As the kids say, it will be lit Wednesday night in Manhattan and Flanders.

The annual lightings of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center and the Big Duck in Flanders are both scheduled for ceremonies from 7 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday.

The tree in midtown Manhattan, a Norway spruce, came from upstate East Greenbush, in Rensselaer County, a suburb of Albany, on Nov. 8, and will be adorned with more than "50,000 multicolored, energy efficient LED lights," according to the Rockefeller Center website. The lighting of the 75-foot tree, which will be topped with a Swarovski crystal star weighing more than 900 pounds, will be open to the public and broadcast live on NBC.

The tree, which is about 75 years old, will be at Rockefeller Center until mid-January. It will then be milled into lumber

See Full Page