Today is Christmas Eve. Pato and Pocoyo could hardly stand the excitement of waiting for Santa.  Elly realized she had to do something to keep everyone busy.  So she went back to the big red stairs in Times Square and bought tickets for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular.

And you know what?  They named it right.  It certainly was spectacular!

Pocoyo didn’t see how he was going to watch a silly show when he busy thinking about Santa.  But then he looked on stage and saw Santa was there!  Right in Radio City Music Hall!  Santa was in a huge sleigh.  The sleigh was pulled along by many, many dancing reindeer.  It was magical!

The show also had a parade of wooden soldiers with a big cannon.  Boom!  And a trip inside Santa’s Workshop! And a nativity scene! And the Radio City Rockettes!  Elly said those girls could kick high!  Elly said she wants to be a Rockette, too!

When they got back to the hotel, Pocoyo pretended to be Santa and made Pato be a reindeer.  He sat in a box and tied a bathrobe belt around Pato’s waist and made Pato pull him around the hotel room.  Which wasn’t easy because they had to keep dodging Elly’s high kicks.  She was practicing to be a Rockette.

At last, it was time to go to bed.  They had to hurry before Santa came.  Everyone was very happy.  They’d had a wonderful trip to America, and they couldn’t wait to see what Christmas day would bring.

Before he went to sleep, Pocoyo said to wish you all a very, merry Christmas!

Today, our friends wanted to do something a little more colorful. So they went to MoMA. MoMA is not another way to say “Mama.” MoMA stands for The Museum of  Modern Art.  Located in mid-town Manhattan, MoMA is a wonderful way to spend the day.

There’s a garden courtyard with statues.  There were lots of cafes where you could eat. And best of all, there was lots of art. Paintings and photos and really cool pieces of furniture and lights and film and – well – everything.

The MoMA also has a series of workshops where kids can learn about making their own art.  Today, the workshop was all about painting.  Pocoyo learned how to hold a paintbrush and make it do different things with the paint.

Pocoyo had so much fun painting, he wants you to be able to paint, too.  That’s why we created this app for your iPad called "Coloring with Pocoyo and Friends". The application will provide children, parents and caregivers the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild as they paint Pocoyo and his friends’ coloring pages, experimenting with creativity and color as they let their inner artists out

Pocoyo says he hopes you’ll show your paintings to him.  He can’t wait to see them!

Because their visit to the toy store yesterday had been so exciting, Elly felt they should do something relaxing today. Like hear some music.

The doorman at the hotel said the best place to hear music in New York City was at Carnegie Hall.  He said Carnegie Hall was built way back in 1891.  He said you could hear all kinds of different music there:  pop, rock, jazz, new world and classical.  He said Carnegie hall had two recital halls in addition to the main performance hall. He said there were artistic studios on the upper floors, and the building also had a museum.

Pato was very excited about going to Carnegie hall.  He loves music. When they got inside Carnegie Hall, they had never seen so many people! And not just the audience!  There was an enormous orchestra! And a huge choir! Elly said the music was lovely. Because it was Christmas, they were performing something called Handel’s Messiah.  Elly really liked the trumpets.  And Pato liked the drums.  But Pocoyo liked the guy in front waving the stick.  He noticed that everyone in the orchestra and in the choir kept their eyes on him. And when the man moved his stick, people would play or sing. After the concert, Pocoyo learned that the man with the stick was called a conductor.  He used the stick to keep time with the music.  And the musicians followed the stick so that they could all keep together when they played.  The conductor said the stick was actually called a baton. The conductor let Pocoyo hold the baton and do a little conducting of his own.  Here Pocoyo is with his orchestra.

I bet they made beautiful music together, don’t you?

Because Christmas is very, very near, Pocoyo (like many boys and girls) only has one thing on his mind. TOYS! It’s all he talks about. He thinks about toys while he’s awake, while he’s sleeping, while he’s coloring, while he’s reading, while he’s eating, walking, bathing, playing, brushing his teeth – it’s all toys, toys, toys, toys, toys.  Elly said all the toy talk was driving her crazy!

So today, all our friends went to Times Square. Elly had heard there was a big toy store in Times Square called Toys R Us. She thought maybe if she took Pocoyo to that store for a few hours, he might stop talking about toys.

When they got to Times Square, it was very crowded.  People everywhere!  There were so many people, and so many cabs, and so many buses, and so many big signs, they couldn’t see the toy store! Can you see Pocoyo among the crowd of people? He is in there, keep looking until you find him!!

