The Christmas spirit is definetly in the air and has managed to melt the hearts of New Yorkers. Strangers pause to "bestow" others with a smile. Some "high spirited" ones even hold the door for you and each and every one wishes you a good holiday! After enduring weeks of ignorace and cold shoulders this comes as a pleasent surprise! I will knowingly disregard the fact that at this time of the year, most 'people' on the streets spreading this cheer are 'out-of towners' (moa included) who are 'happy-cheerful' beings to begin with...(apparently, the City even enforces an embargo to stop all construction activities on and near the sidewalk till the end of the holiday season... kind of a good hospitality)! Instead I would like to give the benefit of the doubt to the NewYorkers-transformation on the eve of Christmas!To add to the holiday spirit most windows are lined with lights and X-Mas trees brightening everybody's day! Even the Empire State is bathed in 'green & red' lights to reflect the holiday cheer ebbing in the city! And all of a sudden.....the big apple is a warm place to live in inspite of the sub-freezing temperatures!
Sigh.... in the words of Alicia Keys " I am indeed in a New York State of Mind!"
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