We all have our favorite Christmas traditions. Some people absolutely must see the lighting of the tree in Rockefeller Center, others simply have to skate in Central Park, and still more insist on dressing up as Santa for a pub crawl. My personal favorite is to soak up the exquisite holiday windows at Bergdorf Goodman (for windows of Christmases past, click here and here). This year's windows are the most brilliant that I've seen to date—figuratively and literally. Bergdorf Goodman partnered with Swarovski for their sparkling displays, embedding a total of 7,024,615 crystals in their holiday tableaus. It's quite a sight to behold. Their visual design team's attention to detail is staggering; I could've spent an hour looking at every bedazzled piece.

With just a little more than 2 weeks left before Christmas, time will surely breeze by in a frenzy of holiday parties, shopping, travel and rushing to tie up loose ends at school and/or work. For myself, personally, I hope that I can keep myself from getting completely swept up and try enjoy all the little things that make this season so happy and bright. I hope you, too, will all get to enjoy your own special traditions and I wish you the happiest of holidays!