Comments on: Bright Lights, Big City

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:52:03 +0000

Gerri, for me, they bring back memories of holidays past. I still have some of the plastic ornaments my parents bought at a dime store when they were first married. I kept them because we hung them every year when I was growing up. My parents are gone, but their Christmas tradition still graces my tree.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:51:00 +0000

Robyn, it doesn’t show up in the photo, but the lights at Van Cleef and Arpels aren’t bright white. They’re kind of silvery white, which went very well with the branches.

I’m a sucker for traditional decorations, too. One of the big stores–I think it was Bloomingdale’s–had wreaths with red bows on every window. They didn’t show up well in my photo, though.

By: Gerri Russell

Gerri Russell — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:50:11 +0000

Nancy,
Thank you for the wonderful pictures of New York, seeing them just makes me happy!

Holiday decorations of any kind evoke all kinds of happy emotions for me. I don’t know if it’s all the memories from past years that come back, or just that they are shiny and oh-so-wonderful . . .

Thank you so much for sharing your trip!

By: RobynL

RobynL — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:36:52 +0000

I love the garland and wreaths with red bows around/above the doorways and windows; if it is possible to have a string of clear lights on the garland/wreaths that adds so much.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:59:11 +0000

Anna, I love New York, too. I’ve only seen it fully decorated for the holidays once but long to again. There’s just always so much to do there.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:57:58 +0000

Trish, the polar bears are my favorites of the ones I saw. Van Cleef & Arpels was magical in person, with the silvery branches and the muted little lights, but the effect didn’t translate into pixels very well.

One of our neighbors has decorated with lights for Christmas and for Hanukkah, so their house is very festive. We have a lot of white lights in our neighborhood. Those houses are always very pretty, but I like having some color in the decorations! We really do miss Christmas Guy. *sigh*

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:56:06 +0000

Eilis, I remember freezing our eyelashes off together one year when I visited you in NYC. The city certainly was gorgeous, though.

I hear you’re having a white Christmas in Seattle. We haven’t had one in decades.

And the newsletter is actually coming. Probably today.

By: Anna Campbell

Anna Campbell — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:50:17 +0000

Oh, Nancy, I love New York. I’ve been there twice. The first time, I was really sick so didn’t get to see much. But last time was 4th July week and I had a ball. I wish I could see it at Christmas time. How lucky you are that you got to do that trip! Fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing.

By: Trish Milburn

Trish Milburn — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:23:57 +0000

Have to say that I like the cake lady window and the boxing polar bears (LOL) best. I’m not much on tacky decorations, but I like elaborate, gorgeous, magical ones. There is a house in the subdivision across from ours that I drive by every year because it’s just aglow with white and red lights. I love it.

By: Eilis Flynn

Eilis Flynn — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:25:06 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot: I WANT MY NANCY NEWSLETTER!