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NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin helped New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio light the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in a soggy ceremony on Wednesday night. The event, which was televised on NBC, drew a crowd of thousands who braved the cold and rain to see this year's 94-foot Norway Spruce illuminated for the holiday season.
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Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, Dolly Parton, Sarah McLachlan, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Josh Groban performed at the 84th annual celebration which was hosted by the Today show crew -- Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker and Hoda Kotb.
The tree, plucked from the Oneonta, N.Y., backyard of Angie and Graig Eichle, is festooned with 50,000 LED lights and a Swarovski crystal star made with 25,000 individual crystals.
The tree will stay lit until Jan. 7, where it will then become lumber to be used by Habitat for Humanity.
