Philadelphia City Hall transforms into winter wonderland
The holidays are officially underway in Philadelphia.
On Thursday night, City Hall transformed into a winter wonderland with the annual Philadelphia Celebrates the Holidays tree lighting on 6abc.
Rick Williams, Cecily Tynan and Alicia Vitarelli were joined by Mayor Cherelle Parker, platinum R&B artist Keyshia Cole and rising star Liamani Segura.
The 50-foot-tall tree is now glowing bright on the north side of Philadelphia City Hall. It features more than 6,000 LED lights and 100 meteor lights.
#christmas #holiday #philadelphia #feelgood #fyp
https://6abc.com/post/philadelphia-city-hall-transforms-winter-wonderland-annual-tree-lighting-6abc/15624808/
well a holiday tradition in Senter City
tonight it was the annual city hall tree
lighting ceremony and folks from all
over including some of us here at Action
News Brave the bitterly cold
temperatures to help celebrate the
season action news reporter Caroline
Goin is live from City Hall with a look
at all the festivities tonight hi
Caroline hey Rick every season
Philadelphia city hall is the Hub of
holiday activity and at the center of
all of it is this massive tree which is
now officially up for the holiday
season it was a countdown from six to
strike the Liberty
Bell and light up this massive tree who
doesn't have a big Christmas tree in
front of City Hall towering on the north
side of Philadelphia city hall this
55-year-old tree stands 50 feet tall it
made the 205 mile Journey from upstate
New York about 3 weeks ago in that time
it has been decorated with more than
6,000 LED lights and 100 m lights I
actually love it yeah I love the white
lights it's I like it better than the
colored lights the tree is supported by
a custommade base adorned with the
Philly Skyline and including the logo of
6abc which is a proud sponsor tonight
Rick William CES tinan and Alicia velli
helped kick off the holiday
season there also performances by
several artists including Kesha Cole I
like it so much every time it's safe to
say 5-year-old Ronnie bar is in the
holiday spirit happy
holiday he had the best time taking in
the tree lighting with his mom this is
his first time down here for a tree
lighting um his first official time was
when he was in my stomach that his first
time seeing it in person for the guy
family this event means so much this is
our our family ritual every year we come
to fing for the tree lighting they've
been doing so since their daughter Carly
was 5 years old she's now 24 and
thrilled to see her family's tradition
continue it means so much it really like
just brings in the the Christmas season
it's so special to me it just means so
much and no matter how cold last year it
was warmer it didn't matter we're still
here and we're always going to be
here yeah the cold certainly did not
stop people from coming out to the tree
lighting tonight you may notice there
are no ornaments on the tree this year
it's just all of those lights thousands
of them but it really does look so
beautiful and so many people out here
tonight told us they actually prefer it
this way now also because so many people
are out here tonight the Christmas
Village benefited from it there are 120
vendors that profited from tonight's
event so many of those vendors local
here to the Philadelphia area that's the
latest live outside of Philadelphia city
hall tonight I'm Caroline Goin Channel 6
Action News Rick all right a fun evening
for everyone thank you Caroline