Christmas Day in New York

We originally planned to get dressed and go to mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral for Christmas. Jan really wanted to go to midnight mass the night before, but they were sold out of tickets for that mass. Hard to believe that they actually give out tickets to a mass but I guess it's so popular they had to. As it turns out Jan was too sick to attend mass on Christmas Day so we ended up watching the mass on her laptop via a webcast. After the mass Sam and Sara & Brandon and I went to Central Park to look around while Jan stayed back at home and tried to get some needed rest. We made it only halfway through the park because it was so cold and Brandon was really starting to feel miserable with all of his allergies. Sara & Brandon split off so that Brandon could find a drugstore and get some meds for his allergies, while Sam and I kept going a little bit further down to Bow bridge where I wanted to take some more pictures. Sam and I went back to the apartment using the subway and actually beat Sara & Brandon back. Later that day we ended up going to dinner at Katz' deli, something Brandon really wanted to see, and being a Jewish deli, it was one of the few places open for dinner on Christmas Day. We brought back grilled cheese and Matzo ball soup for Sam and Jan.