Luckily, right in the middle of Times Square was a big, red staircase that went to nowhere.  The stairs lit up!  People were standing and sitting on them. Elly said underneath the staircase was a ticket booth.  You could get tickets for any show on Broadway there.

Anyway, they all climbed the staircase to look for the Toys R Us store, and there it was!  Right on the corner of 44^th Street and Broadway.  Pocoyo said it was an amazing store. Pato loved the 60-foot Ferris wheel that was inside!  And Elly walked through the life-sized Barbie® dollhouse.  Pocoyo made friends with another T-Rex.

And guess what? On the front of the store was a big TV-style-thing. They call it a Jumbo Tron.  And do you know who was on the Jumbo Tron?  Pocoyo!

Toys R Us was showing scenes of Pocoyo’s adventures with all his friends in Pocoyo world!  Can you believe it?  And Toys R Us had Pocoyo dolls, too!  There was an Elly doll, and Pato doll, and Loula doll and a Pocoyo doll. They even had Pocoyo’s little red car.  The man at Toys R Us said they were selling all these Pocoyo toys and videos to boys and girls who might want to be Pocoyo’s friend.

Pocoyo was so happy!  He loves new friends!  But then he got worried.  What about the boys and girls who couldn’t come to Toys R Us at Times Square? How would they be able to watch the videos and be his friend?  The Man said not to worry.  He said kids could buy the toys and videos at any store across the country and online from Toys R Us!, too!

Pocoyo was so excited!  He said he couldn’t wait to meet all his new friends!

New York City, like many places in the world, is full of children.  But there was one child that Pocoyo particularly wanted to meet.  Eloise.  Pocoyo knows all about Eloise.  She has had books written about her and everything.  Elly sometimes reads them to Pocoyo before he goes to bed at night.

Pocoyo knew that Eloise lived at the Plaza Hotel.  So to the Plaza Hotel he went.  Elly wanted to have tea in the Palm Court.  Pato wanted to go to the spa.  But Pocoyo wanted to play with Eloise, Weenie her dog, and Skipperdee her turtle.  Only Eloise wasn’t home.  That was very disappointing.  But the doorman said Eloise lets people stay in her room when she is gone.  Her room is on the 18^th floor, way high up.

Pocoyo got to go inside!  He said it looked exactly like it does in the book.  He even got to jump on the bed, just like Eloise.  Boing!  Boing!  Boing!  It was so much fun!  But then Elly scolded Pocoyo and told him he was being naughty.

But guess what? While Pocoyo was jumping on the bed, he looked out the window, and you know what he saw?  Horses!  Horses pulling carriages.  You could ride in the carriage through Central Park and right down 5^th Avenue.

The carriage driver let Pocoyo ride in the front seat.  He even taught him how to say “Giddyup!” (that means “go!”), and “whoa!” (that means “stop.”)

When they got home, Elly let Pocoyo ride on her back while she pretended to be a horse.  Pocoyo and Elly rode all around the room.  “Giddyup!”

Our friends have been in New York City for fourteen days now.  And they have covered a lot of ground.  So today, Pocoyo decided he wanted to cover a lot of water.  There’s a lot of it in New York City.

New York City is an island.  It is surrounded by water.  On one side is the Hudson River, on the other side and at the top is the East River, and at the very bottom is the harbor.  It’s water, water, everywhere you look.  (Well, everywhere you look without a tall building in front of it.)

Because there’s so much water, there are also a lot of boats.  Pocoyo likes boats almost as much as he likes trains.  Manhattan is pretty much transportation heaven to Pocoyo.

There are big cruise ships that take people on far away vacations.  There are water taxis and Ferryboats and tugboats and barges. There are sailboats and catamarans and motorboats and jet skis.  There are canoes and kayaks and rowboats and paddleboats.  There are even a few houseboats!  Do you know what those are?  It’s a house! On a boat!

Best, of all, there is one boat you can ride for free!  The Staten Island Ferry will take you over to Staten Island and back to Manhattan, and it doesn’t cost a thing.  Pocoyo was so happy to go on the Staten Island Ferry with his friends.  Do you know why?  Because it goes right by the Statue of Liberty!  He could show his friends how he made the statue fit in his hand.  They could try it, too.

After their ride on the Ferry, Pocoyo and his friends decided they wanted to ride all the way around the island.  So they did!  Here they are on their very cute boat.

