Ralph Macchio knows there's no place like home for the holidays. The Dix Hills-raised star of "The Karate Kid" movies and the Netflix series "Cobra Kai" will be on his home turf when he hosts the sixth annual Huntington Holiday Spectacular's tree lighting ceremony on Nov. 29.

"We've had different hosts of the tree lighting. This year we wanted to shoot for the moon and got a message out to Ralph Macchio," said Nicolina Sciasia, a producer of the event with the Huntington Village Business Improvement District. "We knew he grew up in Dix Hills and is a Huntington native and a hometown hero. We were hoping he would be so gracious enough to join us. We're over the moon excited."

Macchio follows Joe Gatto, the former "Impractical Jokers" star from Glen Head, who hosted last year's tree ligh

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