Waiting for the first snow is a winter tradition — but what if only a single snowflake arrives?

That’s what happens in The First Snow of Fraggle Rock, the new holiday special arriving Friday on Apple TV, which finds Gobo (John Tartaglia) venturing to “Outer Space” — aka the human world — to find some wintry inspiration to write his annual holiday song.

Before Friday’s premiere, Billboard Family is premiering the joyous original song “Can You Feel It” from the special, which brings all the Fraggles — Gobo, Red, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and more — together to sing about the things that make them merry. “It’s the perfect time of year/ Celebrate and spread the cheer/ Can you feel it?” they all sing in the chorus.

Watch the exclusive clip below:

Elsewhere in the new special, from the team behind the Emmy-winning Apple TV series Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Venezuelan-American singer and social superstar Lele Pons duets with Gobo on the classic Fraggle Rock song “Our Melody.” The First Snow of Fraggle Rock—Apple Original Soundtrack — a four-song EP that includes “Can You Feel It?,” two versions of “Our Melody,” and “Face Facts, Pack Snacks, Make Tracks” — will arrive digitally this Friday via Lakeshore Records.

The original Fraggle Rock ran for almost 100 episodes from 1983 to 1987, with the spin-off Back to the Rock series premiering on Apple TV in 2022.

The Jim Henson Company’s The First Snow of Fraggle Rock is executive produced by Lisa Henson, Halle Stanford, John Tartaglia, Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson, Arnon Milchan and Yariv Milchan. Dave Goelz and Karen Prell co-executive produce. Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, serves as the executive music producer. The special was written by Fusfeld and Cuthbertson, produced by Chris Plourde, co-produced by Tim O’Brien and directed by Jon Rosenbaum.

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For some, the holiday season officially begins once the iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit.

Get ready to jingle your bells, the Rockefeller Center will be hosting its 93rd annual lighting ceremony on Wednesday (Dec. 3) at 8 p.m. ET. The 75-foot Norway Spruce will be lit up with over 50,000 multicolored lights and a 9-foot-diameter 2018 Swarovski star, lighting up the New York skyline. The spruce was cut early in Nov. and arrived at the iconic Center Plaza on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Whether you’ve snagged travel deals to see it in person or plan to watch the holiday tradition from the comfort of your couch, the 2025 Christmas tree-lighting ceremony is bound to get you in the holiday spirit with the help of a slew of guests and musical performances.

This year’s festivities will be hosted by Country music icon Reba McEntire, joined by a slew of musical guests including Marc Anthony, Halle Bailey, Michael Bublé, Kristin Chenoweth, Laufey, New Edition, Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce Gwen Stefani and the Radio City Rockettes, who are currently celebrating their 100th anniversary. 

If you want to join in on the festive fun (from the comfort of your own home, not the Big Apple), we’ve compiled everything you need to know to watch the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony online and on TV for free.

Check below for the streaming options available.

How to Watch the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 2025 on NBC, Peacock & SlingTV

The Christmas in Rockefeller Center special will air on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 during. The two-hour holiday special will air live from New York at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and simulcast on Peacock. If you have cable, you can watch the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony on TV through your local NBC affiliate — just check your cable provider’s channel guide to find your local NBC channel.

Cable cutters can also use NBC’s official streaming platform, Peacock, which will be live streaming the ceremony. Already have Peacock? You can watch the ceremony for no additional cost by logging into your account and going to live TV.

Don’t have a subscription? A subscription to the streaming service, including NBC, currently will cost you $10.99 a month or $109.99 a year.

Besides the 2025 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, a Peacock subscription will give you access to the entire Peacock library including exclusive and original TV series, movies, sports and more such as Bupkis, Mrs. Davis, Poker Face, Bel-Air, Poker Face, Yellowstone and Based on a True Story. You’ll also be able to watch NBC and Bravo programs like the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Saturday Night Live, Parks & Recreation, The Office, Vanderpump Rules and more.

SlingTV’s Blue plan includes NBC and its affiliated channels for $50.99 a month and will give you access to DVR storage, the ability to stream on up to three devices at once and more. You can expand your channel offerings by combining the Blue and Orange plans for even more content for only $33 (reg. $65.95). Click here or the button below to sign up.

Additional Ways to Watch Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 2025 for Free

Looking for more money-saving options? Live TV streamers are offering free trials and promos that can save you even more without having to pay hundreds of dollars on cable each month.

You can get NBC on DirecTV by utilizing the service’s five-day free trial via the Entertainment package. If you’re thoroughly impressed by the free tiral, the service’s Entertainment package is available now for $49.99 a month, a package which includes access to NBC. Along with you your subscription to this package, you’ll have access to 90+ local channels ESPEN Unlimited and Disney+ and Hulu bundle with ads and 130+ MyFree DIRECTV channels.

