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| Rockefeller center tree |
December is a great
month to be in New York City. The avenues get all strung up with shining
lights, the winter markets steam with cider and roasting chestnuts. The most celebrated of Christmas trees, the
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is a classic New York City destination for
holiday visitors and residents alike. A 94-foot Norway spruce is lit up by 50,000
lights, and the annual tree lighting
lasts until January 7th.
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| Metropolitan Museum Of Art Tree |
The 20-foot Blue Spruce at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art is adorned with 18th-century Neapolitan silk-robed angels, cherubs and
realistic crèche figures hovering among its branches. Every year, the Museum of Natural History decorates a holiday tree and places handmade,
artistic origami models inspired by museum collections, permanent halls and
current exhibitions all over the tree.
On December 1st, the New York Stock
Exchange celebrated the 93rd annual
Christmas Tree lighting. A glorious tree is decorated with extra large baubles.
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| Tree near Wall Street |
People ice skate at
the Bryant Park Winter Village rink enjoying
the music and a huge Christmas
tree. The Holiday Tree at Bryant Park is
a 55' tall Norway Spruce decorated in over 30,000 LED lights and 3,000 custom
ornaments.
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| Inside Brookfield Place |
But if you're really looking to get into the holiday spirit
and do not like the crowds, look no further than the , the new-ish luxury mall located in the
downtown office complex formerly known as the World Financial Center . From my
view this year Brookfield place is the best place to spend
last the days of year 2016.
There are about ten
Christmas trees decorated differently
located in all over the place.
What is very important all these trees are located under the glass
roof so you can enjoy the lights even when it is raining outside.
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| Ice Skating near Brookfield Place |
If the weather is
good you can skate outside. Located on the plaza in front of the Brookfield Place Winter Garden , this 7,350
square feet rink is even bigger than the Rink at Rockefeller
Plaza. This season, the rink offer Learn
to Skate classes with Olympic medal–winning husband-and-wife team, Melissa
Gregory and Denis Petukhov.
The centerpiece of
the holiday installation is a spectacular lighting display with 650
lanterns that follows the glass enclosed topography of the Winter Garden. Designed by Rockwell Group , Luminaries
inspires visitors to pause, reflect, and look to the future.
Three glowing Wishing Stations scattered among the locale’s
iconic grid of palm trees invite guests
to "send" wishes to the canopy of lanterns by placing their hands on
the touch-sensitive podiums. Upon its release, the glowing block sends a burst
of color to the canopy above, transforming the whim into an abstract wave of
light that travels across the lanterns. For every wish made, Arts Brookfield
will donate $1 to support Schools music
education programs for high school students.
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| Wishing Station |
“We wanted to create a place that was about connection and
celebration,” said David Rockwell, president and founder of Rockwell Group.
“That notion of community plays very large in our thinking. In a city that can
be very anonymous, people crave opportunities to participate.”
Light shows are
presented every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour starting at 8:00 AM
and ending at 10:00 PM daily. From December 2, 2016 through January 8, 2017,
Luminaries will exhibit three shows synced to the sound of these 3 beloved
seasonal songs: "Winter Wonderland" by Michael Bublé, "Silver
Bells" by Tony Bennett and
"Carol of the Bells" by The Bird and The Bee.
If you are hungry
there is a huge food court unlike other
public food courts in the city. It has
amazing waterfront views of the Battery Park . There's a great selection of
upscale places like Umami Burger, Numpang, Skinny Pizza, Chop't, etc
Three glowing Wishing Stations scattered among the locale’s
iconic grid of palm trees invite guests
to "send" wishes to the canopy of lanterns by placing their hands on
the touch-sensitive podiums. Upon its release, the glowing block sends a burst
of color to the canopy above, transforming the whim into an abstract wave of
light that travels across the lanterns. For every wish made, Arts Brookfield
will donate $1 to support Schools music
education programs for high school students.
Light shows are
presented every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour starting at 8:00 AM
and ending at 10:00 PM daily. From December 2, 2016 through January 8, 2017,
Luminaries will exhibit three shows synced to the sound of these 3 beloved
seasonal songs: "Winter Wonderland" by Michael Bublé, "Silver
Bells" by Tony Bennett and
"Carol of the Bells" by The Bird and The Bee.
Bergdorf Goodman is one of the city's most expensive and exclusive stores. A partnership between a talented tailor, Herman Bergdorf, and his young apprentice Edwin Goodman has blossomed into a fashion mecca. The company was founded in 1899. In 1928, the store moved to its present location at Fifth Avenue and Fifty Eighth Street, where the former Vanderbilt mansion once stood. 
Each window is an unexpected landscape, delirious remakes of the classic giant dioramas one sees at a natural-history museum. 
NYC's Bloomingdale's Flagship Store is located
on 59th and Lexington Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. Bloomingdale's
is America's only nationwide, full-line, upscale department store. Lyman
Bloomingdale first opened the store, Ladies’ Notions Shop, on the Lower East
Side with his father selling hoop skirts, a style popularized by Empress
Eugénie of France. 
The theme of this year's holiday campaign in Bloomingdale's is light and this is brought
to life in the windows. Bloomingdale’s has
partnered with a group of visual artists who were each created a one-of-a-kind chandelier. 
