Most people know about all of the tremendous shopping opportunities that Christmas Holidays in New York City offers to residents and visitors alike. Union Square, Bryant Park, and St. Bartholomew’s have holiday markets throughout the season. With New York hotels located in all the convenient locations, travelers are never more than a brisk walk or subway ride from all the attractions. There are outdoor ice rinks at Rockefeller Center, at the American Museum of Natural History, and Wollman Ice Rink, a free Holiday Train Show at Grand Central, and the Wild Holiday Party for kids at the Central Park Zoo. You can even see the Waterford crystal ball that will be dropped in Time’s Square on New Year’s Eve if you make a trip to Macy’s at Herald Square. Hotels in New York are often full for the Christmas Holiday season, so plan ahead of time and reserve the space you need. Christmas music is everywhere, from the Brooklyn Bridge Christmas Eve Bargemusic Concert, to Lincoln Center, to The Cloisters. Radio City Music Hall hosts the annual Rockettes Christmas Spectacular, Lincoln Center hosts The Nutcracker. Children’s Mass and Midnight Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral are packed full, and tickets are necessary. Window shopping on 5th Avenue is magical, and Little Italy’s holiday decorations are a sight to behold. Cocoa from Bottega Del Vino on 59th St. is the best, and you are just across the street from a carriage ride through the park.
Times Square is packed with over a million people, no matter what the weather is like, and for that one night, truly seems to be the “center of the world.” The six foot 1000 pound crystal ball is lowered while up to a billion people around the world hold their collective breaths and the clock strikes midnight, and fireworks and confetti blanket the area. Spending your Christmas Holidays in New York it could be a very special experience.
Most people know about all of the tremendous shopping opportunities that Christmas Holidays in New York City offers to residents and visitors alike. Spend your Christmas in New York City to enjoy a magic holiday. Union Square, Bryant Park, and St. Bartholomew’s have Christmas markets throughout the season.
With New York hotels located in all the convenient locations, travelers are never more than a brisk walk or subway ride from all the attractions.
