During the winter the Lower Plaza is turned into an ice skating rink. For the Christmas season they erect a gigantic Christmas tree and decorate it. People often gather when it becomes dark so they can see it lit up. On Christmas Eve Peter Parker and several other students from his high school went to Rockefeller Center to skate. Gwen Stacy expressed her anger towards Peter after he did not talk to her after their kiss. Mary Jane Watson told Peter that he needed to focus on what he really wanted. The tree was lifted and the police found that Vulture had disappeared.