Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Jessica Tarlov and Lawrence Jones emceed the sixth annual "All-American Christmas Tree" lighting ceremony during "The Five."

The event capped a big year for Tinley Park’s downtown area as Harmony Square, opened in July, was a $38 million project.

The North Pole natives joined the Santa Parade’s Grand Marshal, former Detroit Lion Herman Moore, on stage to light the city’s Christmas tree and mark the official start to the holiday season. “It helps you get in the spirit of Christmas and just see a lot of happy, beautiful people in the same spirit,” Tanekia Means said.

A trio singing group, toy soldiers on stilts, elves and the lighting of the Christmas tree inside the historic Los Angeles’ Union Station kicks off the Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 21. Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra,

The annual Detroit Tree Lighting event taking place at Campus Martius on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, is expected to draw about 100,000 people.

Chicago police responded to reports of shots fired and multiple people shot late Friday night outside the Chicago Theatre, just hours after the city lit the official Christmas tree at Millennium Park just blocks away.