I’ve lived in NYC for a few years, but had typically left for the holidays and spent it with family elsewhere. However, for Christmas 2009, I was engaged! As it was, our wedding date was to be the 28th of December, so my parents just decided to come a few days early so they could spend Christmas Day with my soon-to-be husband and me. My other roommates left the City for the holidays, so everything worked out to be a perfect family Christmas morning.
My favorite part of Christmas is wrapping presents, so it was great fun being crammed into my small apartment and trying to wrap and hide gifts from each other. My parents brought me my childhood stocking and also brought theirs for this Christmas away from home. They also brought me a few of my favorite childhood ornaments. As is typical, NYC apartments are tiny little things and so it was hard to fit a Christmas tree. Instead, we put some red roses in a vase, placed this on a small coffee/end table, and hung some ornaments the best we could! Christmas morning was wonderful. We were all in our pajamas and having my fiance there was an amazing feeling. Not only that, but it was my first Christmas in New York City! The gifts were extra special because my parents purchased gifts for my fiance and I as a couple which was new for all of us. Also because the gifts from my guy had more thought than usual put into them. We spent the rest of the day cuddled up, drinking hot cocoa, and watching a movie that I received that morning. Although it wasn’t a typical NYC-movie Christmas, it was a perfect first NYC Christmas for me.
