It’s Almost Christmas!
Being in NYC for the holdiays, the next holiday event to look like a tourist was the lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree!! I met up with Stephanie right after work, and we headed downtown to try and get as close to the tree as possible! Arriving at 4:15, and knowing that we would have to wait until 7 for the night to start, we thought we had pretty good spots standing about a block away! Once the program started, a very nice NYPD allowed us to get even closer, thus putting us about 500 feet away from the tree! It was an awesome experience, plus all of the performers, and seeing that tree never gets old to me, it is so beautiful!
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| Cee-Lo Green |
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| Neil Diamond (this one’s for you mom!) |
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| The Biebs |
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| Michael Buble |
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| Radio City Music Hall Rockettes!! |
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THE TREE!!  |
That weekend, I participated in one of the most exciting weekends I’ve had since moving out to New York; Kairos 6 with the Loughlin community of students. Kairos is a spiritual retreat that helps students further find their relationship with God, themselves, and classmates. The weekend was filled with laughter, tears, moments of happiness, and moments of sadness, but all focusing around the same theme of “Discovering who you were, who you are, and who you want to be!” Though a giant lack of sleep, I can honestly say the students went into the retreat with an open-mind and came out with so much more!
This past week, I had Thursday off because of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and man was it needed. I was able to sleep-in until almost noon, and then was able to get the day “started” by going down to the Upper East Side, and walking down 5th Avenue, looking at all of the beautiful Christmas windows on display outside the big name stores (Tiffany & Co., Armani Exchange, Chanel, Burberry, etc.). Stephanie and I walked all the way down until we made it to 34th Street and went inside the ever so famous Macy’s department store and experienced our own “Miracle on 34th Street”. While inside, we browsed for a bit, then went on an excursion to find Santa. After reaching Santaland, we waited patiently with all the children to get our picture taken and then headed back downstairs to drop off our letters to Santa in his special “Macy’s Believe” mailbox!! Reliving the younger years was definitely an added excitement to the beginning of this holiday season!
This past weekend brought lots more holiday activities, including picking out our Christmas tree and hanging up other decorations! I look forward to being home in just a mere 10 days and spending time with my family and friends!
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| The stockings all hung at Bedford Park Community with care… |
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