FOX News Media lights 'All-American Christmas Tree' in NYC, kicking off holiday season

FOX News Media lit its "All-American Christmas Tree" successful FOX Square extracurricular the network's satellite office successful New York City Friday, officially kicking disconnected the vacation season. 

The 50-foot histrion was decorated with 18,000 ornaments and 340,000 lukewarm white, existent achromatic and reddish lights with a brightly-lit dove sitting connected top.

"The Five" co-hosts Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Harold Ford Jr. and Tyrus led Friday's vacation peculiar and were joined by Fox News main religion analogous Lauren Green, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Rev. Jacques DeGraff to connection prayers and a connection astir the meaning of Christmas arsenic good arsenic Rabbi Steven Burg, who provided a video connection from Jerusalem successful Israel and spoke astir the value of Hanukkah and the Jewish people's combat for freedom. The Rev. Franklin Graham besides provided a peculiar Christmas connection to viewers. 

FOX News Media presented its 5th yearly "All-American Christmas Tree Lighting" connected Friday astatine 5 p.m. ET during a peculiar variation of "The Five."  (FOX News Media)

Multi-platinum creator Gavin DeGraw made a peculiar appearance, performing classical Christmas tunes passim the show, including "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Merry Christmas to You," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "White Christmas" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." 

The Chapel Choir of High Point University besides performed "Silent Night." In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, High Point University has raised implicit $30,000 and donated water, blankets and different goods to their neighboring towns affected by the tempest successful Western North Carolina.

Dozens from the FOX News Media household and their loved ones were besides successful attendance, including Martha MacCallum, Bill Hemmer, Sandra Smith, Brian Kilmeade, Lawrence Jones, Kayleigh McEnany, Janice Dean, Jessica Tarlov, Rachel Campus-Duffy, Todd Piro, Carly Shimkus, Larry Kudlow, Liz Claman, Brian Brenberg, Cheryl Casone, Nick Kosir, Rosanna Scotto, David Webb, Eric Shawn, Griff Jenkins, Kennedy, and Jimmy Faila with further video messages from Laura Ingraham and Trey Yingst.  

FOX News "elves" Steve Doocy, Shannon Bream, Will Cain, Carly Shimkus and Jimmy Faila dispersed the vacation cheer by delivering Christmas trees to nursing homes crossed the country. 

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FOX News Media erstwhile again partnered with the First Responders Children’s Foundation (1STRCF), which provides fiscal enactment to children who person mislaid a genitor successful the enactment of duty, arsenic good arsenic families enduring important fiscal hardships owed to tragic circumstances. Families aided by the instauration were successful attendance.  

Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.