Christmas is Coming

With only 108 days until Christmas, East Villagers are getting ready!

I was walking up Avenue C this past Monday, when I saw this yule log assemblage on the sidewalk:

Yule log assemblage.

Someone is replacing their old yule log assemblage with a new one, and put out their old assemblage for someone less fortunate.

The spirit of giving thrives throughout the year… in the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #avenuec #yulelog #reusing #christmas

Christmas and Beer

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens…

Ask any East Villager what their favorites things are (after the Halloween Dog Parade, of course!), and they'll tell you "Beer and Christmas"!

So it should come as no surprise that the beloved East Village Farm, on Second Avenue and East 4th Street, had both on display this past Saturday:

Beer and Christmas trees.

If you're burly enough, you can carry them both home at the same time, one in each hand!

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When they're feeling sad
East Villagers drink up their favorite things
And then they don't feel… so bad…

When decorating their Christmas trees…

In the East Village Today!

#eastvillage #beer #christmas #christmastrees #secondavenue #eastvillagefarm 4thstreet

The 39th Day of Christmas

If the Days of Christmas were greater than 12, this past Sunday, when I took this picture, would have been the 39th day!

Everybody sing!

On the 39th day of Christmas
my true love gave to me
an or-nament hanging in a treeeee!

Or-nament hanging in a treeeee!

Oh yes, this was on East 3rd Street.

Didn't I tell you East Villagers love Christmas?!

#eastvillage #christmas #decorations 3rdstreet

Keep Christ in Christlix

People might think that East Villagers hold dear to tradition, and they do! but it's also true that they're renegades who break with tradition.

I saw at Bull McCabe's, on St. Mark's Place:

XLIX?

First Christmas becomes Xmas, now this. Where does it end… in the East Village!

#eastvillage #christmas #superbowl #bullmccabes #stmarksplace

The Cast of Rudolph at beQu Juice

Have you ever wondered where the casts of the annual Christmas specials spend their down time? I never did, but the other day, I happened upon this:

The cast of Rudolph, at beQu.

The Spotted Elephant, Hermey, Charlie-in-the-Box, Sam the Snowman, and Santa himself were all hanging out at beQu Juice!

Here is a close-up:

Close-up.

The East Village is very much like the Island of Misfit Toys: cool characters all trying to fit into a world that doesn't seem to care.

#eastvillage #bequ #rudolph #christmas

Christmas in the East Village

East Village Santa, dressed in black, smoking a cigarette, checking Instagram, outside Porto Rico, on St. Mark's Place:

It doesn't get more East Villagey than this!

#eastvillage #portorico #stmarksplace #christmas #santaclaus

More Christmasy Stuff

East Villagers love Christmas, from decorations to SantaCon, it's all one big festive party during December!

These are some pictures I took yesterday:

Christmas tree at Jules restaurant.

Christmas tree at Jules restaurant, at night.

From Halloween lights to Christmas lights!

Jews for Santa?

Whether traditional or unusual, the East Village always shows its festive spirit at Christmastime!

#eastvillage #christmas #christmasdecorations #christmaslights

Los Christmas Lights

I was walking across East 3rd Street the other night, when I passed by the Los Amigos community garden, all bedecked with Christmas lights:

All bedecked with Christmas lights.

Festive!

Something I noticed when I looked at the picture was that the area around the tree is a real mess — they should really clean that up!

#eastvillage #3rdstreet #losamigosgarden #communitygardens #christmaslights #christmas

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Walking around the East Village yesterday, the one thing I noticed above all else was that East Villagers were busy getting ready for Christmas!

Bringing home the tree (East 10th Street at Second Avenue):

Stringing lights on a table, on First Avenue:

On St. Mark's Place, Bull McCabe's had their tree out, with lights:

Across the street, Red & Gold Boil had a tree and the Bumble!:

Bumbles bounce!

Even Search and Destroy is getting into the act, with dual Santa Clauses!:

I don't want a holiday in the sun. Ho Ho Ho!

