MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM NYC! PART I: Rockefeller Center Tree, Saks Fi...

Season's Greetings Steemit Friends! 🎄

I thought I'd wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅🏻 with some of the BRIGHT LIGHTS from the BIG CITY! 🗽🍎

To be honest, as a Manhattanite, I try my very best to AVOID the chaos in Midtown during peak holiday season.

It's an understatement to say that it gets "krazy with a K".

However, it would be a pity and a shame to NOT venture out into the blustery cold to capture and share with you this year's luminaries!

So, I now present to you the SPARKLE and SHINE of Fifth Avenue and beyond... this post is PART I.

Fifth Avenue

Strolling downtown on Fifth, just two blocks north of St. Patrick's Cathedral...

The Cartier Mansion is keeping it classy and traditional for Christmas.

Saks Fifth Avenue on Fifth Ave.

Just another two blocks south on Fifth is Saks. This year's holiday display is in honor of the 80th anniversary of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Let's take a peek at the animated windows 👀...

Awww... Poor Snow! Dannnngggg, she looks scared!

Oh my! 😨 I would comment on her ghastly and haggardly appearance, buutt, how that looks is how I feel most mornings... Hmmm.... I feel that this window needs the caption, "Pick your Poison". 🤔

UP NEXT IS...

Rockefeller Center

On the other side of Fifth (opposite of Saks) is Rockefeller Center. I'm standing in the Plaza. I think we get a good glimpse of the tree 🎄 and the Rink from this angle...

It's after 11 p.m. on a Monday night and look at how packed the Rink and Plaza are! Sssooo sooo glad I did NOT try to do this during the day...

The gloriously gargantuan Tree is here for you to visit through January 7th. Then it will come down. However, its sacrifice isn't wasted. The Tree will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. An excellent cause indeed.

For the eleventh consecutive year, the 2017 Christmas Tree will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. Once the holidays have passed and crowds have dispersed, the tree comes down and is milled, treated and made into lumber that is used for home building.

UP NEXT IS...

Lotte New York Palace on Madison Avenue

There's another fabulous Christmas tree just a short walk away from Saks Fifth Avenue, directly across from St. Patrick's Cathedral on Madison Avenue...

In the courtyard of the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, tucked away from the throngs of crowds, you'll find a beautifully decorated tree quietly awaiting your visit.

Clearly, BIGGER isn't always BETTER!

And that's all folks! Stay tuned for PART II...