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People have all kinds of theories about this abandoned Christmas tree in the NYC subway

Is this the most New York Christmas story ever?

People have all kinds of theories about this abandoned Christmas tree in the NYC subway

[Photos: Grahame Jenkins/Unsplash; Nanin7/Wikimedia Commons]

BY Melissa Locker1 minute read

Over the weekend, New York Times reporter Jenna Wortham had a question for New Yorkers on Twitter: What is the most “that’s so new york” moment?

My personal favorite was this pigeon, who clearly mugged a guy:

https://twitter.com/afrozip/status/1068928753219317763

But the story that really got New Yorkers talking was this extremely sad one-act play in which someone was trying to add a little Christmas spirit to their bleak New York story, overpaid for a Christmas tree, presumably tried to get it home on the subway, but then hit the turnstile, and just said, the hell with it.

The image seemed to both annoy New Yorkers (the access door for wheelchairs, bikes, and strollers is right there!) and spark their imagination of the unfortunate series of events that led someone to simply abandon their Christmas dreams in a grungy subway station.

Others suggested that it was an ambulatory tree–like the Ents in Lord of the Rings–or just another example of typical New Yorker behavior:

https://twitter.com/eggandburger/status/1069304672463278081

Of course, the silver lining of this festive holiday tale is that whoever came to the subway station next got a free tree! It’s a Christmas miracle, New York style, until a pigeon mugs you on the way home.

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Melissa Locker is a writer and world renowned fish telepathist. More


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