. with live performances proceeding the lighting of the tree.