New York Christmas Window Tour

There's a particular kind of joy in midtown when the cold settles in and Fifth Avenue turns into one long ribbon of light. Storefront windows along the avenue become tiny theatrical worlds, each one dressed up and crowded with people in scarves pressing close to the glass. Walking it on foot is the only real way to take it in, drifting from one display to the next as the city hums around you.

A short stroll away waits the centerpiece every traveller pictures: the towering tree at Rockefeller Center, glowing above the plaza and the skaters circling below. Standing beneath it, with the surrounding towers lit and the crowd murmuring, is one of those quietly unforgettable New York moments. This is the city wearing its most festive face, and seeing the windows and the tree together stitches together a holiday memory you'll carry home.