New York: Das Wunder von Manhattan

dapdThe Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit during the 78th annual lighting ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 30 , 2010 in New York. (Foto:Stephen Chernin/AP/dapd)

ReutersA house is seen decorated with Christmas lights in the borough of Queens in New York December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree (C) is lit with more than 30,000 lights shortly after a lighting ceremony at Rockefeller center in midtown Manhattan, November 30, 2004. Thousands of people attended the lighting of the 71 foot tall Norway spruce tree

dapdThis photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 in New York shows 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan decorated with Christmas lights. Facing an impossibly tight budget, the board that oversees the neighborhoods main thoroughfare, 125th Stree

REUTERSA man cross country skis past Lower Manhattan in a park next to the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, December 20, 2009. Heavy snowfall blanketed the East Coast on Saturday, disrupting public transport and air travel, and hampering holiday shopp

A statue of an angel stands across the street from the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan on December 3, 2005. The building is decorated with 50 distinct vintage-inspired snowflakes whose illumination on the storefront is choreographed to a modern versi

REUTERSThe skyline of New Yorks lower Manhattan is seen across a snow covered park along the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 12, 2011. The second major snow storm of the winter season blanketed the Northeast on Wednesday, canceling thousands

Christmas at Saks, Manhattan, NY

Christmas Tree, Rockefeller Center, NY

dapdCOMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for Toshiba, a giant,150-foot tall digital Christmas tree is unveiled on the Toshiba Vision and TDK screens atop One Times Square, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in New York, signaling the beginning of a new