Festive : Kylie Minogue wore a huge white coat and leather knee high boots for the lighting of the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center in New York
New York's Rockefeller Center looked like a true winter wonderland, and pop star Kylie Mingoue fitted right in with her snow queen inspired outfit.
The singer was among a host of stars who turned out for the annual lighting of the Christmas Christmas tree in the Big Apple.
Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Sheryl Crow, Katherine Jenkins, and Susan Boyle all performed at the event.
Holiday spirit: The singer performed Santa Baby at the ceremony, which was watched by 50,000 people live in New York City
Mariah Carey kicked off the show singing Oh Santa while Kylie performed Santa Baby and Let It Snow in front of more than 50,000 people who watched the event live.
Jessica Simpson sang I'll Be Home For Christmas and Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle performed a haunting version of Away In A Manger backed by a children's choir.
Classical singer Katherine Jenkins appeared to put glamour ahead of warmth, choosing a sleeveless black satin frock while the other performers wrapped up warm.
Christmas carols: Sheryl Crow and Jessica Simpson were among the performers
Snow angel: Mother-to-be Mariah Carey, who famously adores the Christmas season, belted out Oh Santa
Sheryl Crow, Boyz II Men and Josh Grobin also kept the crowds entertained at the ceremony.
Philippines singer Charice, who recently guest starred in Glee, performed uptempo Jingle Bell Rock.
The 12-ton, 74-foot Norway Spruce is illuminated by 30,000 environmentally-friendly LED lights strung together using five miles of wire, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
Haunting: Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle performed Away In A Manger with the backing of a children's choir
Songbird: Welsh classical singer Katherine Jenkins chose glamour over warmth in a sleeveless black dress
Gleeful: Charice, who recently starred in Glee, sang the Jingle Bell Rock
This year's tree, which is about 75 years old, came from the yard of Peter Acton, a New York City firefighter and September 11th first responder.
'Over the years, people would say to us that the tree belonged at Rockefeller Center, but we never really paid much attention,' said Acton, who lives in Mahopac, New York, about 50 miles north of New York City.
'Even now, my wife is disbelieving that our tree is really going to be this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.'
High note: Kylie met up with fellow singer Jessica Simpson backstage
Acton was one of the firefighters first dispatched to downtown Manhattan on the morning two hijacked jets struck the World Trade Center.
The tree will remain lit from 5.30am to 11.30pm, through early January. It will stay lit for 24 hours on Christmas Day.
Thousands of people traditionally attend the annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, where police issued a gridlock alert, and millions of other people watch the event on NBC television.
Bright lights: The 74-foot Norway Spruce is illuminated by 30,000 environmentally-friendly LED lights
Christmas spirit: More than 50,000 watched the event live
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on November 30, 2010 in New York. Originally from Mahopac, New York, the 12-ton, 74-foot Norway Spruce is adorned with 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on more than five miles of electrical wire, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on November 30, 2010 in New York. Originally from Mahopac, New York, the 12-ton, 74-foot Norway Spruce is adorned with 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on more than five miles of electrical wire, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on November 30, 2010 in New York. Originally from Mahopac, New York, the 12-ton, 74-foot Norway Spruce is adorned with 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on more than five miles of electrical wire, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: People stand near the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree after the annual lighting ceremony November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: People stand in 30 Rockefeller Plaza looking at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree after it is illuminated at the annual lighting ceremony November 30, 2010 in New York City.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on November 30, 2010 in New York. Originally from Mahopac, New York, the 12-ton, 74-foot Norway Spruce is adorned with 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on more than five miles of electrical wire, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Singer Jessica Simpson performs on stage at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Boyz II Men perform on stage at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: The 74-foot Norway Spruce dressed with 30,000 energy efficient led lights before they are turned on, is on display at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Singer Sheryl Crow performs on stage at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Singer Josh Groban performs on stage at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
Australian singer Kylie Minogue waits to perform at the 78th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in New York November 30, 2010.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Singer Sheryl Crow performs on stage at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: The 74-foot Norway Spruce dressed with 30,000 energy efficient led lights is on display at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: The 74-foot Norway Spruce dressed with 30,00 energy efficient led lights is on display at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: The 74-foot Norway Spruce dressed with 30,000 energy efficient led lights is on display at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: The 74-foot Norway Spruce dressed with 30,00 energy efficient led lights is on display at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2010 in New York City.
