Exclusive | Greenwich Village couple goes viral for using the Empire State Building as their Christmas tree topper
This may be the most New York City tree you’ll see this Christmas.
A Greenwich Village couple trimming their tree last week realized that they don’t need an angel or a star because the Empire State building magically appears as its over-the-top topper.
The bright lights of the iconic Manhattan skyscraper manage to rest perfectly above Regina Molina and her boyfriend Ryan Snyder’s spectacular spruce, which sits in front of the window of their West 8th Street fifth-floor apartment.
“It organically happened. We set up the tree just in the middle of the window because we thought it looked the best, and then we realized that if you walked to the right, dead on, it just perfectly lined up that way,” Snyder, 30, told The Post.
When Molina, 31, posted their New York City Christmas miracle on her TikTok page, it immediately went viral, with 2 million views in just three days. It also caught the attention of the popular Instagram handle @newyorkers, which shared it with its own 1.1 million followers.
Snyder, a San Francisco native and Molina, who hails from Portland, have had fun reading the social media comments on their post, which include sentiments like, “Congrats on winning Christmas,” “Officially jealous of a Christmas tree” and “The most expensive tree topper ever made.”
Others marveled at the now-famous Big Apple sapling — which they decorated with city-centric ornaments like a rat holding a pizza slice, a MetroCard and the quintessential blue coffee cup — saying “Now THIS is Christmas magic.”
“A few people in the comments have asked to come over and see it,” added Molina.
Out of towners also couldn’t believe their eyes, with comments such as “Every now and then I’m reminded New York City is a real place and people live there.”
Others assumed the couple shells out a hefty amount of rent to get that prime view, quipping, “That’s another level of rich,” and “Idk what tax bracket this is, all I know is I’m not in it.”
Snyder, who works as a financial analyst, and Molina, a lawyer, said that’s simply not the case.
“It’s just funny, like we can see the top of a skyscraper,” Snyder said.
“People think that we have the best penthouse in Manhattan or something.”
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