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DO go see Macy’s elaborate Santaland – a stunner of a
scene of Christmas trees, elves, toy trains and snow-filled
wonder. It’s also still home, per Miracle on 34th Street and
the store’s hotline (tel +1-212-494-4495), to the ‘one real
Santa Claus.’
DON’T go on weekends, or mid-day any day. Show up
before it opens (9am weekdays, 8am weekends through
Christmas Eve) and you’ll only have to wait five minutes,
or come after 8pm (closing time is 9pm). And, heaven
forbid, don’t tug on Santa’s beard. That thing’s genuine!
Rockettes doing their glittery thing at the Radio City
Christmas Spectacular.
DO go and see the Rockettes do their glittery thing at the
Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Radio City Music Hall -- Nothing says Christmastime like
36 Rockettes performing high kicks! While in New York,
it’s a must to attend the annual musical holiday stage
show, a fixture since 1933.
(Location: Sixth Avenue and 50th Street)
DO see a holiday show. St John the Divine’s Winter Sol-
stice is a beloved, and rather secular, concert series (this
year December 18–20)
DON’T forget the other boroughs. Brooklyn’s BAM hosts
the American Ballet Theatre’s version of ‘The Nutcracker’
(Dec 12–21), while the New York Botanical Garden in the
Bronx has one of the city’s great Christmas traditions, the
Holiday Train Show, with a quarter-mile toy train track
passing NY icons like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of
Liberty and St Patrick’s Cathedral, built with leaves and
other natural materials.
DO window-shop. Boutiques and department stores across
the city dress up for the season.
DON’T stick with hipster downtown. Midtown simply
does it better. Have a walk up Fifth Avenue from Saks at
49th St to FAO Schwarz at 58th, and don’t miss outliers
like Lord & Taylor (5th Ave at 38th St), Macy’s (34th St
& Broadway) and the modern, invariably funny antics of
Barneys New York (Madison Ave & 62nd St).
Fifth Avenue Window Shopping -- You’ll feel like you’re
walking in a winter wonderland when you pass the fes-
tively decorated stores like Bergdorf Goodman, Lord &
Taylor, Saks and Tiffany.
(Location: Fifth Avenue between 39th and 60th Streets)
markets in 1822, and, according to Miracle on 34th Street, yes, there is a Santa Claus, and he
presides at Macy’s. Unsurprisingly, some of New York’s Christmas landmarks have turned into
well-worn touristy ruts, and worth every second, but there are a few things you simply should
not do.