
I have this friend named Leanne, one of my closest friends from Sydney, and whenever she talked about New York she would throw her hands against her chest as if she was seeing the most romantic proposal happen right before her eyes. “Oh! Can you even imagine? Christmas in New York!! I have to go! I have to come visit you, and we can be just like Sex and the City!”
And I would always laugh at her. My best friend Lydia would say the same thing to me — ”Christmas in New York, Allie! How amazing!” — and so would almost anyone I met: Spending Christmas in New York was like a dream.