i'll have a think-
but one thing i would say that you have to do is take a ride or walk along madison ave and 5th ave - Uptown...
all the stores will be decorated for x-mas and there is the big tree in Rockefeller Center across from st patrick's cathedral and saks fifth ave...
at the back side of st patrick's (on Madison Ave) there is a beautiful landmarked building called The Palace Hotel...
the way they decorate it every year looks like something out of a fairy tale or Charles Dickens...
i would recommend stopping there for a coffee or hot chocolate and maybe dessert...
they do something called a knickerbocker sundae which is something very british and sort of from another era...it's not easy to find anywhere else and it is quite yummy...
i cannot recommend the rest of the food-
i usually get the knickerbocker and some pink sparkly champagne...
it's a special treat for special occasions...
last time i did it was on my birthday last year...
once you are up there- you can take a little walk around central park and maybe see what i going on at the Whitney museum or the Guggenheim...
the Matisse exhibit at MoMA is getting really good reviews at the moment...
normally i don't go uptown much- but it's really nice around there at christmas time...
it feels like the city is dressed up...
it's especially good at night when it's all lit up...
great for window shopping...
if you are over by the meatpacking district- you probably want to check out the Standard hotel-
they have a beer garden and a restaurant on the ground floor and some bars upstairs...
then there is the Highline-
an old elevated train track that has been turned into a public park...
you can walk along the highline from 14th st to about 34th st...
there are interesting views of the city and the Hudson river along with nice seating areas and public artwork...
you can get down from the highline in various spots...
you might want to get down around 20-23rd st in Chelsea to check out the galleries and the Comme flagship store there...
the galleries are having really good shows this year for some reason...
they keep changing so i don't know what will be on by that time...
but you can basically just walk up and down the block and stop in to places that seem interesting...
that's what i do...