New York City’s Christmas season has kicked off with the 88th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony held last night. This year the ceremony was done very differently including social distancing and masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rockefeller Center was closed to the public to prevent the large crowds that usually form around midtown Manhattan. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rob Speyer, CEO of Tishman Speyer, ended the ceremony by lighting up the tree together.