Tonight, NBC rang in the holiday season with a special appearance from “Death Becomes Her” star Megan Hilty, who took the stage to sing “Hard Candy Christmas.” Check out a video of her performance below!

Hilty was introduced by her Death Becomes Her co-stars Jennifer Simard and Christopher Sieber.

NBC is celebrating its nine-decade tradition of celebrating the annual lighting of one of the world’s most famous trees with its popular Christmas at Rockefeller Center special. This year the show was hosted by Emmy and Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson, who also performed.

The tradition of the Rockefeller Christmas tree goes back more than 90 years, to 1931 during the Great Depression. The first official tree lighting ceremony took place two years later, in 1933, in front of the then eight-month-old RCA building (now the Comcast building). The Christmas Tree Gathering expanded in 1936 with the opening of the outdoor ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza. NBC-TV first broadcast the tree lighting in 1951 on “The Kate Smith Show” and on the nationally televised “Howdy Doody” from 1953 to 1955.

NBCUniversal will continue its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation for the 15th consecutive year to support tree planting efforts across the United States. This year, NBCUniversal will plant 25,000 trees in areas affected by wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters. The Arbor Day Foundation is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Since its founding just over 50 years ago, it has helped plant more than 500 million trees.

Continuing a longstanding tradition, after the tree leaves Rockefeller Center, it will be donated to Habitat for Humanity and processed into lumber that will be used sustainably to build homes.

To provide a more inclusive experience for blind and visually impaired viewers, NBCUniversal is proud to present the full NBC broadcast with live audio description on the Secondary Audio Program (SAP) channel, powered by Descriptive Video Works. The broadcast will be available with additional audio commentary describing the striking visual impact of the tree lighting.

At key moments throughout the evening, viewers will have the opportunity to donate to the Red Nose Day campaign. Funds raised during the transfer will support critical programs that ensure children and families have the access they need to comprehensive health services, nutritious food, quality education, and safe spaces to live, learn, work and play.

Red Nose Day partners include Feeding America, Save the Children, Boys & Girls Clubs of America/Native Clubs, Brotherhood Sister Sol, Youth Design Center and Covenant House. Since 2015, Red Nose Day has raised more than $365 million and positively impacted the lives of over 32 million children in the United States and around the world.

“Christmas in Rockefeller Center” is produced by Emmy Award-winning Brad Lachman Productions. Brad Lachman and Bill Bracken serve as executive producers. Directed by Glenn Weiss.

Additional “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” cast members will be announced at a later date.

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