Tuesday, December 16, 2025

New York - To Do 14Dec25 (Snow day, The Basilica of St.Patrick's Old Cathedral, Riding Vintage Trains, Christmas Walking loop, Central Park Sunrise, LV Building, The Plaza, Union Square Holiday Market, Forbidden Planet)

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Day1
Finding the beauty in fresh snow NYC


The Basilica of St.Patrick's Old Cathedral


The original and first archdiocesan cathedral of NYC till St.Patrick's Cathedral located in Midtown took over that role.
The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral served as New York’s first Catholic cathedral and a vital sanctuary for generations of immigrants, especially the Irish, while anchoring one of the city’s earliest and most diverse Catholic communities.
You may also be interested in visiting the patron saint of Immigration at St Frances Cabrini Shrine (NYC).

Riding Vintage 1930s trains
Seasonal Special Only on Sundays in the month of Dec


ABBAtip:
- Arrive 30mins before the train departs. The train stays stationary for photo ops, of which there are plenty. 
- Dress up and be part of the history. 



*Everyone's super friendly and open to having their pictures taken of them or together.*
This is an awesome experience. A mix of nostalgia, history, comic convention kind of feel. Everyone's super friendly and open to photos. Excellent for history buffs, train lovers and photographers. 

*Folks from China joining in the fun.*
Explore each of the carts as each sections is from a different era. Best of all you can just stay on the train to get where you wanna go. Alternatively just ride it to the end and back again where the train does the same routing but on the next timing. There are only four timings the train moves about. 
*M.I.B With their neuralyzers.*
*Spider-Noir*
Entry is the price of your subway ticket and it brings you along the line. So its
Only in December, departing 2nd Ave- Houston St Station on the uptown F Line 10am-12pm,2pm and 4pm. There's another train which runs a different line but check sources for what's running the next year around in December and on Sundays. 

Highly recommmended!
Christmas walking loop at Midtown
ABBAtip:
- Bring warm clothing. 
Radio City Music Hall
Rockefeller Center

*\The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree star is a nine-foot, three-dimensional Swarovski crystal star designed by architect Daniel Libeskind*
Sak's 5th Avenue Light Show
(The light show runs every 10mins or so. So stay to enjoy!)



St Patrick's Cathedral

Lotte New York Palace
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Known for their Christmas trees and lesser crowds for photos and more*

Midnight Minute


Click here for original posting of Midnight minute

Day2
Sunrise in Central Park Southern Tip
A Small corner to enjoy Gapstow Bridge and The Pond at Central Park




*Walking his lovely dog in the cold morning.*


*Watching early morning Ice Rink skaers.
A wonderful space to get your little piece of quiet from the bustling city, especially after experiencing its first snowfall. 
Click here for some other Key attractions in Central Park.
Click here for northern section of Central Park.

LV Building
(Temporary attraction)



The Plaza in NYC
(As seen in Home Alone2)


Although they have this, its probably restricted to the main lobby and off course the resident wing. It seems no issues to go into to check out the beautiful Christmas trees as well as The Palm Court on the inside. A piece of movie history with Home Alone 2. 
Click here for ABBA location of The Plaza.

Union Square Holiday Market by Urban Space

*95USD Per piece of metal art.*
Union Square offers a more compact and equally great variety of unique stalls in a nicely packed concentrated portion of the park. Great variety of products and direct access right out of the train station. 
*Various forms of Egg art. From Ostrich to normal chicken eggs all hand crafted.*

*Cool to see Werkroom having a booth here this year.*


*Hot sauces as featured on Hot Ones.
You get to try everything before making a purchase. USD15/bottle.*
Between Union Square Holiday Market or Bryant park?
Bryant Park is more spread out with a couple of popular similar stall, however you have an added Christmas skating rink as well as the NYC central library in the background. Each of the park has its own charm. Union Square being more intimate and Bryant Park a bit more flashy, and spread out. Both have a great selection of top hit stalls as well as unique ones as well. Union is slightly more accessible with a direct access to the train station. Both are great depending what you are looking for and well worth the visit!
Click here for details on Bryant Park Christmas market. 
Click here for ABBA location of Union Square Holiday Market

Forbidden Planet

A place to get your geek on. 
This is a chain establishment and there's one in London as well. Click here for original forbidden planet post.

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