The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit in New York

Tens of thousands of people gathered in New York’s Manhattan plaza to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree get lit; among the crowd was survivors of Hurricane Katrina, whose home was partly built by last year’s Christmas tree.

This year’s lighting ceremony was attended by a number of star’s including Beyonce, Harry Connick Jr., Jamie Foxx and Tony Bennett. The singers entertained the thousands of people next to the eight-ton, 72-foot Norway spruce.

The tree has been decorated with 30,000 energy-efficient LED lights, which shows that America is finally thinking about the environment. The tree had five miles of wire, which all went to the top of the tree, where a 750-pound star made of 25,000 Swarovski crystals sat.

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