A New York Townhouse Christmas Dinner Party

Henri Bendel's window display this year features "Hirschfeld Spectacular". The Fifth Avenue boutique collaborated with Margo Feiden Galleries to create a 3-D tribute to the late line artist Al Hirschfeld, known for his renderings of celebrities spanning a 75-year career. This display imagines a New York townhouse Christmas dinner party with Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Jessica Parker, Liza Minnelli, Woody Allen, Whoopi Goldberg and Audrey Hepburn.

Festive Street Holiday Lights

This is 73rd Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Each year, the trees that line the street are decorated with lights during the holiday season.



Radio City Music Hall Christmas

The Radio City Music Hall is the venue for one of the grandest holiday tradition in the city, the Radio City Christmas Speactacular. The annual musical holiday stage show showcases the Rockettes and other performers, lavish sets and costumes and an original musical score. The area surrounding the Radio City Hall is always crowded during the holidays because of locals and tourists visiting the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and the Christmas displays on Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

Super Saturday

Today is what retail experts call “Super Saturday”, considered the second-busiest day of the shopping year. 

Manhattan Sidewalk Christmas Tree Vendors

Soon after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas tree vendors set up shop on the sidewalks. Most of the seasonal vendors are from Canada who come to New York during the Christmas season to sell Christmas trees and wreaths. The trees fill the streets with the scent of pine and brings a little cheer to the neighborhood. This one is located at the corner of First Avenue and 71st Street.

Cartier Fifth Avenue's Red Bow and Ribbon

The flagship store of the upscale jeweler, Cartier, is again adorned for the holidays with a red bow and ribbons that wrap up the elegant building at Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street. since 1979. The display featuring thousands of LED lights is designed by the Metropolis Group of Companies in London, England. On the left is Salvatore Ferragamo.