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. Read more

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