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Famous Christmas Trees

By: Jessica Yonker

From the Rockefeller Center tree in New York City to celebrity homes, survey a gallery of spectacular trees.

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Photo: Image courtesy of Tishman Speyer/Photography by Bart Barlow

Rockefeller Center

Perhaps one of the most famous Christmas trees of all, Rockefeller Center in New York City boasts a glowing, 80-foot Norway spruce. Each year the Rockefeller Center hosts a lighting ceremony shortly after Thanksgiving.

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Photo: Image courtesy of Tishman Speyer/Gregory Scaffidi

The First Rockefeller Tree

The first-ever Rockefeller Center Christmas tree—erected on Christmas Eve in 1931 by employees working to complete the center—was a simple 20-foot balsam adorned in paper garland and strings of cranberries.

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Just Beachy

HGTV designer Stacey Vuduris decorated comedian Wayne Brady's holiday home with a Hawaiian theme, opting for sea shells, starfish and tropical flowers.

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Wayne Brady

Wayne Brady and daughter Maile give their tropical Christmas makeover a big high-five.

Famous Christmas Trees

Rockefeller Center

The First Rockefeller Tree

Just Beachy

Wayne Brady

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