The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree – a pillar of the holiday season in Manhattan.
As soon as Halloween passes, twinkling lights and bulbed ornaments decorate the city, dancing on windowsills and swinging below storefronts. Bryant Park’s winter village opens and the famed Macy’s on 34th street welcomes customers ready to shop with green, red, white, and gold hues embellishing the grand building. But while most of New York eagerly skips the transition period, otherwise known as November, and heads straight for the cheerful chill of winter, one coveted decoration, the true marker of Christmastime, forces everyone to wait.
