New York City at Christmas Time Part II

Here are a few more pictures from New York City's Fifth Avenue Christmas lights. It is a family tradition to go take the Fifth Avenue stroll once around Christmas time to take it all in. This year we did it quite late in the season and the crowds were crazy. It was also 67 degrees and drizzling.. All I could think about was the line from the Finnish Christmas song "No onkos tullut kesa nyt talven keskelle…". 

Tommy Hilfiger

Hollister

Ferragamo

Cartier's famous bow and panther - there every year that I can remember

Saks department store has the light show reflected on its building to the tune of the music from the Nutcracker. The show plays every few minutes and there is a wall of people watching. Not a good place if you can't handle crowds. 

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

Rockefeller Center angels and snowflakes. So pretty year after year. 

Saks was a winter wonderland inside. And thankfully not as crowded as outside. Although, the 8th floor shoe department was pretty run over… no pictures from there though. These are from the ground floor. 

New York City at Christmas Time

Grand Central and the Metlife Building

Walforf dressed for Christmas too

The throngs of people on Fifth Avenue are so thick you can hardly move.. 

The Bergdorf Goodman windows are always so beautiful. This year the theme was holidays on ice.. this one was Valentine's Day

Love the star hanging on top of Fifth Ave. 

Harry Winston

Fendi had these cute little elf/present/whatever they are waving at passersby

It's Christmas Time in the City

Silver bells, silver bells, 

It's Christmas time in the city, 

Ring a ling, hear them sing, 

Soon it will be Christmas day. 

One of the nicest things about Christmas in New York City is checking out all the beautiful shop windows. My au pair braved the Black Friday crowds and took these photos for me of the Lord and Taylor department store windows.  Aren't they amazing!? We still have to do our traditional City Christmas sights stroll, and take the girls to see all the pretty windows and decorations before Christmas…so more pictures to come later…