The Best Christmas Tree Lighting 2017 Performers Ideas. Ll cool j hosted the 99th national christmas tree lighting, which included performances of beloved holiday tunes by billy porter, chris stapleton, h.e.r., juanes, keb’ mo’, kristin chenoweth, maren morris and patti labelle performing alongside the us army band downrange and the howard. Web the tree lighting special, aptly title christmas in rockefeller center, airs wednesday, november 29 at 8 p.m.

Trump and first lady melania trump participated in the 95th annual national christmas tree lighting. Web 12k views streamed 5 years ago. Published november 29, 2017 • updated on november 30, 2017 at 9:54 am.