Christmastime in Boston & NYC

Family Christmastimes in the City:

Boston & NYC

♫City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style.♫

          We haven’t had any big city Christmas experiences in a while, so it’s nice to have some opportunities to take in the sights of Boston & New York with family. Our pre-Christmas jaunts begin Friday 12/9 with a drive to Boston on a brisk clear AM. WMHT treats us to an hour of musical satirist Tom Lehrer (on his 88^th birthday!), including the classic ♫Poisoning Pigeons in the Park♫. 

           Marjorie’s sister Mary and hubbie Jeff are generously sharing their Marriott Vacation Club time-share at the historic Custom House. The Custom House was established in the 17th century and stood near the waterfront in several locations thru the years. The current building dates to 1847, adding a tower in 1915, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s not the Riverside in NYC (an inside joke), but it’ll do very nicely: a pretty Christmas tree in the lobby beneath a high colorful rotunda, we share a 2-room suite. A great location, view of Old North Church from our room, Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market a block away. I head up to the 26^th-floor observation deck for photos of harbor and city; peregrine falcons reside up here. 

Holidays

Holidays

          This sampling of photos from selected holidays, like my previous “Seasons” post, departs from the explicit travel focus of most of my posts on this blog. But as with “Seasons,” many of the photos here entailed some travel. And besides, it’s my blog so I guess I can do what I want! I’ll focus primarily on Halloween & Christmas, the most colorful & decorated holidays.

Halloween

          I began the “Seasons” post with fall, so it seems appropriate to begin here with Halloween. Halloween can be spooky. 

 

But mostly it just seems fun. 

Seasons

Seasons

          Some of my previous posts have stretched a bit the travel focus of this blog. I’ll do the same here with selected seasonal photos. But these have themselves often involved travel, so their inclusion should not count against my thematic efforts. My selections here include fall, spring, and winter. Somehow summer doesn’t seem as distinctive, and interested visitors to my blog can find lots of summer photos throughout other posts.

Fall 

           I’ll start with fall, whose colors and lighting seem to offer special photo ops. This can be seen close to home, with some berries and other views in our yard