The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is decked out with 50,000 LED lights, but before they’re turned on for the first time, there will be plenty of celebrities lighting up Midtown Manhattan during Christmas in Rockefeller Center.
The two-hour special airs live on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 from New York City at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
And it will be packed with star power.
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What celebrities will be at the 2025 Rockefeller Center Tree lighting?
Country music legend and actress Reba McEntire, currently appearing on Happy’s Place and The Voice, is hosting and performing at Christmas in Rockefeller Center.
Other musical guests include Marc Anthony, Halle Bailey, Michael Bublé, Kristin Chenoweth, Laufey, New Edition, Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, and Gwen Stefani. The Radio City Rockettes, who are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, are also performing.
And TODAY anchors Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin, and Al Roker will be at the event.
This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a Norway spruce, stands 75-feet-tall and is 45 feet in diameter.
It was cut down from a yard in East Greenbush in Rensselaer County, New York, a suburb of Albany. The approximately 75-year-old evergreen was donated by the Russ family, who owns the property it grew on. “I’m excited to make more cherished memories with my family and childhood friends as it becomes the world’s Christmas tree,” Judy Russ, who lives on the property’s home, told The Center Magazine.
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The Norway spruce made its way to Midtown Manhattan on November 8.
In addition to all of its dazzling lights, it will be topped with a 900-pound Swarovski star that boasts more than three million crystals covering 70 spikes.
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After Christmas in Rockefeller Center, the holiday fun continues with Christmas in Nashville, hosted by Trisha Yearwood and airing on Wednesday, December 3 from 10 to 11 p.m. Performers taking part in the country music holiday special include Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers, Lauren Alaina, Ne-Yo, The War and Treaty, and Trace Adkins.
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