Hi friends, welcome back! Christmas is getting closer and I’m wrapping up the season on my blog with part one of my Master List. These are decorations worth seeing, but not quite deserving of their own post. This post will cover everything at 14th Street and below. I’ll start at home with the building we see out our window lighting up red and green for Christmas and blue for Hanukkah, and the beautiful tree in our lobby.
The historic Bowling Green Park has a cute little tree and garland around the fence.
My favorite tree in NYC is the New York Stock Exchange tree because it has ornaments, pretty colored lights that twinkle, it’s two blocks from home, and there are hardly any crowds. This year was the 100th anniversary of this tree lighting making it an older tradition than Rockefeller.
Trinity Church and it’s neighbor are ready for the holidays.
The Seaport District tree is a little funny shaped this year, but still nice.
Wavertree has a Christmas tree on it’s mast.
Zuccotti Park
The Oculus has a winter village again and this year they’ve added a roller rink. It was fun people watching, there were a lot of wipeouts.
The buildings and park near World Trade Center have some beautiful trees.
FDNY Ladder Co. 10
The base of the Freedom Tower is even in the spirit!
Brookfield Mall is fabulously decorated and their luminary show is back again. The show starts on the top of the hour, but it only lasts two minutes. You can also ice skate outside with a view of the Statue of Liberty and Hudson River.
Washington Square Arch. I like the simplicity of the white lights and no ornaments here.
Union Square’s holiday market is back and my favorite booth was The Boiis. They sell Filipino and Japanese style desserts that are so delicious! They’re most famous for their “Mook” which is a shortbread cookie filled with mochi.
Chelsea Market was a bit of a letdown for me this year. I didn’t like the streamers over the silver lights, but the gingerbread houses were fun to look at. They are part of the world’s largest gingerbread collection that is built from scratch every year starting in March. Parts of the collection are displayed around the country for everyone to enjoy.
That wraps up part one, what display was your favorite?
Thanks for these shots of nyc at Xmas. Feel as if I’m there.
So glad to hear that!
Difficult to pick just one as they were all lovely.
The city really does show off this time of year!
It certainly does
I have gotten more holiday joy from your posts than from anything else this season! Thank you so much for taking the time to photograph and share all these festive trees and lights and decorations with us.
That made my day, thank you!! It is a good excuse for me to get out of the house and get some fresh air. I enjoy seeing and sharing it all 🙂
Excellent summary and beautiful photos Lyssy. SO nice to have such a wide colourful range of Christmas scenery. Wishing you and Jon all the best at Christmas and in the New Year. Allan
Thank you, Allan!! I am lucky I have all this at my doorstep, the city really shines this time of year. Hope you are having an incredible Christmas season with your family 🙂
The tree in your lobby is so beautiful, and I love how Wavertree has a Christmas tree on its mast. I clicked on a link under ”Wavertree” and was delighted to read about your South Street Seaport Museum visit. We just returned from a weekend in Belfast where we visited the Titanic Museum and Hotel and now I am obsessed with the Titanic and White Star Line vessels. Therefore, I would love to visit the South Street Seaport Museum and see the Titanic Memorial Park. Anyway, your wonderful Christmas photos put me in a holiday mood, it’s hard to believe Christmas is right around the corner. Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx
Aww I loved visiting the South Street Seaport Museum! I’ll have to visit the Titanic Museum and Hotel one day. The Titanic and the vessel lines are so interesting, also NYC built the “Little Island” park on the pier that the Titanic was supposed to arrive on. Glad to spread some holiday cheer, it’s so hard to believe Christmas is so close! This time of year always flies by!
Honestly I was captivated by the sunset in the background of your second photo, so maybe my favorite display wasn’t even for the holidays ha. But I love the pop-up ice rinks (I expect the one in Central Park is super busy this time of year) and the lobby of the Oculus is elegant with its overhead blue lighting. Thanks for capturing the NYC season!
My pleasure! We do get some incredible sunsets! The Oculus is a really neat building, you’d find the outside very interesting. The Central Park ice rink is in the next post, you must be a mind reader 🙂
Really informative Lyssy. Just wish I could have fitted in a visit, maybe next year!
There are so many great Christmas markets it’s hard to fit them all in. Hopefully next year will be the year! I would suggest coming early in December before the crowds get crazy.
I love the gingerbread…
I would like to eat the gingerbread 🙂
Union Square was my favorite, especially for the food at The Boiis (I love Filipino food)! Can’t wait to read Part 2!
On the weekends you can hardly move at the Union Square market, so I was glad I could go when it’s not busy. You’d love The Boiis!!
It’s good to see so many places in the Christmas spirit!
It seems like there’s more and more every year!
Every spot looks very beautiful and decked out for the holidays. I have to agree with you that the New York Stock Exchange tree does look amazing with all the lights!
It is amazing how many decorations are around the city. Good choice, the Stock Exchange is so pretty!
Nice shots! There are some great decorations to see.
More beautiful holiday lights, trees and decorations. I love the giant snowmen.