Story & Photography, Russell Johnson

The celebrities in Rockefeller Plaza are quite a distance away. They are next to the giant Christmas tree on the plaza, waiting for it to light up. We are stuck in a line, a block away, playing cat and mouse with New York's finest who are half-heartedly trying to get us to move on. My wife has become quite a star herself.leading the nearby mob in a chorus of "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer."

One guy yelled "shaddup! I hate dat song."

The tree lit up, everybody cheered, we moved away with the mass into one of New York's biggest weekends. We went in search of Santa.

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