The holiday season seems to get real with the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in New York City every year. Kelly Clarkson, the musician and host of a talk show taped at Rockefeller Center, will return to host the lighting ceremony and its television special, “Christmas in Rockefeller Center." There’s nothing like it in the world, especially the tree lighting ceremony." Workers install the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York City on Nov. 9. It’s a 74-foot tall, 43-foot-wide Norway spruce from West Stockbridge, and it arrived at Rockefeller Center on Nov. 9, according to the website for Rockefeller Center.

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Persons: Kelly Clarkson, Clarkson, Charlie Brown, Stephanie Keith, Peacock, Mario Lopez, Natalie Pasquarella, David Ushery, Navidades, ”, Daniel Libeskind, Jennifer Hudson, Dan, Shay, Megan Hilty, Thalia, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, Craig Melvin, It’s, Earl Albert, Leslie, Albert Organizations: Rockefeller Center, New York City, Universal Studios, Workers, Rockefeller, NBC, Telemundo, National Weather Service, Backstreet Boys, Radio City, Radio City Music Hall, Savannah Guthrie, Habitat Locations: New York City, New York, Universal City , California, NBC New York, Massachusetts, Norway, West Stockbridge