Wonderful Time At Roosevelt Island Holiday/Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Tonight - Eat Your Heart Out Rockefeller Center

Wow, what a wonderful time for everybody at the Roosevelt Island Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony tonight in front of Blackwell House.

Will have more pictures and video of the festivities, songs and Santa's arrival soon, but here's a taste of the fun times with the Tree Lighting Countdown.



Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Public Safety Department Director Jack McManus was absolutely right when he said what a beautiful night it was and added:

... Rockefeller Center, Eat Your Heart Out.

UPDATE 9:10 PM:

#RooseveltIsland Tree Lighting Christmas Party is going on underneath my windows tonight #NYC pic.twitter.com/JPRW4IEV1H

— Mallica Vajrathon (@mallicav) December 5, 2015

#SantaClaus has arrived on #RooseveltIsland!! pic.twitter.com/dE3YBmkauH

— Sen. Jose M. Serrano (@SenatorSerrano) December 5, 2015

The FDNY provided Santa Claus his sled to come to Roosevelt Island

Xmas time in da hood @ Roosevelt Island https://t.co/dnQ29ewlUM

— Pablo Bartolomé (@pablo_bartolome) December 5, 2015

Xmas time in da hood

A photo posted by Pablo Bartolomé (@pablobartolome) on Dec 4, 2015 at 5:46pm PST

Tree lighting on Roosevelt Island. pic.twitter.com/XoR5DXlzyN

— Nick Turner (@SFNick) December 5, 2015

UPDATE 10 PM - Roosevelt Island kids dancing with Santa Claus.



UPDATE 12/5 - 9:45 AM - Roosevelt Island Youth Program Beacon Kids

 Image From Irina Hage

gave a great performance of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town



and Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. Check out those flashy dance moves.



Roosevelt Island photographer Irina Hage of Irina Island, shares these photos



of many smiling Roosevelt Island faces at last night's Tree Lighting Ceremony