Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Saturday, November 29, 2008

It's Christmastime in the City

The tree at Rockefeller Center isn't even lit, and I think the holiday windows are probably being decorated this weekend, but there's still plenty of cool sparkly decorating going on in Manhattan, so my camera's been busy!



This is one of three similarly-decorated trees in my office building's lobby. As the entry doors are all glass, it really makes for a dazzling display.



Here's the matching wreath above the building's reception desk. Love the flowers, too.



Ah, this is one of the jewels of NYC at Christmastime, the giant snowflake-thingy suspended from the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. It's even more impressive at night, it has that sort of eerie bluish-white glow to it (like the xenon bulbs in some cars' headlights). Almost otherworldly.



All four stores at that intersection are really spiffed up for the holidays. This is a glimpse of what the Louis Vuitton store looks like. The Tiffany store across the street is even more impressive. But again, everything looks better at night, so it loses a lot in the cold light of day.



The "toy" train at the corner of 50th Street and 6th Avenue.



Lots of great "fairy lights" abound. I believe I this is somewhere on 55th Street, but I could be wrong. Can't wait to take more snaps!

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