Christams in NY
Last year I savoured the wonderful experience of Christmas in New York. I spent three months in US, and I could enjoy the marvellous festive holiday atmosphere.
The way Americans celebrate Christmas is unbelievable. All the main streets in Manahattan are full of huge and colourful decorations. All the window’s shops are overlaid with ornaments and patterns. Even the windows of private houses are embellished with wonderful features that remind the Nativity. The Christmas trees that you can see here and there are stunning, with many lights and festive gadgets. Whenever you are, you can feel the warmth of holiday.
Last year didn’t snow during Christmas. It was a pity, because the white flakes would have added an even more magical touch to the city.
In my own town, Rome, you hardly can live the same sensations in Christmas. It’s rare to see a big and shining tree in the street and ornaments in the windows of people’s house. There are just sporadic and poor decorations which have not a deep impact on me.
When I walk to the city centre in Christmas time, I am neither touched nor moved. My mind flyes off, to the Rockefeller tree: tremendous, bright and dazzling…
1 commento Dicembre 25, 2005