The Holidays... NYC style!

Day Two kicks off with cheesy sweatshirts that say "I <3 NY" and an early morning trip to Toys R Us!

This is likely the coolest toy store ever because they have a store inside it called Scoops R Us!! 

How adorable and delicious, I'm sure!

Then we went over to Rockefeller Plaza to see the famed Christmas tree and ice skating rink.

It was all very picturesque.

You can't go to NYC without getting a good view of the city,

so we decided to check out the Top of the Rock!

Here's a nice view of upper Manhattan and Central Park. 



Visibility in the winter is good (we could see the Statue of Liberty clearly), but the wind was wicked on those outdoor observatories!! 

There were 3 levels, and here is the middle level--outdoor but surrounded by glass, which cuts down on the wind!

Although it looks nice outside, we were getting pretty cold walking around. 

So why not get chauffeured around Central Park on a pedicab covered with a blanket?!

We went back out in the evening to see the holiday displays in all of their glory, and we met by hundreds of Santas in Times Square!!  It was a mob scene of jolly, inebriated folks in red suits. 

From what we overheard, anyone who dressed up as Santa got free admission to all of the NY bars that day!

Hello, Pop Art!

Check out the jumbo string of multi-colored holiday lights!  This was definitely my favorite display :)

The giant holiday bulbs in the water fountain was pretty cool, too!

Here is the Trump Tower with festive light-up stars, which looked shiny and gold during the day, but only at night did we notice the trees lit up on the top of the building like a stair step... very classy!

Here's another fave--GIANT light-up snowflake over the intersection of 5th Avenue and 47th Street.

The pic doesn't do it justice... it's literally the size of a car!!

There are too many photos to put on here, but we saw:

--giant candy canes

--an apartment building with matching wreaths on every window (at least 50!)

--enormous toy soldiers

--white tree with red dripping lights (several folks said it looked like the tree was bleeding...)

--Empire State Building lit all in red

--and plenty of freaky window displays

We noticed that although the window decor was very fancy and intricate, it had nothing to do with holidays, winter, or children.  Here's an example...