The Jerusalem Municipality gives out free Christmas trees to Christian residents – local Arab Christians, immigrants from the former Soviet Union, and Christian volunteers who are in the city.
The live broadcast will feature the candle lighting at the Western Wall where around 100 Holocaust survivors will participate.
The march has been approved by Israel Police.
The suspect, following his arrest by police, was taken to the Old City police station for questioning.
In the West Bank, Israeli troops killed four Palestinians during raids, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA said. Two of the dead were identified by militant factions as their members.
Police officers at the station shot and killed the terrorist.