[starttext] A woman and a child watch Christmas lights in Bucharest on November 25, 2010 in a commercial center. Organizers claim a new Guinness World record was set as 449,658 light bulbs were used.
People passing Germany's biggest christmas tree in the city center of Dortmund, western Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. The 45 meter high giant is made of 1700 norway spruces and illuminated by 48.000 lamps. Christmas markets have been a German tradition for about 600 years and are found in nearly every city in Germany during the Advent season.
BATH, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 25: Christmas shoppers browse the offerings at the Bath Christmas Market on November 25, 2010 in Bath, England. Originating in Germany, Christmas markets have become increasingly popular in British cities too, as a way of boosting festive retail sales and visitor numbers.
A couple looks at Christmas lights decorations in a commercial center in Bucharest November 25, 2010. The decorations set a Guinness world record for indoor Christmas lights decoration with 449,658 light bulbs.
Visitors walk through the christmas market down the ferris wheel on November 22 2010 in Metz, eastern France.
Visitors walk through the christmas market down the railway station on the on November 22 2010 in Metz, eastern France.
A giant Christmas tree stands in the middle of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris ahead of the holiday season in the French capital November 26, 2010.
A giant Christmas tree stands in the middle of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris, ahead of the holiday season in the French capital, November 26, 2010.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: Visitors stroll through the Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A giant Christmas pyramid spins at the illuminated Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: Visitors watch an ornate merry-go-round at the illuminated Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: Visitors stroll through the illuminated Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A worker turns over sausages grilling at a stand at the Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: Visitors stroll through the illuminated Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A giant Christmas pyramid spins at the illuminated Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
Christmas lights illuminate a central street, on the day Christmas lights were turned on, marking the start of the Christmas season, in Madrid November 26, 2010.
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: Hand-made nutcrackers from the Ore Mountains stand for sale at the Dresdner Striezelmarkt Christmas market on November 26, 2010 in Dresden, Germany. The Striezelmarkt claims to be Germany's oldest Christmas market and dates back to 1434. Christmas markets have a long tradition in Germany and usually sell gluhwein, Christmas decorations and ornaments, sweets and sausages.
A man places illuminated house models at Germany's oldest Christkindlesmarkt (Christ Child Market) in Nuremberg November 26, 2010. The first official record of this pre-Christmas market dates back to 1628. A list of notices for stall holders from 1737 shows that almost all of Nuremberg's craftsmen were represented. Every year, Germany's traditional markets, such as the centuries-old Christkindlesmarkt in medieval Nuremberg, draw millions of visitors, both local and foreign. They open before the first Sunday of Advent and continue until December 24 at 12 noon.
Shoppers ride an escalator past a Christmas tree late Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 at the Chandler Mall in Chandler, Ariz.
This picture taken on November 26, 2010 shows Christmas lights in the center of Strasbourg, eastern France, on the eve of the opening of the traditional christmas market where more than two millions visitors are expected.
This picture taken on November 26, 2010 shows Christmas lights in the center of Strasbourg, eastern France, on the eve of the opening of the traditional christmas market where more than two millions visitors are expected.
US First lady Michelle Obama (L) with daughters Malia (C) and Sasha (R) check out the White House Christmas tree after it was delivered by horse drawn carriage on November 26, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.
This picture taken on November 26, 2010 shows Christmas lights in the center of Strasbourg, eastern France, on the eve of the opening of the traditional christmas market where more than two millions visitors are expected.
This picture taken on November 26, 2010 shows Christmas lights in the center of Strasbourg, eastern France, on the eve of the opening of the traditional christmas market where more than two millions visitors are expected.
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Festive : Kylie Minogue wore a huge white coat and leather knee high boots for the lighting of the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center in New York
Holiday spirit: The singer performed Santa Baby at the ceremony, which was watched by 50,000 people live in New York City
Christmas carols: Sheryl Crow and Jessica Simpson were among the performers
Snow angel: Mother-to-be Mariah Carey, who famously adores the Christmas season, belted out Oh Santa
Haunting: Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle performed Away In A Manger with the backing of a children's choir
Songbird: Welsh classical singer Katherine Jenkins chose glamour over warmth in a sleeveless black dress
Gleeful: Charice, who recently starred in Glee, sang the Jingle Bell Rock
High note: Kylie met up with fellow singer Jessica Simpson backstage
Bright lights: The 74-foot Norway Spruce is illuminated by 30,000 environmentally-friendly LED lights
