Last Thursday we FINALLY went to see the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center! It was a particularly chilly night and as usual I checked the weather before we left. The forecast was cool, but there wasn’t any sign of rain / snow in sight. We rode the subway straight to the Rockefeller building and headed outside. And there she was in all her GLORY!!! The 76 foot tall Norway Spruce is: 40+ feet in diameter, strewn with 5 miles of LED lights (more than 300,000 individual bulbs), weighing over 10 tons, and boasting a Swarovski crystal star on top. She is a beauty!
We started off across the rink (away from the tree) and then went north a bit to watch the snow flake light show on the Saks Fifth Ave building. All along the facade of the building they have hung snowflakes that are programmed to light up and “dance” (a la the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas) to Christmas music. Very cool!! I was snapping pictures, along with EVEYONE else, the whole way. My stupid camera ran out of batteries though, so I didn’t get as many as planned… We took some on Nick’s i-phone, one will be in our Christmas card *hopefully*. And then as if a scene from a movie, we were watching the snowflake show looking up in awe at the twinkling lights and it started SNOWING!!! I couldn’t believe it! We had planned on getting hot chocolate at Dean & Deluca but I didn’t want to go inside now and miss out on the snow. We decided to take refuge in the warm store after all and get a refreshment. When we went back outside the snow had stopped, so we meandered back to the tree to get a better look up close. We took turns taking pictures of each other with our phones & I got a great shot to use as the wallpaper on my phone. By then, it was time to get home and into comfy pj’s to watch the newest installment of the Office on t.v. What a perfect night!!! Could not have dreamed of a better experience.
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