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#26

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:06pm

JerseyGirl2, I had a similar experience around the holidays when I was showing my cousin fifth avenue. There was a woman with a few kids around her and what felt like tons of boxes and bags and she could see where she was going. One of the bags bumped into my shin and she stepped on my foot. When I swore out of impulse she yelled at me about how that kind of language is not one that someone should use around kids.

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#27

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:09pm

Thank you, Jane.

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#28

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:14pm

I love that snowflake.

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#29

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:16pm

I guess it's still my favorite.

(Gorgeous pix, Jane, as usual.)

#30

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:24pm

The Christmas Tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
My absolute favorite!

I love walking by the curbside stands selling Christmas trees. The fragrance of the pine just captures my heart.

I ADORE NYC during the holidays. The crowds don't bother me at all (hope they're all spending $!).

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#31

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:26pm

I also love the Origami tree at the Museum of Natural History.

So magnificent!

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#32

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:26pm

Addy, yes! (To both of your favorites.)

#33

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:27pm

thanks Reg. I had a great time last year walking around 5th ave and seeing the lights, store windows, etc. I want to do it again this year.

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#34

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:28pm

...and the tree at Lincoln Center!

Every year I take a day with a friend to do a 'tree tour'. We see all of the trees I've posted, the Rockefeller Center tree and as many others as we can think of!

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#35

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:35pm

Catch a performance of the Messiah!

Also, take a stroll through Central Park. (Bonus if there is snow), and be sure to see the Dairy. It's always so pretty with decorations!

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#36

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 3:40pm

What block is that magnificent tree at Lincoln Center? I saw one through a window inside one of the buildings, but I did not see the outdoor one, and now feel I must.

I need to keep note of this thread of places to see that I have not seen yet.

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#37

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 4:01pm

I didn't know about the Saks light show. Does that go into January a bit? I'll be back on the 3rd.

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#38

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/23/09 at 8:16pm

"I ADORE NYC during the holidays. The crowds don't bother me at all (hope they're all spending $!)."

EXACTLY my thoughts!

And the trick for Roc Center is to go early in the day, before the tourists have gotten out of their hotels. Or, if you're not Christian, go on Christmas itself!

#39

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 10:15am

...it's Heavenly!

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#40

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 10:19am

Any where you look, NYC at Christmastime is pure delight!

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#41

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 10:20am

Radio City...

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#42

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 10:24am

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#43

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 10:38am

Nothing comes close to NYCB's The Nutcracker. I haven't seen it in a few years so I'm taking the train in from DC to see it on December 13th.

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#44

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 10:41am

Do not miss Bergdorff Goodman's windows. They are always a work of ART!

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#45

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 11:27am

Nice pics, Addy!

Last year I did a lot of store window shooting:

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#46

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 11:39am

I did similar. I just love walking and looking around at the different sites. I don't even have to buy anything to just look.

Oh, and if you go to Macy's and don't want to wait on the long line for Santa, you can go through one just to see what everything looks like and him through a window. I got a little botton from going through, and there is virtually no line for that.

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#47

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 11:52am

I pass by the Bergdorf Goodman windows on my bus every day and they are stunning. Love looking as we go by.

I also love just going into the Time Warner center and watching the stars change colors in time to the Christmas music.

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#48

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 12:36pm

JG and Winston, I was on a flight recently, sitting in front of a family with five kids. The kids sang "Jesus Loves Me" when they weren't yelling at the top of their lungs. One of them kicked my seat for 4 hours.

Parents don't parent, it seems. Or they parent everyone else but their own kids by correcting other people's language or whatever.

NYC wears Xmas very well. Fifth Avenue does boast a lot of amazing window art--it's festive, but often a bit dark, which is kind of interesting. It's not relentlessly saccharine.

Jane, cool photos. What is on top of the building? A model Santa?

#49

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 4:50pm

Jane, I love the Sabrett photo! Funny but I find that very Christmasy. Sabrett carts and roasted chestnut carts (even though I despise the taste and smell of them) screams NYC Christmas to me.

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#50

re: Your favorite NYC holiday sights/sounds?

Posted: 11/24/09 at 5:08pm

thanks, SNAFU. I also love that photo. To me, it's a quintessential New York scene, no matter what the season. But yes, I think it looks kind of Christmasy too!

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