Famous Ankles

Saks generally has one of the best window displays during the Christmas season.  Macy’s is pretty good too (of course).

On a recent day I walked over toward Saks and got the following pictures.  First, the front of the store.  Soon, I’ll post one of it at night when it is very cool.  Notice the snowflakes.  They are lit at nights.

Like most of the store windows, Saks mixes “season windows” and “selling windows”.  One thing I really like about the Saks windows is that there are tie-ins with St. Judes Hospital.  First a selling window.

Now some season windows.

Notice the rails in the pictures.  Saks funnels viewers from north to south through those to give them a better view.  When the area gets crowded, it proves its worth.

This year, there seems to be a “snowman” theme.

But this is a commercial store and the first few windows are selling ones (I took my pictures from south to north, just…because).

-H

As I mentioned in my Bryant Park post, Christmas time is the time that open areas thoughout NYC become commercialized kiosks.  St. Barthomew’s Episcopal Church on Park Avenue joins in the custom.

Just like Bryant Park and others, the kiosks are all open air and appear to be mostly hand-made sorts of stuff.

Although I did note that St. Barts had artificial Christmas trees for sale.

Now I’m going to be a bit petty and mean-minded:  “Holiday”????????!!!!!!?????? 

If the Episocopal Church is refusing to call it “Christmas”:  shame on them.

-H

I call it “Snow Day”, but it isn’t as if anybody got off that day.  It was just nice to see the snow.  It’s gone now, of course.

When I was over at Times Square, I saw the traditional view of Toys R Us:  a long, long line.

It went all the way to the end of the block and a little around the corner.  This is at about 9:30am.

I guess they’re fond of their children to put up with that.

After Church, I was walking past Sixth Avenue and saw the Christmas display at McGraw-Hill Company.  Others were already there snapping photos of their friend and I decided to join in.

I then walked over to Rockefeller Center.  I wasn’t there for the lighting, but the tree’s lit the whole season.  This is a little after noon on Sunday.  The pictures from the south.  The open area is where the Today Show does its outdoor segments.

When you get close, you find that the only ornamentation on the tree are the bulbs.  Nothing else (except the star on top).  I guess I’m just more excited to see a big tree in Manhattan rather than a lit-up tree.

I circled the rink.  Look at the crowd watching the skaters.

I think there were six skaters on it at the time.

From the east, looking toward the rink area:

Once again, I’m sharing the picture spot with others photographing friends/family.  The view of the angels is impressive, though.

-H