The Tree Lighting will Feature a Special Live Performance by Gavin DeGraw
NEW YORK – November 18, 2024 — FOX News Media (FNM) will present its fifth annual “All-American Christmas Tree Lighting” on Friday, November 22 at 5 PM/ET during a special edition of The Five. Co-hosts Harold Ford Jr., Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Jessica Tarlov and Jesse Watters will light the tree on FOX Square outside the network’s New York City headquarters along with a live performance from American singer songwriter Gavin DeGraw.
Standing at 50 feet tall, FNM’s All-American Christmas Tree will be decorated with 18,000 ornaments and 340,000 warm white, true white and red lights. Made by holiday lighting and display company American Christmas based in Mt. Vernon, NY, the tree has a six feet tall dove topper with 4,800 embedded lights.
During the holiday special, The Five co-hosts will discuss their favorite holiday memories and traditions in front of a live audience. Later in the program, the network’s chief religion correspondent Lauren Green will introduce Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Reverend Jacques DeGraff who will speak on the importance of the holiday season, while Rabbi Haskel Lookstein and Franklin Graham will each share a message of hope for the season.
FNM is once again partnering with the First Responders Children’s Foundation (1STRCF), which provides financial support to children who have lost a parent in the line of duty, as well as families enduring significant financial hardships due to tragic circumstances and will also highlight families aided by the foundation. Earlier this month, FNM set up an internal toy drive for employees to donate gifts to children nationwide. During the program The Five co-hosts will speak to 1STRCF executives joined by FOX senior meteorologist Janice Dean, whose husband is a first responder.
Additionally, the special will take viewers to North Carolina’s largest Christmas tree for a holiday performance from High Point University’s (HPU) Chapel Choir. HPU’s choir will perform a song in front of the school’s elaborate decorations, including a Christmas tree standing at 70 feet tall, 100,000 Christmas lights, and 235 large nutcrackers. In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, High Point University has raised over $30,000 and donated water, blankets and other goods to their neighboring towns affected by the storm in Western North Carolina.
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