New York City

21.06.14 / News / Author: Martin
Tags: travel, vacation & tourism

Thousands of lights, fancy decorations, colorful parades and many shows make from November 25 for Christmas in NYC in NYC, Santa Claus comes already on November 25: be feeding on the last car marked Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade traditionally the beginning of the festive season (macys.com/parade). Then, it attracts numerous tourists to shop, Marvel and celebrations in the city again. Current information around NYC at Christmas time can be even under annualevents. A highlight is undoubtedly the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center: more than 30,000 multicolored lights and a bit of Swarovski crystals adorn the 30 meters high and eight-ton tree until early January. To the traditional tree lighting ceremony on November 30 at 7: 00 thousands of visitors are expected as each year already in the early afternoon at the Rockefeller Plaza (rockefellercenter.com). For families, there is a special attraction in the New York Botanical Garden: from 20th November to 9 January toy trains through a park from over 100 replicas known go here New York City attractions. All reconstructed buildings are handmade from natural materials such as orange slices, cinnamon sticks, pinecones and bark (nybg.org). Art lovers can at the Jewish Museum on the Upper East Side from 21 November until 30 January the exhibition the Hanukkah project: Daniel Libeskind visit.

For them, Star Architect Daniel Libeskind has an installation made of particularly beautiful and intricately designed Hanukkah lamps of the Museum collection created (thejewishmuseum.org). The gingerbread extravaganza in the chic Parker Meridien Hotel can visitors from 1 December until 9 January admiring the extravagant gingerbread artworks of various New York bakers. For a dollar, you can vote on the best gingerbread design object and takes part in a raffle at the same time. The revenue from this Christmas event come to city harvest, a charitable organization good (parkermeridien.com). In Staten Iceland, the so-called candlelight tours take place on the weekend of the 11th and 18th December.