For many years, my wife Nanette and I longed to visit that most festive of cities – New York – during the Christmas season. A few years ago we realized that dream, and now a trip to New York has become a Kinkade family Christmas tradition.

Christmas in New York brings us to Rockefeller Center for the lighting of the nation’s most famous Christmas tree. This painting follows others depicting beloved trees, including the White House tree I’ve presented to two presidents.

Rockefeller Center, an assemblage of fourteen Art Deco buildings erected by the famous oil family in the 1930s to celebrate American commerce, becomes a glorious spectacle during the holidays. Colorful skaters glide and spin under the massive, gilded statue of Prometheus.

Christmas in New York celebrates both the tree and also holidays in that great city.