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Broadway Holiday Tree
Duffy Square - Broadway at 46th Street
Many Broadway stars will help light the tree.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine Peace Tree
110th St. and Amsterdam Ave.
Commemorate the season of light with a stroll through the Cathedral to see the giant Peace Tree.

Chorus Tree at South Street Seaport
South Street Seaport, Fulton Street
The beautifully decorated Chorus Tree, with thousands of white lights, will stand over 50 feet tall and this year will feature live performances.
City Hall Park Fountain

Lincoln Center Holiday Tree
Broadway and 63rd Street

Little Italy's Most Precious Blood Church
109 Mulberry Street (bet. Canal & Hester Sts.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas Tree
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
A collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs among this 20-foot tree's boughs and groups of realistic crèche figures flanking the nativity scene are at its base located in the Museum’s Medieval Sculpture Hall. A tree lighting ceremony takes place every Friday and Saturday evening at 7pm.

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road

Park Avenue Trees
Park Avenue from 97th Street to 48th Street

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
30 Rockefeller Center Plaza at 49th Street
The world's most famous Christmas tree is a spectacular mountain of branches covered with 30,000 lights on 5 miles of wire.

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights
Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road
Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights sparkle once again with more than 140 illuminated animal sculptures plus snowflakes, star bursts, over eight miles of tree lighting, and more than two miles of architectural lighting.

Empire State Building
Fifth Ave. at 34th St.

Giant Snowflake at the corner of 57th St. and Fifth Ave.

Grand Central Terminal Holiday Laser Light Show
42nd St. and Lexington Ave.
A laser light show is projected on the famed Sky Ceiling 125 feet above the Terminal's Main Concourse. These spectacular free shows bring the ceiling's constellations to life in a celebration of winter, all choreographed to seasonal music.

Christmas in Little Italy
Mulberry Street bet. Canal & Broome Sts.
Little Italy will be transformed into a Christmas Wonderland, its streets ablaze with Christmas lights and decorations, strolling carolers in costume, weekly parades and religious processions complete with colorful floats and marching bands. Licensed street vendors positioned along the festival's streets will join local merchants in selling holiday gifts and merchandise from brightly decorated tents.

Union Square Holiday Market
14th - 18th Street and Broadway
Specialty merchants in this outdoor Holiday Market

Grand Central Holiday Fair
Grand Central Terminal, 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue
Specialty merchants in this indoor Holiday Market