A world-wide symbol of New York City holiday season is the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. This year ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 and tens of thousands crowd the sidewalks for the event, and I am part of the millions who watch the Tree Lighting Ceremony broadcast live by NBC Channel 4. The 74 foot tall Norway spruce tree was donated by Peter Acton of Ground Zero FDNY firefighter veteran and his wife Stephanie from their Mahopac, NY home. The tree will be illuminated through January 2, 2011.
Me and my friends start our trip to Rockefeller Center and we strolled down the plaza and took lots of photographs with the tree as our background. The plaza is decorated with beautiful holiday greens, colorful lights, herald angel, wire sculpted, the nutcracker statue. The picturesque ice skaters also add to the festive scene at Rockefeller Center every holiday season. The weather was freezing cold, it was about 20 degrees with wind chill. But people seems to forget about the weather. After that we walk west toward 6th Avenue passing the Radio City Music Hall, take some pictures and walk toward 5th Avenue, looking at the Christmas window of Saks Fifth Avenue and walk through the store just to see Christmas displays. We didn't get a chance to take a picture at the giant replica of the Swarovski star that located on the north side of the plaza. On the way to our parking spot, we took a few moments to stand in front of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, on 5th Avenue, which across from Rockefeller Center. Magnificent church building.
