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Shortcake and her friends visited Santa on Tuesday.  Pictures of the visit with Santa will be posted later, as her friends took the photo.  Poor planning on Shortcake's part.  But Santa was great, and Shortcake asked for teleportation and self discipline.

Then she and her friends got some pretzels and walked down 5th Avenue to look at window holiday displays. Macy's, Lord & Taylor and Van Cleef & Apfels are always favorites.  They also stopped at Bryant Park and Rockefeller Center, and ended at the Plaza, eating dinner.  It's the third year Shortcake has done this, and it's a nice tradition.

Here's the garlands on the ground floor inside Macy's.

 The lions at the New York Public Library were in the holiday spirit.

 

Saks Fifth Avenue's projection star display on the building.

 

 

Saks Fifth Avenue had a subway car in one of their windows.  And an ad that only New Yorkers will recognize.

 This window is dedicated to Al Hirschfeld.  Shortcake was able to identify five of these New Yorkers without a hint.

The Swarovski star over Fifth Avenue near 58th St.