Just got back from the coldest Christmas on record in New York for 150 years - down to -11 which felt like -22! A bit too cold to be out all the time, but we made the best of it😂.
Fabulous lights and things to see/do free of charge - watching the skaters at Bryant Park/Rockefella Centre and most ‘squares’ have 🎄Markets. Saks 5th Avenue windows are a must see. However, I’d give a wide berth to Times Square at most times - it’s absolutely manic. Have stayed in a dozen different Hotels over the years - best was Lotte Palace, just a block behind 5th Avenue - the price was unbelievable and I feared I’d just booked for myself and not included DD2!
Make sure you book a Christmas lunch somewhere - we’d done it from here, although people popping in to the restaurant on the ‘off chance’ of a table were happy to wait more than 2 hours. We’d been to the Central Park Zoo on Christmas morning - then a walk across the park afterwards and with a wheelchair and pushchair, we’d used the subway with no problems, other than having to use accessible stations - DD2 and her DH have been dozens (40ish) of times, so they know their way around very well. In fact SiL is off there again next Monday.