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Holiday events around the US: Trees, lighting displays and more

Charles Sykes

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree

FILE - In a Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 file photo, the 80-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit using 45,000 energy efficient LED lights during the 80th annual lighting ceremony in New York. The tree comes from the Mount Olive, N.J., home of Joe Balku, who lost power and other trees during the storm. It's now covered in 30,000 lights and will remain on view until Jan. 7. While you're at Rock Center, watch the ice skaters, take in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular or visit St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue.(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Ivo M. Vermeulen

Travel-Holiday Events

This November 2012 photo provided by the New York Botanical Garden shows the annual holiday train show at the garden in the Bronx borough of New York, where model trains on view in the Enid A. Haupt Conservancy wind past 140 buildings depicting New York City, including landmarks like the original Yankee Stadium, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Brooklyn Bridge. Holiday train shows also take place at a number of other botanic gardens around the country including those in Chicago and Cincinnati. (AP Photo/New York Botanical Garden, Ivo M. Vermeulen)

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Travel Trip Holiday Events

This Nov. 2012 photo provided by Universal Orlando Resort shows actors from the theme park’s live holiday show, “Grinchmas Wholiday Spectacular,” inspired by the classic story, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The theme park’s holiday events also include a nightly parade of giant balloons from Macy’s New York City holiday parade. (AP Photo/Universal)

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Travel Trip Holiday Events

This Nov.2011 photo provided by Busch Gardens Williamsburg shows the theme park’s Christmas Town, which returns this year for a fourth season, with six million lights adorning nearly every building. The display includes 1,500 trees, 700 wreaths and 20,000 ornaments, plus shows, Santa’s workshop and a 50-foot-tall animated tree dancing to synchronized music. (AP Photo/SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment)