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FOX News Media (FNM) will present its sixth annual “All-American Christmas Tree Lighting” on Friday, November 21 at 5 PM/ET during a special edition of The Five. Co-hosts Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Watters, and guest co-host Lawrence Jones will light the tree on FOX Square outside the network’s New York City headquarters along with a live performance from Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian singer Chris Tomlin accompanied by a choir.
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.
Outnumbered co-host Emily Compagno and FOX News Saturday Night’s Jimmy Failla will helm live coverage on FOX News’ digital platforms for an immersive two-screen experience throughout the tree lighting. Compagno will serve as the event’s social media correspondent, providing viewers with a behind-the-scenes livestream that features interviews with FOX News Media talent and special guests, while Failla will deliver short-form humorous content throughout the show.
Throughout the special, The Five co-hosts will reminisce on their favorite holiday memories and traditions. Lauren Green, FNC’s chief religion correspondent, will introduce Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Reverend Franklin Graham who will speak on the importance of the holiday season while Rabbi Kalman Samuels will share a message of hope for the season.
This year, FNM is partnering with Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to provide gifts for underprivileged children as well as Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child to pack shoeboxes of toys and essentials for children around the world.
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the free ad-supported television service FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for more than 23 consecutive years, while FBN is the top business channel on cable. Owned by Fox Corporation, FOX News Media reaches nearly 200 million people each month.