Hulu + Live TV comes with a 3 day free trial and gives you the most content options as you’ll not only have access to the NBC channel as well as many more live TV channels, but also the entire Hulu library. You can also bundle it with Disney+ and ESPN+ for even more programs to watch. Once your free trial is over, you’ll be charged the normal subscription fee of $89.99 a month. Click here or below to launch your free trial.

THE BIG STORY: It’s almost 2026. Music lawyers are grappling with streaming fraud, deepfakes and trillion-dollar battles over artificial intelligence. And the U.S. Supreme Court is talking about … file sharing?

Nearly 30 years after the industry-shaking debut of Napster, online piracy is no longer the existential threat it once was. (Don’t worry: We’ve got robot musicians to worry about now.) Are a commercially significant number of people really still illegally downloading music files when humanity’s full corpus of recorded music is available for $12?

But litigation moves at a glacial pace — and in the mid-2010s, piracy was still a big enough deal that the industry began cracking down on the internet service providers that enabled it. The biggest such case, filed in 2018 by Universal, Warner and Sony against Cox, eventually saw a jury award the labels a whopping $1 billion over piracy by Cox subscribers.

Nearly seven years later, that case is now before the Supreme Court – something of a legal time capsule from an earlier technological era, but one that the justices are worried could lead to “extreme” outcomes for our current one.

For more, go read our full breakdown of the case and this week’s big oral arguments at the high court.

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TALK THE LINE? The estate of Johnny Cash is suing Coca-Cola over ads that allegedly mimic the country legend’s voice – the first ever case to be brought under Tennessee’s recently enacted ELVIS Act aimed at prohibiting voice cloning in the A.I. era.

MEGAN THEE PLAINTIFF – A jury issued a verdict siding with Megan Thee Stallion in her defamation lawsuit against celebrity gossip blogger Milagro Gramz, who the star claims acted as Tory Lanez’s “mouthpiece” to spread misinformation after he shot Megan in 2020.

DIDDY V. NETFLIX – Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter warning of litigation if the streamer releases a 50 Cent-produced docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning.

CAN’T SHAKE IT OFF – A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by hundreds of Taylor Swift fans over Ticketmaster’s botched sale of Eras Tour tickets three years ago, allowing the case to move ahead.

TAKE IT EASY – A judge rejected a civil lawsuit against Don Henley and Irving Azoff over the criminal prosecution of three men who allegedly tried to sell stolen Eagles lyrics – a case that ended in a spectacular collapse in 2024.

DOING TIME – Fugees rapper Pras Michel was sentenced to 14 years in prison following his conviction on illegal foreign lobbying and conspiracy charges linked to Jho Low, the Malaysian financier who masterminded the 1MDB corruption scandal.

RESTAURANT ROW – Usher is suing music producer Bryan-Michael Cox and other organizers of a failed Atlanta restaurant project, claiming they misused money he loaned and still owe him $700,000.

MJ BIOPIC – Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris fired a legal broadside at the executors of her father’s estate, claiming a looming Michael movie and other projects are designed to “enrich and aggrandize” them rather than build wealth for the family.

FEE FIGHT – Nelly is demanding that a lawyer for one of his former St. Lunatics bandmates repay more than $78,000 he spent in legal bills to defeat her “frivolous” lawsuit over the rights to his debut album Country Grammar.

“STRONG WORDS” – Live Nation and Ticketmaster filed a long-awaited motion for summary judgment seeking to end the Justice Department’s sweeping antitrust case – claiming the feds used “strong words” that do not have “a lick of truth to them.”

MORE ACCUSERS – Two more of Smokey Robinson’s former employees — a woman and a man — came forward with claims that the 85-year-old Motown singer sexually assaulted them, adding to four earlier accusers.

LYRIC LITIGATION – GloRilla won a ruling dismissing — for now, at least — a lawsuit that accused her of stealing a social media personality’s viral catchphrase “all natural, no BBL” with the lyrics to her 2024 song “Never Find.”

CASE DROPPED – An appeal filed by Making the Band contestant Sara Rivers aimed at reviving her $60 million sexual assault lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs was abruptly dismissed — a move that came after her lawyers failed to file basic court forms.

CASE TOSSED – A judge dismissed a civil lawsuit filed against Kevin Liles by an anonymous executive assistant who claimed she was sexually assaulted by the legendary record executive at Def Jam in the early 2000s.

GOING PUBLIC – StubHub is facing a class action claiming it hid key details from investors ahead of its $758 million initial public offering (IPO) in September.

TRIAL SET – Aaron Carter’s family will head to trial next year in a wrongful death lawsuit against doctors and pharmacies that allegedly gave the late singer access to Xanax pills before he drowned in a bathtub in 2022.

