Wide-angle photo of a tall Christmas tree in a carpeted hotel lobby. The tree is decorated with mostly white, silver, and blue ornaments and strung with white lights. To the left are broad white strips created by the barriers of the hotel’s several upper balconies. To the right is a reception desk aglow in warm orange light, above which hangs a giant abstract mural of swooping dark blue curves on a lighter blue field. The various lines of the background environment all appear to converge on or radiate out of the tree at the center.

An angled view, looking upwards, of a Christmas tree attached to the upper-floor corner of a brick apartment building, suspended over the sidewalk. Two steel cables helping to hold the tree in place stretch out to left and right frame. The tree glows with multicolored lights. From its base hangs an arrangement of red and golden bells and a glittering red ribbon tied in a bow. Below the tree is the name of a bakery displayed in raised dark letters on a building section covered in flaking white paint; it reads “Bakery” on the building’s left face and “Mazzola” on the right, with a retracted awning underneath that reads “Since 1928.” The tree illuminates the building’s red brick exterior and upper-floor windows. The evening sky overhead is featureless and gray.

Wide-angle photo of a tall Christmas tree in a carpeted hotel lobby. The tree is decorated with mostly white, silver, and blue ornaments and strung with white lights. To the left are broad white strips created by the barriers of the hotel’s several upper balconies. To the right is a reception desk aglow in warm orange light, above which hangs a giant abstract mural of swooping dark blue curves on a lighter blue field. The various lines of the background environment all appear to converge on or radiate out of the tree at the center.

An angled view, looking upwards, of a Christmas tree attached to the upper-floor corner of a brick apartment building, suspended over the sidewalk. Two steel cables helping to hold the tree in place stretch out to left and right frame. The tree glows with multicolored lights. From its base hangs an arrangement of red and golden bells and a glittering red ribbon tied in a bow. Below the tree is the name of a bakery displayed in raised dark letters on a building section covered in flaking white paint; it reads “Bakery” on the building’s left face and “Mazzola” on the right, with a retracted awning underneath that reads “Since 1928.” The tree illuminates the building’s red brick exterior and upper-floor windows. The evening sky overhead is featureless and gray.

Closeup photo of a tiny sculpted glass angel hanging by a loop cord from a branch of a Christmas tree. The angel is surrounded by sunlit green conifer needles. Small tubular Christmas lights — not turned on — sprout from twisted green cords that wind through the branches.

Closeup photo of a tiny sculpted glass angel hanging by a loop cord from a branch of a Christmas tree. The angel is surrounded by sunlit green conifer needles. Small tubular Christmas lights — not turned on — sprout from twisted green cords that wind through the branches.