The challenge of photographing Christmastime in New York is that there is so much of it
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The challenge of photographing Christmastime in New York is that there is so much of it.
The big tree in Rockefeller Center. Ice skating in Central Park. The Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. All those lavish, holiday-themed department store window displays.
This is the iconic New York tourists come to see. Visitors know it well from movies and television.
But millions of New Yorkers experience these remarkable sights in a different way. For them, this is home. Those department stores might be where they shop for presents. That famous rink might be where they take their kid to skate after school.
Over several weeks, Associated Press photographer Julia Nikhinson found ways to document both the familiar and unfamiliar sides of the holiday season in the city.
