New York is truly a magical city that turns into a fairy tale on New Year and Christmas. This beauty, charm and fantasy can only be compared with winter Prague and the Alps. And it is not surprising why many abandon their gray and despondent city, spend huge amounts of time and time to drink chimes in an American metropolis under attack. In this article we will tell how to celebrate the New Year in New York.
Plunge into the magical world
Over the months, the city turns into a real fairy tale, because every house and store is comfortably ennobled, decorating with colorful garlands, sparkling serpentines and announcing holiday events. It is here that you can feel the atmosphere of triumph that has been present in each of us from early childhood. This huge city literally changes clothes a few months before the holidays, people buy food and come up with a universal menu. And it is unlikely that on the table near the average New Yorker you can see “Herring under a fur coat” or our Soviet “Winter Salad”.
To learn how to celebrate New Year and Christmas in New York, we will get acquainted with local traditions, dishes and main streets, which will certainly surprise you with their variety of lights and elegant costumes.
Striking event
If you are used to going out into the courtyard after the chiming clock and shooting fireworks for hours while having a drink with all the neighbors from the courtyard, then this celebration will appeal to you. New Year's Eve in New York can be seen at Times Square, the city’s largest public garden full of lights and huge advertising banners.
What is a celebration on this street? A concert and festival of enormous proportions, an unimaginable number of people dressed up in colorful costumes and absolutely happy, who arrived from different parts of the world. Congratulations that thunder overhead. And in the end you will find magnificent fireworks and dancing until the morning in the rain from confetti!
And if you do not want to freeze, then stock up on warm blankets. Indeed, no matter what frost you are used to, you will have to stand for 6-8 hours on the street, periodically warming yourself with warm tea (or something stronger). According to statistics, more than a million people gather in Times Square. You will definitely not forget such a New Year in New York!
Salute, salute!
Appreciate the beautiful view and pleasant company? Then feel free to go to celebrate the New Year in New York, but not in an ordinary apartment, but on Grand Armi Plaza!
There will not be many thousands of people, like in Times Square, but it is on this square that you can enjoy the large-scale fireworks that are observed in all their glory. The main feature is that such events are absolutely free. The only thing is, if you do not want to freeze and get sick, then take a thermos with tea, snacks and a warm blanket with you! Reviews about the New Year in New York say that if you make a wish at exactly 00:00, being on the site between 9th Street and Grand Army Plaza, the most cherished dream will come true!
And again the fireworks!
Now you do not have to invent dozens of snacks and New Year's dishes to treat guests, and then invent an entertainment program and make the evening unforgettable. In New York there is a "Fireworks Cruise", which on the treasured night moves through the water, treats with fragrant champagne and delicious snacks. Perhaps not everyone will like the buffet table prepared for guests. However, you will definitely enjoy the beautiful view as deafening colorful fireworks explode over the metropolis.
And the main feature of the Fireworks Cruise is that literally the entire coastal line is reflected in the water, like in a mirror. It gives the impression that you are in a real fairy tale!
This is not Okroshka!
Traditional festive dishes are turkey baked in the oven and sprinkled with cranberry sauce. It doesn’t matter that this recipe is often used for Thanksgiving and Christmas - Americans love this bird with a crispy crust.
At the same time, the people in New York are open, because it is not just a city, but a huge beehive, which kindly received people from all over the world. Everyone is accustomed to celebrate the holiday not just in the family circle, but also among friends. And even if you have financial problems - it does not matter. Each guest will bring snacks out of respect.
Of course, what holiday will take place without drinks? In addition to the classic strong alcohol, residents prepare warming cocktails for the New Year in New York (see the drinks photo below). These include Irish grog and mulled wine, and even hot tea with cinnamon and berries. It is very important that such warming cocktails, tea or cocoa be served with ginger cookies or pies made in the appropriate theme.
Perhaps you will be one of the few people in this American city who will gather the coolest New Year party with famous dishes on the Russian table!
Set off on a journey
If you still choose where to go to celebrate the holiday, we recommend that you pay attention to the tour in New York. For the New Year, travel companies make discounts, especially if you are going to celebrate the celebration with the whole family. Of course, you have to tinker a bit with your visa to fly to the US metropolis for 10-14 days.
Let prices not scare you. Compared to holidays on the islands, where many Russians want to go, a tour to New York will cost several times cheaper. For example, for only 200,000 rubles, you can go to a magical city for 1-2 weeks, while the operator will offer you a comfortable hotel, a transfer, a flight with a transfer, and even issue a visa on your own. For such an amount, two people can have a wonderful rest, which makes the New Year holiday a little romantic vacation. The reason for such a high price, compared with Thailand or Turkey, is the flight. Charter flights do not fly to New York, and before the triumph, all airlines are loaded, so prices are rising.
But what about the reviews?
Now you know where to celebrate New Year in New York. Reviews of the holiday in this wonderful city prove that after such a weekend you can stay impressed for life. Let's find out the most popular traveler reviews!
New York is a special city, because there the New Year is celebrated not on the night of December 31 to January 1, but from December 24 to 25. At the same time, on a January night, residents and guests of the metropolis have fun on a grand scale. Often the holiday coincides with Christmas, so this evening everyone gathers in the family circle, give each other presents and pray for the coming year.
A separate review should be devoted to jewelry. Indeed, Americans know what an ideal home should look like on holidays - this is their national trait. While we dress up artificial Christmas trees born in the USSR, the apartments, houses and streets of New Yorkers literally merge into a single fiery composition. At the same time, large cities in Russia, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg are not considered, although they are famous for their beauty on New Year's Eve.