I'm so blessed to live in New York City during its most beautiful time of the year --- Christmas time!!
How can you visit NYC during the holiday time and not see the rockettes?? I have had the fortunate luck of knowing the owners of RCMH so I go every year and have gone every year for about 16 years!! They make every show so special and really bring out the Christmas spirit. Rockettes, Santa, The Nutcracker; so much greatness!!!!
Of course, this was on my list! The tree is such a fun thing to see and it's so beautiful. Again, I recommend going during the week mid-day if you want to get great photos and have it be not too crowded!!
This is similar to Bryant Park, but still different. They act more like a village and have different shops and snacks! I'm usually down here almost every day, so I often walk through, and it's so festive and fun!
fifth avenue is such a beautiful time this time of year as so many department stores have decorations and lights on their buildings! The Plaza, Tiffanys, Sax's, and Cartier have great decorations outside of their stores and make it so magical to walk through while shopping! I recommend starting from E. 59th street and walking to 42nd street !!!!
bryant park is a great place to go during the holidays. it's at the end of the Fifth Ave shops at 42nd street and 6th ave (you have to walk up one ave). they have a ton of little booths to go in and out of featuring clothes, jewelry, snacks, trinkets, and more!
bryant park also has a skating rink which makes it extra christmas-y and more fun! you can do two fun things! the line and wait for skating isn't too bad - i would reccomend a weekday as the weekends tend to be more crowded!!
some extra christmas-y things i've seen!