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This year’s Travel Tuesday deals and promos are making that dream vacation to far-off places or cozy staycations even more attainable.

Rather than put that beachside getaway off for another month, you can take advantage of savings up to 75% off, and paired with luggage deals, you can travel the world more affordably. Prime Day 2025 is even offering exclusive savings for Prime members only until 11:59 ET/PT that you can jump on for a limited-time.

Whether you’re planning on going to any festivals and concerts this summer or just want a change in environment, beaches and unexplored regions await.

Summer savings events are going on now including Prime Day travel promos that’ll tempt you to take advantage of that PTO and go on a much-needed vacation. To take some of the stress out of finding the best travel deals, we did the research and rounded up the hottest deals, steals and promos so you can focus on stocking up on travel necessities.

See below for the best travel deals — from flights to experiences — that will help make sure you have the best vacation yet. These promos aren’t going to last forever, though, which means you need to act ASAP to avoid seeing the dreaded “sold out” or “offer expired” message pop up.

What Are the Best Prime Day Travel Deals?

To help you score good deals on Prime-exclusive flights, rental cars and experiences, ShopBillboard listed the best offers below for you to grab before it’s too late.

Southwest Airlines

Amazon is celebrating Cyber Monday with 50% off Southwest base fares using the code 50CYBER until Dec. 4 at 11:59 p.m. ET/PT on U.S. flights only between 1/6-3/4/26. That means you can head to anywhere in the U.S. at a fraction of normal flight pricing.

Budget

Prime members can take advantage of up to 30% off car rentals and earn a 15% gift card when they book through Amazon during Prime Day with Budget. Plus, you’ll also be able to save up to 30% off your rental base rates.

SIXT

Another Prime Day-only deal you can look forward to is up to 15% off SIXT car rentals. You’ll have to be a Prime member in order to redeem the deal as well as book it through the Prime Day Travel Deals page. If you’re not currently a Prime member, Amazon is offering a 30-day free trial for new users who sign up, which will include access to the exclusive Prime member-only deals.

Norwegian Cruise Line

Prime members are being treated to up to 50% off Norwegian Cruise Line cruise experiences when you book through the Prime Day Travel Deals page. With this deal, you’ll also be given free pre-paid gratuities on all cruises, making your dream vacation a reality. The promo goes live for Prime Day, which starts July 16 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET/PT on July 17.

Tripadvisor

Amazon is encouraging you to embrace your wanderlust spirit with an exclusive Prime Day-only deal for Prime members via Tripadvisor. You can score $50 off select Tripadvisor experiences only on the app when you book through the Prime Day Travel Deals page. This deal applies if you join the app for free by Dec. 2.

What Are the Best Flight Deals?

Jet off at a fraction of the price as airlines slash prices throughout the year to help you fly for less. No matter where you want to go, don’t drop hundreds of dollars on a round-trip ticket. Check below to see what the current best flight deals are.

United Airlines

United is offering low-fare flights from select cities including Chicago, New York City, Denver, San Fransisco, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. All you have to do is book a trip from one of the cities listed and you can score flights as low as $110 roundtrip. You can also personalize your picks by entering your max budget for trips within your spending limit.

Skyscanner

Skyscanner looks across a variety of airlines to find the cheapest tickets on the market worldwide. You can enjoy the low-priced tickets any time of the year, not just during the holidays. Right now, some round-trip flights are as low as $39, so don’t miss out.

CheapOAir

Whether you’re looking for last-minute cheap flights or just want to book ahead, CheapOAir is offering $60 off flight fees, up to $100 off flight and hotel fees and up to $20 off car rentals. To redeem the offer, just click to enter your email, and a unique code will be emailed to you to use on your booking. One-way flights start as low as $60 right now to domestic destinations in the U.S.

Hopper

Hopper is another destination where you can score major savings on hotels, flights, rental cars and more, up to 50% off. When you sign up, you can collect vouchers and cash back to redeem on flights, stays and rental cars. The site also scours the web for the best deals to help you save money and even tells you what time of the month to purchase plane tickets.

What Are the Best Hotel Deals?

Flights aren’t the only thing to think about. Booking a hotel room can be just as pricey, leaving you with little to spend on food and activities. Don’t worry, though: These deals are here to offer you savings.

Travelocity

Looking for the perfect hotel? Travelocity is offering customers up to 30% off or more on select hotels when you book by Dec 3, 2025, and travel by Dec 30, 2026. We’ve seen hotel prices as low as $94 a night in places like Las Vegas, Miami, Atlanta, and Chicago.

Hotels.com

Hotels.com is offering users up to 75% off select properties today only, with limited availability while supplies last. We’ve seen top travel destinations from New York and Las Vegas to Dubai and Tokyo for just $63 a night, all with 9.2 stars or higher. Your dream destination is waiting.

