Christmas in New York City 2009

For those who love New York City as much as I do, a virtual tour of NYC at Christmas time. Expand this to see a list of what you are viewing, in sequential order, with starting points in parentheses:

Song one: Darlene Love, Marshmallow World

The clock in the lobby at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Park Ave. I got lucky with this one and it played its Westminster Chimes while I shot my 10 second clip. (0.00)

Red ornaments hanging from ribbons on the 9th Floor of Macy's Herald Square. (0.10)

One of the Christmas windows at Saks Fifth Avenue. (0.23)

Ornaments hanging in the window of Gramercy Park Flower Shop, 260 Third Ave. (0.33)

Fifth Avenue looking south from the southwest corner of 57th St with Trump Tower in the left part of the frame. (0.43)

A small window display at Bergdorf Goodman, an Alice in Wonderland Theme. (0.47)

Lord & Taylor window (0.54)

The fountain in Bryant Park, 41st St & 6th Ave (1.00)

Another Bergdorf window, a woman surrounded by horses (1.05)

Saks Fifth Avenue Christmas window with Santa Claus, penguins, a man riding a bicycle on a tightrope in the background. (1.12)

American Girl twinkle twinkle litte star window. (1.22)

Saks Fifth Avenue window. (1.27)

Christmas lights hanging in trees near Herald Square. From a distance they look like snow. Empire State Building above. (1.36)

A fun Christmas window at Macy's Herald Square (1.44)

Candy in the window of Henri Bendel, inside trees wrapped in green Christmas lights and big crystal balls hanging from the ceiling. (1.55)

Macy's Christmas Window. (2:03)

A Hansom cab, horse and buggy, going down 5th Ave across from Saks. (2:13)

Macy's Christmas Window. (2:20)

Song two: Emmy Rossum, Carol of the Bells
Window from Lord & Taylor, a woman in a feather skirt surrounded by crystals and white birch trees. (2:33)

Panning from the building on the SW corner of 57th and 5th up to the big Swarovski crystal snowflake above the middle of the intersection. (2:43)

Baccarat Crystal's window display of a chandelier, Madison Avenue. (2:49)

Steuben Glass window display with a fireplace and silver tree. (3:01)

The entrance to the St. Regis Hotel. (3:09)

Rolf's German restaurant, Third Ave & 22nd St, with zillions of Christmas lights and ornaments. This is the bar portion. (3:19)

Toy soldiers in front of the UBS bank building on Park Avenue. (3:29)

A window display of a miniature Empire State Building in the Empire State Building Lobby. (3:39)

The musical snowflake light display on the front of Saks Fifth Avenue (3:49)

Radio City Music hall, home of the Rockettes and the Christmas Spectacular, all lit up, also a typical NYC hot dog vendor cart, also all lit up (bacteria not shown). (4:01)

Windows of Lord & Taylor. (4:11)

The Rabbit from Alice & wonderland looking down on an angel. (4:20)

St. Regis hotel lobby. (4:31)

A Gingerbread House in the Penninsula Hotel. (4:38)

The Hotel Plaza Athenée. (4:49)

A Mosaic of Jesus in The Little Church Around The Corner, 29th between 5th/Madison. (5:01)

Song three: Josh Groban, O Holy Night
Mini ESB in the ESB lobby. (5:11)

St. Bartholomew (Saint Bart's) Park Avenue. (5:18)

Art Deco gold deer in the lobby of the Empire State Building. (5:31)

Carlton Hotel Madison Avenue. (5:41)

Inside Madison Ave entrance of the New York Palace Hotel. (5:51)

Outside the Palace Hotel in the courtyard, showing the antique streetlight and decorated gate with St. Patrick's Cathedral and 30 Rockefeller Center in the distance. (6:01)

Cartier 5th Ave big red bow. (6:11)

Silver, mirror and crystal window w/unicorns Bergdorf's. (6:21)

Macy's, 34th St entrance. (6:30)

Entrance to the Central Park Zoo. (6:39)

ThePlaza Hotel, fountain & entrance. (6:51)

Fox News/Newscorp Building (7:01)

The entrance to the Time Warner Center, big hanging Stars inside. (7:11)

The Penninsula Hotel. (7:23)

Bergdorf Goodman. (7:34)

New York Public Library/Bryant Park. (7:45)

Big snowflakes, 5th Ave. (7:53)

The Penninsula Hotel. (8:02)

The main floor at Macy's (8:12)

Lord & Taylor (8:30)

Decorated doorway on Fifth Ave. (8:40)

The Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel. (8:49)

30 Rock Rockefeller Center, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. (8:58)

The Light Show at the Time Warner Center with Columbus Circle in the background. (9:08)

Cut paper Christmas windows Tiffany & Co. (9:22)

Jesus as a baby, being held by his mother, The Little Church Around the Corner. Scripture is from the Bible (Matthew 11:28-30) where Jesus says: "Come to Me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (9:33)

Waldorf=Astoria Hotel. (9:47)

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[ginabirthday]

WHERE IS THAT AT 3: ??!!I MUST GO THERE WITH MY FRIENDS.

[MyCatFlamingo]

@ginabirthday Hi! Are you talking about the restaurant at 3:19 ? That's Rolf's German restaurant, Third Ave & 22nd St, with zillions of Christmas lights and ornaments. This is the bar portion. If not, all the scenes are listed in the description above, just click on the "show more" to see each scene listed with its start time. Thanks for looking!!!

[ddd1760]

Sorry if this post twice will you tell me the name of the Bar with all the ornaments hanging from the ceiling. This is a great video.

[MyCatFlamingo]

@ddd1760 Hi! That is the bar at Rolf's German restaurant, Third Ave & 22nd Street, if you are talking about the part of the video that begins at 3:19. The entire restaurant is filled with so many lights and decorations that you can feel the heat the minute you enter. Try their hot mulled wine, it's really good! Hope you have a great time in NYC this Christmas!!!

[MyCatFlamingo]

Also, if you expand the info area below the video, all of the scenes are labeled so you can identify any other places you may want to visit. Thanks to you and everyone else who has taken the time to watch my video!

[nocturnesound]

What is 2 song? The name song?

[MyCatFlamingo]

Song 1 is Marshmallow World by Darlene Love

Song 2 is Carol of the Bells by Emmy Rossum,

Song 3 is O Holy Night by Josh Groban

[rememberingmargaret]

Very lovely, MyCatFlamingo! And very nicely done, too. Puts me in the mood for my visit to Manhattan next week. Merry Christmas to you.

[xxericaaa]

christmas in nyc is the absolute bestttt. this is a great video.

[ginabirthday]

@MyCatFlamingo oh yes!thank you!

[MyMerlin1]

Christmas in London is better , home of Charles Dickens and John Calcott Horsley who invented the first ever Christmas card in 1843.

[Destroyer4365]

3:32 MUSIC SYNC

[bloodykizzy]

Christmas in Munich Germany is better.

[tony232cool]

best way to splurge is Christmastime in NY and new year eve in Las Vegas, followed by a skiing trip to whistler Canada. You can pay for all this by forging a cc or some other scheme you can come up with, just do it it's worth it!

[liveshowgrlz]

biggest mistake I ever made was to move to Florida after spending 37 years in New York.