Before Santa comes to town, the tree sellers do, packing themselves into trailers and vans across New York City to claim a slice of the competitive tree market. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Holidays and Special Occasions”
A Glistening Makeover for a Rockefeller Center Icon
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2025
Prometheus, the statue in the center’s lower plaza at the back of the skating rink, is being regilded. The work is expected to be done before the Christmas tree lighting. Source: New York Times
See the Holiday Windows in New York City
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2022
Only a handful of department stores in New York City still create them — but the ones that do go all out. Source: New York Times
How Are You Approaching the Holidays?
By Gotham Rex on November 7, 2022
We’d like to know how you’re preparing for possible surges of Covid, flu and R.S.V. Source: New York Times
‘The Big Mix’: Little Island’s 3-Week Party
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2022
Honoring Pride, Juneteenth and the Fourth of July, the festival features Idina Menzel and Tonya Pinkins alongside poets, fire artists and marching bands. Source: New York Times
Honoring and Celebrating Juneteenth and Pride Month
By Gotham Rex on June 8, 2022
With panels, performances and parties around New York City, June can be an opportunity to reflect and to appreciate community. Source: New York Times
The Plane is Boarding, Where Are Your Test Results?
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2021
International travelers in search of Covid-19 tests are scrambling to find sites that can get them results before their flights take off — and sometimes failing. Source: New York Times
Holiday Spirit Glimmers as New York Endures Another Pandemic Christmas
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2021
Despite a surge in coronavirus cases that dashed plans for travel and celebrations, New Yorkers did what they could to salvage the season. Source: New York Times
Is That Sniffle a Cold? Or Is It Covid?
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2021
In New York City, the slightest runny nose has people canceling holiday gatherings and lining up for hours outside coronavirus testing centers. Source: New York Times
For Pride This Weekend, You Do You
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2021
There are plenty of ways to celebrate, from several grass-roots marches to a 10K run with beer tastings. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Workers Will Not Have a Paid Day Off for Juneteenth
By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed last year that Juneteenth would be an official holiday. City workers learned this week they would not be getting a paid day off after all. Source: New York Times
A School District Got Rid of Columbus Day. It Didn’t Stop There.
By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2021
A New Jersey school district, criticized for renaming the day for Indigenous people, eliminated the names of all holidays. It might undo that, too. Source: New York Times
Honoring Black History on Juneteenth
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2021
A day of celebration and lamentation, with events across New York. Source: New York Times
New York’s Pandemic Christmas: Muted Cheer, but Some Stick to Traditions
By Gotham Rex on December 25, 2020
Bus terminals and train stations were all but empty and restaurant owners said business was slow. Still, the city’s resilience was evident. Source: New York Times
Is It Tacky to Give Holiday Tips Digitally?
By Gotham Rex on December 19, 2020
And now that we have Venmo, PayPal and other money-transfer services, are cash tips a thing of the past? Source: New York Times