{"id":55784,"date":"2025-11-29T20:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/55784\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T20:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T20:51:14","slug":"nyc-couple-goes-viral-for-using-empire-state-building-as-christmas-tree-topper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/55784\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC couple goes viral for using Empire State Building as Christmas tree topper"},"content":{"rendered":"

This may be the most New York City tree you\u2019ll see this Christmas.<\/p>\n

A Greenwich Village couple trimming their tree last week realized that they don\u2019t need an angel or a star because the Empire State building magically appears as its over-the-top topper.<\/p>\n

The bright lights of the iconic Manhattan skyscraper manage to rest perfectly above Regina Molina and her boyfriend Ryan Snyder\u2019s spectacular spruce, which sits in front of the window of their West 8th Street fifth-floor apartment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt 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,\u201d Snyder, 30, told The Post.<\/p>\n

When Molina, 31, posted their New York City Christmas<\/a> miracle on her TikTok page<\/a>, it immediately went viral, with 2 million views in just three days.<\/p>\n

It also caught the attention of the popular Instagram handle @newyorkers<\/a>, which shared it with its own 1.1 million followers.<\/p>\n

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, \u201cCongrats on winning Christmas,\u201d \u201cOfficially jealous of a Christmas tree\u201d and \u201cThe most expensive tree topper ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others marveled at the now-famous Big Apple sapling \u2014 which they decorated with city-centric ornaments like a rat holding a pizza slice, a MetroCard and the quintessential blue coffee cup \u2014 saying \u201cNow THIS is Christmas magic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA few people in the comments have asked to come over and see it,\u201d added Molina.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan<\/p>\n

Ryan Snyder, Regina Molina and their dog Bunny pose with their famous Christmas tree, with the Empire State Building as its topper. J.C. Rice<\/p>\n

\"Molina<\/p>\n

Molina collects felt ornaments, some of which are NYC-themed, which decorate the spectacular spruce. J.C. Rice<\/p>\n

Out of towners also couldn\u2019t believe their eyes, with comments such as \u201cEvery now and then I\u2019m reminded New York City is a real place and people live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others assumed the couple shells out a hefty amount of rent to get that prime view, quipping, \u201cThat\u2019s another level of rich,\u201d and \u201cIdk what tax bracket this is, all I know is I\u2019m not in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snyder, who works as a financial analyst, and Molina, a lawyer, said that\u2019s simply not the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just funny, like we can see the top of a skyscraper,\u201d Snyder said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople think that we have the best penthouse in Manhattan or something.\u201d<\/p>\n