Stay tuned for more East Village Christmas pictures!

#eastvillage #secondavenue #10thstreet #firstavenue #stmarksplace #christmas #red&goldboil #bullmccabes #search&destroy

Mystery Cable

Last week, I posted something about a gathering of orange cones in front of the 9th Street Haberdashery. In that picture, you may have noticed a cable of sorts running across the top, a quarter of the way down from the top. I almost mentioned, it but didn't.

Picture from "Cone Moot", with mystery cable.

Yesterday, I passed by this area again, and I discovered that the cable was put up to string Christmas lights!

Christmas lights cable.

I should have known! If the East Village is Whoville, East 9th Street is the Whoville town square!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #9thstreethaberdashery #christmas

Christmas Pizza

This morning, I was walking up First Avenue when I passed East Village Pizza & Kebabs on the corner of East 9th Street:

Christmas pizza.

The corner column is painted as the Leaning Tower of Pizza with the colors of the Italian flag, two of which are Christmas colors! The windows are decorated with a Santa Claus, an elf, a wreath, a garland, and other Christmasy things that you can't see because of the reflections in the windows.

With only twenty days left before Christmas, East Villagers will be manic in their efforts to decorate — be careful you don't get strung with lights when you're out walking!

#eastvillage #9thstreet #firstavenue #eastvillagepizza&kebabs #christmas

Whoville

East Villagers love to decorate for Christmas. The local Dallas BBQ restaurant on Second Avenue and St. Mark's Place decorated the awning and tree in front of the restaurant:

Light bedecked tree.

Each day will bring more lights and more festivities, until December 25th.

The East Village is like Whoville!

Yahoo Doray!

#eastvillage #dallasbbq #secondavenue #stmarksplace #christmas

Ho Ho Ho!

I was walking up Avenue C this morning when I spotted this familiar site waving down:

Santa!

He looks a lot like Yukon Cornelius!

East Villagers love Christmas!

#eastvillage #avenuec #santaclaus #christmas

Restroom is Strongly for Customers Only

As I wrote earlier, East Villagers are already decorating for Christmas!

Tonight, I was walking up Avenue A, when I spotted these lights outside Mini Thai Cafe:

Red and green lights on red and green plants.

Then, inside the door:

Inside the door. 

They're not elaborate, but they're colorful. That's what matters in the East Village — colorful lights and colorful characters!

#eastvillage #avenuea #christmas #minithaicafe

Hookazuza Christmas

Christmas lights are appearing everywhere throughout the East Village! I spotted this on Avenue A the other night:

Christmas come early.

Here is a close-up:

Hookah tree close-up.

Don't you love these close-ups? They're so… close!

#eastvillage #avenuea christmas #kazuzahookah lounge

Christmas at Kiehl's

East Villagers love Christmas. The lights, the decorations — they can't get enough of it!

This is a picture of Kiehl's, on the corner of East 13th Street and Third Avenue (on the East Village side):

Kiehl's decorated for Christmas.

Kiehl's sells creams and lotions and shampoos — they're sort of an expensive version of Ricky's — which coincidentally enough, they're right next to!

Kiehl's and Ricky's, side-by-side.

They used to have a small museum inside this store, that people could browse through. I haven't been in in a while so I don't know if they still have it. Stop in and ask — they love to show it off!

#eastvillage #13thstreet #christmas #kiehl's #rickys #thirdavenue

Only 58 More Days Till Christmas!

East Villagers love Christmas! They decorate their buildings with lights, they buy trees and put them in their apartments, there's even one day when they all dress up like Santa Claus!

La Sirena, on East 3rd Street, is already getting into the spirit:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

And we haven't even reached Halloween yet!

This store sells Mexican stuff, so they're pretty festive already, what with Cinco de Mayo, and El Dia de Muertos, and Mexican wrestler masks!

#eastvillage #3rdstreet #lasirena #christmas #halloween