Christmas Tree Holiday lighting Central Park NYC Harlem Meer Lake Charles A. Dana Discovery Center NY USA December 2020 4K night video

            Christmas Tree Holiday lighting Central Park NYC Harlem Meer Lake Charles A. Dana Discovery Center NY USA December 2020 4K night video

Christmas Tree Holiday lighting Central Park NYC Harlem Meer Lake NY USA December 2020

Celebrate the season at our 24th Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park.

DATE
December 3, 2020

TIME
5:15 pm

Ring in the holiday season with us and watch on-demand as we celebrate our Holiday Lighting at the Harlem Meer, a virtual reimagining of our beloved annual event.

The event includes a live countdown to lighting a dazzling flotilla of trees on the Meer, a poem read by Conservancy staff, and more holiday fun. Cozy up with some cocoa (check out our recipes below), get your song sheets ready, and carol into the night with this festive evening hosted by the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy.

This event is made possible thanks to the generosity of our Founding Sponsor. Con Edison is proud to support the Central Park Holiday Lighting.

Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center holds a multitude of educational workshops throughout the year and a Catch & Release fishing program for youths.

The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center was opened in 1993 as one of the park's main visitor centers. Named after Charles A. Dana, former editor of the New York Tribune and mediator between General Grand and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, the Discovery Center holds a multitude of educational workshops throughout the year.

In addition to hosting environmental programs for children, the Discovery Center also teaches kids about wildlife firsthand.

The Catch and Release fishing program at the Harlem Meer includes complimentary instruction, poles, and bait. This activity is primarily geared toward children ages 5 to 15.

Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
Central Park N, New York, NY 10029


Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan.


Central Park NYC
Central Park Conservancy
central to the park 

Bethesda Terrace and Fountain Arcade 
72 Terrace Dr, 
New York, NY 10021

Directions to this section of Central Park
MTA New York City Subway 2 or 3 train to Central Park North 110th st 


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*************** Christmas Origins *****************

Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) 
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820
Fifth installment
"Christmas"
"The Stage Coach"
"Christmas Eve"
"Christmas Day"
"Christmas Dinner"
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843

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Additional famous Christmas story:

"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823

Clement Clarke Moore USA

with the quote:

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night" 

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Believed Christmas origins:

Christmas Tree - Germany 

Advent wreath - Germany 

Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880

Christmas Cards - England 1843

Befana Christmas Witch - Italy

Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year 

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem  (area now Palestine)

Poinsettia red flowers - México

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree. 

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home 

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923 

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963 

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in  1996

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