Merry Christmas!

Thank you so much for the look back and to your members for giving me the chance to compare with current photos on occasion.

Dave, for all of the work you put into Shorpy. Before it came along, I had to be pacified with scanning old pic collections at flea markets. Alas, no more! A very Happy New Year to you and yours!

A bit late for me for the former, but heartfelt wishes to all for the latter

To all at Shorpy, Merry Christmas!
This is a great website and I have told many about it.
This photo reminds me of a print by the American artist Martin Lewis. The picture is titled "The Orator" and is dated 1916. The scene is Madison Square. The three large buildings in the background are still standing and are located around the intersection of 5th Avenue/Madison Square North/W.26th. The photo and the Christmas tree are beautiful!

Merry Christmas to the Shorpy staff, contributors and commenters. Really appreciate all this site offers, it is one of my favorites.

From here in Portland Oregon, to every corner of Shorpyland and to each and every one of its inhabitants -- a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Peaceful and Healthy New Year.

Thank you, Dave, for giving us a glimpse back into the past. This is one of my favorite sites.

Merry Christmas from Boston, Dave, and many thanks. Shorpy is a fantastic community!

to Dave and all the denizens of Shorpyville.

From England, to every corner of Shorpyland and to each and every one of its inhabitants -- a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Peaceful and Healthy New Year.

Merry Christmas to Dave and all the Shorpyites from an old coot in Virginia

Thank you, Dave - and thank you to all the folks who manage the site, and thanks to the contributors and commenters.

The world of Shorpy is a terrific gift you share with us, every day.

Christmas greetings from Hawaii!

Dave, the rest of the Shorpy administrators and the great member submitters, Merry Christmas and thank you very much for another year of marvelous photos and replies for my mind and mailed photos for my wall! I wish everyone a grand new year!

Dave, I'm a relative noob, here, and truly enjoy what you do. Merry Christmas from the Left Coast.

Thank you and forward, into the past!

A Merry Christmas to Shorpy and all .....

I echo ALL the sentiments of the commenters before me. So, just a simple Merry Christmas from Minneapolis, MN to Dave, Shorpy and the Shorpyites!!! Wishing you all an awesome 2012.

Merry Christmas to Dave and all the Shorpsters !!

And a Thank You to Dave and the Shorpy Elves for all the work you put into this site.

Another year gone by already!

Thank you for this wonderful site Dave and a special thank you for the photos you posted this year from the glory days of my hometown, Utica, New York. You, Shorpy, and others (especially tterrace) have provided a boundless window into the past and countless hours spent away from the stresses of the day indulging in something that is neither fattening, nor bad for me. Shorpy IS however, highly addictive and wonderfully entertaining.

Best wishes to all in 2012!

Well, my father was born in 1914 and was a wonderful man and father even after getting shot to pieces in Italy with 168th Infantry, 34th Division during WWII. I'm OK with 1913 since my Aunt Helen was born in 1912 and was a most wonderful lady with smiles and laughs and hugs for me when I was a lad. The 1912 & 1914 bracket around 1913 is OK by me.

It's 8:13pm Christmas day out here in Spokane, but I want to wish everyone who visits this wonderful site a very Merry Christmas and all the best for next year. Thanks Dave, and all who make this possible. I learn something new every day from all of you. Thanks.

Even our decorated trees aren't this big!
A very Merry Christmas to all!

To Dave and all my fellow Shorpyites, from the mountains of Pennsylvania, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

I'd like to wish everyone at Shorpy a fabulous Christmas and a healthy new year.

To all Shorpyites, Dave, tterrace and Stanton Square: Holiday Greetings from Bull City Boy, Bull Ciry Girl and all the Bull City Young'uns. Have a blessed Christmas

Wishing all at Shorpy a very happy Christmas and seasons greetings to my fellow Shorpyites!

In the background on the right is the Hoffman House located at Broadway and 24th Street. I love how the lights have been colorized!

Let me be the first to wish one and all a glorious Christmas and a bodacious New Year!

I must add my sincere thank you as well Dave, and to those who aid you or add to the information, for the wonderful memories sparked by many photos here, and for the historic value of many of these pictures. Merry Christmas to all!!

Merry Christmas and Thank You!

You've changed my perception of how life was all those decades ago. You've helped me to see those years come alive.

Merry Christmas, and thanks for one of the most incredible sites on the web.

To Dave and staff and everyone else who visits here! Thanks so much for this wonderful site and all the memories!

I join my fellow Shorpyites in thanking you for another year of wonderful photos. May you live long and prosper!

and a big thank you to Dave for the best site on the web and we can't forget tterrace and we hope he doesnt run out of photos.

Ron

Best wishes for 2010.

Wow, what a beautiful tree! Merry Christmas, Dave, and Merry Christmas to all in Shorpyland.

What everyone below said. A big "thank you", Dave, from Las Vegas.

Thank you so much for sharing all these marvelous photos with us.

Merry Christmas to all!

Pictures are, indeed, worth a thousand words and Shorpy is a regular stopover site for me.

Thanks for sharing all this, Dave.

Thank for for this wonderful image. My grandfather was ten years old that Christmas, probably about the size of the shorter of the two boys in the foreground. He also lived about fifteen blocks from Madison Square, so I imagine he was able to see this very tree that Christmas. Thanks again and merry Christmas.

Beautiful picture, Dave. May I add my thanks to you for providing us with these great pictures. I feel like I understand the world a little better after seeing these great glimpses into the past.

Is this hand colored?

[Computer-colored. By me. - Dave]

And a huge thank you to Dave and the staff at Shorpy, you have, literally, changed my life.

Merry Christmas to all Shorpyites from Reading, England

Great photo! Thanks so much Dave for this great site. I have so enjoyed it all year long and look forward to more! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

That is beautiful! Thanks for all the great pics and Merry Christmas to everyone!!

For all the wonderful pictures and happy holidays right back at you!

Dave, a Merry Christmas to you! And thanks for your site -this has become my favorite. I look forward to checking for new photos every day, and I'm never disappointed. It's like having my own personal time machine. It's a blast!

How very often it is when we see a photo of an important event that Boy Scouts are present.

Merry Christmas, Shorpyites.