Expedia

Expedia is offering up to 75% off on hotel bookings and vacation packages. This deal is only valid on stays booked by Dec. 2, 2025, and travel by Dec. 30, 2026. Some of the best deals we’ve seen include $49 a night for destinations like Tokyo, Cancun and more.

IHG Hotels & Resorts

IHG is offering up to 25% off hotel and resort bookings for IHG One Rewards Members and 20% off for non-members. The offer is valid across participating properties in the US, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Middle East, Africa and Greater China.

Caesars

Caesars is hosting its Semi-Annual Sale, dropping rooms to as low as $45 a night (regularly as low as $67). You can experience luxurious comfort before heading out to explore Las Vegas — and with all the savings you rack up, you can make sure you leave with a treasure-worthy souvenir.

Booking.com

Up until Dec. 31, you can score up to 40% off stays with Booking.com’s Travel Tuesday deals. Some stays are as low as $12 a night right now. Low prices like these don’t happen every day, which is why you should act sooner rather than later.

Airbnb

Don’t want to drop a ton of money on a hotel? Airbnb offers stays in a variety of homes that you can customize to your preferences. Plus, for ultimate privacy you can opt for a private stay meaning you get the entire place to yourself — and some stays are as low as $115 for two nights right now.

Travelzoo

Travelzoo’s top 20 deals feature some of the service’s greatest hits, including London and Bali getaways from $599, cruises from $249 and a beachfront resort stay for $139. The list features some of the very best travel deals vetted by experts to give you the best experience possible.

What Are the Best Rental Car Deals?

Not every destination will have the luxury of public transportation at your fingertips and if you want to do some road exploring of your own, then you’ll need a car. Thankfully, we’ve rounded up the best deals available below.

Priceline

Priceline is celebrating Rental Car Week by dropping up to 40% of on car rentals in addition to providing $15 off Rental Car Express offers with the promo code RCWEEK. You’ll have to book on the Priceline app in order to get the $15 off deal, but other discounts are eligible to redeem on the website. Non-car related deals include $100 off on Disney Resorts Collection hotels, an extra 20% off select hotels and up to $650 in savings on travel packages.

Kayak

Kayak isn’t afraid to floor it when it comes to offering great deals. The service compares the price of competitor and aims to offer at least 32% off the full price. And, right now you can find travel deals including hotels and flights all under $59. We’ve seen flights to prime locations for under $39.

What Are the Best Cruise Deals?

Sail around the islands and escape the city with a cruise that’ll bring photo-worthy moments and memories to last a lifetime. Travel Tuesday deals are also making sure you don’t have to break the bank either, so you can enjoy your vacation without avoiding your wallet’s gaze.

Hurtigruten Expeditions

Hurtigruten Expeditions is slashing prices on expeditions with savings on select 2025–2026 Norway cruises with up to 50% off Original Coastal Express voyages and up to 25% off Signature sailings if you book by Dec. 3.

Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Cruises will have you sailing over to their deals page as they’re currently offering 75% off a second guest for any cruise, as well as up to $1,000 in savings on rooms. Act quickly, though, as the deal is only going on for a limited time. Some of the most eye-catching deals we’ve seen include a Quick Caribbean Escape cruise starting at just $179.

What Are the Best Experience Deals?

For anyone planning a staycation or to score some deals on excursions during their trip away from home, there are various ways to book an activity without burning a hole in your wallet. Scroll down for our finds on the best experience deals.

EF Travel

You can save up to 25% per person on select tours on Dec. 2-5, 2025. These include European getaways, journeys throughout Asia and more. The travel group was designed to help solo travelers vacation with ease. They’ll do basically all the work for you including building an itinerary, helping find flights and even providing down time for you to explore on your own.

G Adventures

For the month of June you can save up to 30% on G Adventures‘ pre-planned adventures around the globe including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and more. The brand aims to keep your travel group small so you can enjoy the experience without feeling overwhelmed.

Groupon

Groupon’s sale wants to encourage new experiences with up to 75% off select deals when you use the code TRAVEL at checkout. Everything from deep tissue massages to entrance fees at the petting zoo are being completely slashed.

What Are the Best Luggage Deals?

To have a great trip, you’ll need reliable luggage to get you there. Big, small, rolling or freehand, you can shop these sale luggage picks below.

Samsonite

When your flight is booked and your hotel stay is ready to go, all you need now is your luggage squared away. If you don’t have luggage you can rely on, we’d recommend checking out Samsonite’s durable collection. Right now, the brand is offering up to 40% off plus extra 10% with code CYBER10 while supplies last. You’ll be able to snag deals on everything from backpacks to luggage sets.