Toy trains drive through the exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden. — Robert Benson
En español | As the holiday season begins, New York takes on a special feel — as if it didn't have one already. Thanksgiving in NYC is the start of it all, and Christmas there is really something else. After the spectacular Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the celebrations continue with a model-train show at the botanical gardens and elaborate window displays at top department stores — this list will bring you good holiday cheer in no time!
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1. Watch the Trains at the New York Botanical Garden
Late each fall, the Holiday Train Show sets up shop in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. It's a mesmerizing display of intricate models zipping around tracks marked by miniature versions of the Brooklyn Bridge and other storied city symbols. If you've come this far, you might as well check out what's thriving on the grounds: the chrysanthemums in the Jane Watson Irwin Perennial Garden and the woodlands of the Thain Family Forest.
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