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NEW YORK, UNBOWED, UNBEATEN, CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS The victims of September 11th came from many
cultures and many religions. This winter, they would have been honoring
Hanukah, celebrating Christmas. Some were American-Muslims and would
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Those of us who survived wonder what we can do to show we care. We've been told the answer. Go on living. Continue with our lives. If we don't, then the terrorists have won. One place where they haven't won is New York City itself, unbowed, unbeaten, brassy and bold ... and still celebrating the Holidays. And helping visitors with special current hotel discounts at candyland.citysearch.com |
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In past holiday seasons we've
often forgotten our debt to New York City. Without that old city on
the Hudson, we might not have Christmas celebrations as we know them
today. After all, a nation developed along Puritan doctrines couldn't
be expected to have a festive season. But once Colonial times passed,
New York City's efforts to celebrate Christmas served as an example
to the rest of the country.  "Indeed, by 1880," says historian Phillip Snyder, "Christmas was well on its way to becoming New York's favorite day, and by the end of the century, Christmas had swept even reluctant New England into its camp." |
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The rest of America went along, but it never really caught up. How could it? What area in the country could compete with a city of 150 museums, 757 buildings designated as historic landmarks and 3,500 churches and synagogues? Said Jack MacBean, formerly of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, "No other city celebrates the holidays like New York City. Nothing comes close, not even a Christian city like Paris. And the rivalry among stores leads to a lavishness you don't see any place else: decorations competing in expertise and animated displays moving in ingenious ways forever becoming more complicated." |
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