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ema
Pictures of holiday lights and decorations from the current day you say? Well then, let us a take a quick stroll, on a rainy night, in Midtown Manhattan:
6th Ave. Radio City Music Hall (where the owner will happily “No Soup For You” his customers in a NY minute)
Also on 6th Ave. (Right across from, but excluded from the pic to protect the sensibilities of the viewing public, News Corp.)
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree (with a corner proposal on ice; it was raining but the couple did seem very happy)
Saks Fifth Avenue & Dior Light Show (They have a new one every year, and this year it’s quite nice.)
Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Window (meta Dior light display, fully functional. I forgot to check if it’s synchronized with the real light show, but I wouldn’t be surprised.)
5th Avenue (with typical gridlock traffic)
NE Corner of 5th Ave. and 57th St. (And not to be outdone, the other corners have Tiffany & Co., Bvlgari, and Van Cleef & Arpels.)
Bergdorf Goodman (Christmas decorations floor)
and one more from the decorations floor
Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Window
MagdaInBlack
Oh wow, I needed this, thank you. The balconies all around me here are decorated, several, I note, with blue and yellow lights.
mrmoshpotato
@MagdaInBlack: Got a bunch of Michigan fans as neighbors? :)
raven
@mrmoshpotato: Get em ready to have their dreams crushed. . .again.
mrmoshpotato
@raven: Regardless, still going to Houston and cannonballing into that Airbnb pool.
eclare
I love your city street photos. The Christmas decorations make them more special.
Scuffletuffle
The Bergdorf displays are fabulous every year…always a treat.
Argiope
Delightful! The proposal photo is amazing. Great timing!
OzarkHillbilly
BAH! HUMBUG!
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: I was thinking Ukraine, since most of my neighbors speak a Slavic language I cant identify ( i have no familiarity with that language family)
NotMax
I believe that’s the legendary Hurley’s Saloon building (now the Pebble Bar) almost dead center in the Radio City photo?
raven
@mrmoshpotato: Yea, they were going to Indy too.
mrmoshpotato
@MagdaInBlack: Ah. That’s definitely more probable. :)
mrmoshpotato
@OzarkHillbilly: HUM BAHBUG! (if you know it)
Another Scott
Very nice! Thanks ema.
Our neighborhood has several of the white puzzle manger scenes in yards. Once you see “two T-Rexes and a table saw” you can’t unseen it. 🤪
Cheers,
Scott.
PBK
@NotMax: I believe you are correct.
ema, thanks for another set of great shots. What fortuitous timing on the ice rink picture!
mrmoshpotato
@Another Scott:
Jesus had two dinosaur parents?
ETA – wait, was Jesus a dinosaur?!
eclare
@mrmoshpotato:
I had no idea what that meant. Or what a white puzzle manger is.
Barbara
NYC is fabulous at Christmas. Thanks for posting these.
randy khan
We used to have an annual trip to New York this time of year, but COVID got in the way. We need to renew that tradition (but not this year, alas). I have a bunch of photos of the Rockefeller Center tree over the years.
Another Scott
@mrmoshpotato: @eclare:
That’s what I get for posting that on my phone.
🎵🎵I got 2 T-Rexes and a table saw🎵🎵
HTH!
Cheers,
Scott.
BlueGuitarist
Awesome photos Ema!
mrmoshpotato
@Another Scott: Haha! Excellent.
frosty
@Another Scott: Funny! You’re right, I can’t unsee it.
KSinMA
Thanks, ema. Lovely photos!
Sister Golden Bear
FYI, Watergirl, I just submitted holiday light photos from one the robber barron mansions and gardens here in the San Francisco Peninsula.
ema
@NotMax:
I think that’s one block down at 6th and 49th (6th and 50th for the Radio City photo).
WaterGirl
@Sister Golden Bear: oh, yay!
ema
@Argiope:
Would you believe I captured the same thing last year – I was filming the tree, minding my own business, then a roar from the crowd, and we have a proposal on ice (28:15 min).
ema
Thank you all!
ema
@PBK:
Two years in a row! Last year’s proposal. (@ 28:14)
H-Bob
@Another Scott: “🎵🎵I got 2 T-Rexes and a table saw🎵🎵” – so you did “🎵Get it On🎵”?