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They really go all out here when it comes to Christmas. From the giant baubles on the fountains across from Radio City Music Hall, to the giant toy soliders, to the incredible set of decorations in Macy’s - things here get done on a grand scale. But it’s the tree at Rockefeller that’s most impressive of all. At first it’s hard to believe it’s real, it’s so ridiculously huge that it looks like it must have been created artificially. At 88 feet tall with 30,000 lights, it’s unlikely that I’ll ever see one bigger and it’s only a shame that any of the photographs I took don’t do it any justice.
The streets of New York are also busy, really, REALLY busy. While walking back to the hotel tonight after 11pm it was almost impossible to move, even on the wide pavements that border each side of the streets on Times Square. We’re talking bordering on crush mentality here, enough space around you so that it doesn’t feel too claustrophobic, but not enough that you could stick your arms out to any distance. It’s the amount of people on a Glasgow street on Christmas Eve multiplied by ten. I found it strangely addictive, probably because it was so easy to lose yourself in it.
