T'is the season!

While I was still getting on with my ovenly escapades, New York City was already unleashing its own holiday spirit. In a matter of weeks the whole city transformed, and I'm honestly bummed that this is a once-per-year-thing. Because it looks absolutely stunning!

I now regret not taking the time to really explore all the beautifully decorated places, but I thouroughly enjoyed what I did see, which was plenty.

Bram and I took a trip to the local park together to take the picture for our Christmas card, two young ladies were walking their dogs and offered to take a picture of us, so we gladly let them (I'll say it again, New Yorkers really are a lot friendlier than most of the media I grew up with gives them credit for)

Here's all the other festive scenes I came across;

The Nativity scene at St. Patrick's Cathedral (which is still very much being renovated) with an as of yet empty manger. Maria doesn't look nine months pregnant though, which makes the whole story all the more suspicious if you ask me :P

Choir practice sounded nice, too bad we didn't get to hear the organ, I promised myself to go to a concert at least once.

The giant tree at Rockefeller Center

Huge balls.

Braving the Christmas Crowds at Times Square...

Pretty much every avenue is filled with these stands selling Christmas trees. It smells fantastic too!

And of course there's a happy little tree in the lobby of our apartment building as well.

We even managed to get photobombed. Apart from being generally friendly, New Yorkers are also hilarious.

Now we're counting the days until we get to fly home again. We've found a suitable Kitty-sitter so we're good to go! It will be nice to see everyone again! (of course we have lots to do while we're in the Netherlands, because moving to the other side of the world is hard work...)

Merry Christmas everyone, and a happy new year!