When our trip to New York was in it's planning stages I looked for a Christmas Eve venue since we wouldn't be with family for the traditional dinner and program. Radio City Music Hall seemed like the perfect choice. It was highly recommended and was 100% Christmas. A quick tap of the keys, a scroll down the dates and voila! Tickets were purchased for Christmas Eve matinee show! Christmas Eve arrived; the last day of our trip. We hadn't gone ice skating in Rockefeller Plaza so that and Radio City Music Hall were the big events on the agenda. First stop, Radio City. It felt good to be able to go to a venue knowing that we would be able to get in because the tickets had been pre-purchased. I walked with confidence to the will-call window only to have my dreams shattered. The tickets were for November 25th, not December 25th! "No worries," the attendant said, "It happens all the time." We were directed to a nearby table where the problem was resolved and seats for the four of us were found. Whew! The costumes, music, and scenery, were all that we had hoped for, and we left grateful for the ticket resolution and happy with our choice. Next stop - Rockefeller Plaza.
Don and I decided it was safer to be spectators so we found a photo friendly vantage point where we could enjoy watching Byron and Paige skate. Paige used to figure skate so I have spent hours watching her skate and looked forward to doing it again. There is something enchanting about ice skating, and the light and sounds of New York made this particular moment was especially magical. Paige found another figure skater so they helped each other divert the other skaters so they could jump and spin. Being the athlete that he is, Byron effortlessly skated in and out of the crowd. The skate session ended and we pushed our way through the crowd that had formed behind us until we met up with the kids.
This was the end of our holiday in New York. We needed to get home so we could talk to Curtis on Christmas night. We had to be at the airport at 5 am the next morning so we headed back to our hotel, packed our bags, and went to bed. We were not going to miss this flight - and we didn't.
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