The shortest day of the year has passed, winter has begun, and the holiday lights in Midtown Manhattan bring cheer through the cold evenings.

Bergdorf Goodman’s windows, always inventive and elaborate, with reflections of the buildings across Fifth Avenue. The theme this year was animals.

A light show featuring a giant kaleidoscope on the facade of Saks Fifth Avenue attracted enormous crowds. With music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and lights simulating fireworks, the spectacle was only three minutes long but unforgettable.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, iconic and on every American and international tourist’s holiday wish list.

Most New Yorkers never bothered looking at this – until Radio City Music Hall was closed for the pandemic and there was no Christmas tree in 2020.