New York City reserves the holiday season for its moment of magical transformation, and the city tends to swell in size over the holidays, as millions of tourists rush to take in the sights and sounds of Christmas in the Big Apple. There is a special beauty in New York during Christmas time. Even the city's side streets sing with cheer (literally, there's Christmas music everywhere!), trees are adorned with white lights and wreaths go up in windows. Ever since I was 5 years old and watched Home Alone 2 with my family on Christmas Day (which became a Christmas tradition ever since), I