Pocoyo said that whenever another boat passed, they would blow their whistles to each other and wave.  Everyone is very friendly on the water.

Today our friends went to the United Nations Building.  The United Nations (which is sometimes called the UN) began in 1945.  Fifty-one countries all got together and decided there should be a group that would help everyone get along better.  Because just as you may sometimes get angry with a friend and fight; sometimes different countries get angry with each other and fight, too.  And fighting is not a good way to fix anything.  Using our words to talk things out is always better.

The UN is a place where people from all different countries all over the globe can come together and talk to each other.  They talk about building houses and cities.  They talk about the environment.  They talk about helping people who are poor or sick and how to get them medicine and food.  And they talk about how to deal with bullies.  Because sometimes even grown ups forget to fight fair.

All these people work together to try to make the world a better, safer place for everybody. Pocoyo World is like that!

Pocoyo said that there are many, many flags in front of the UN.  He said there he couldn’t count them all.  Not even with all his fingers and toes, and all of Elly’s toes, and both Pato’s wings and feet.  There were just too many of them.

Pocoyo said the man at the United Nations told him that there are 192 flags in front of the United Nations Building.  One for each country that is a member of the UN.  Here’s a picture.  Can you find your flag?

As promised yesterday, Elly took Pocoyo to Macy’s today to meet Santa today. At first, Pocoyo and Pato were certain it was all just a trick so Elly could do more shopping.

But as soon as they entered the store, Pocoyo could hear the big man laughing. “Ho, ho, ho!”  It was Santa!  He really was there!  Many, many children were lined up to see him. In fact, there were so many children, Santa had several elves around to help him out.

Pocoyo, Elly and Pato joined the line of children and began inching their way towards the jolly man in the red suit.  As they got closer, Pocoyo began to get nervous. What would he say to Santa? What if Santa thought he had been naughty this year?  Wouldn’t that be awful?

The line kept moving forward.  Finally, there he was!  Santa! Right in front of him!  Pocoyo was speechless.  He wasn’t sure what to say or what to do. So he held out his letter to Santa. But instead of taking the letter and sending Pocoyo away, Santa motioned for Pocoyo to come sit on his lap.

Can you imagine? Being on Santa’s lap?  Santa asked Pocoyo what he wanted for Christmas.  Pocoyo was so excited, he almost couldn’t remember.  But then he saw Pato and Elly waving, and it all came back to him.

He wanted a bone for Loula, a new watering can for his friend, Pato, a tutu for Elly, and a toy train for himself.  Santa said it was very nice of Pocoyo to remember all of his friends.

Then Santa asked Pocoyo if he’d like to have a picture of him and Santa together.  Would he ever!  And here it is.

What do you hope Santa will bring you this year?

There were very exciting things afoot for Pocoyo today!  He was going to mail his Christmas list to Santa.  A man at the hotel desk told them they could leave Santa’s letter with him and he’d mail it.  But Pocoyo didn’t trust him.  A letter to Santa is a very important thing.  What if the hotel man got to busy and forgot?  Pocoyo thought he should mail the letter himself.

Elly said she’d seen a Post Office on 34^th Street near Macy’s.  Elly said the best way to get to there was by subway.  So off they went.

Here’s Pocoyo heading towards the subway entrance with his letter.

Now, Pocoyo had ridden the subway before.  He took the subway to Battery Park; and they had ridden the subway to the Brooklyn Bridge.  But today, Pocoyo noticed that the trains were different colors (like everything in Pocoyo World).  Or rather, their signs were different colors.  Plus, some of the trains had letters, while others had numbers.  The 1, 2 and 3 train numbers were red.  But the 4, 5, 6 trains had green numbers.  Pocoyo thought it was nice.  They were Christmas colors!   The 7 train had a purple number sign.

Then there was an A, C, and E train with blue letters on their signs; and the B, D, F, M trains with orange letters.  This was awful!  Whoever designed the subway did not know their alphabet! Everyone knows it’s “A, B, C, D, E, F, G, “ not “A, C, E, B, D, F, M.” The G train was all by itself with a lime colored letter on its sign.  And there were gray lettered signs for L and S.  J and Z had a brown sign, but N, R, and Q had a bright yellow sign.  This subway alphabet was a mess.  N, R, Q?  Instead of Q, R, S?  And what happened to H, I, K, O, P, T, U, V, and Y? Pocoyo decided he would have to ride all the trains to figure this mystery out (and maybe reorganize the alphabet for the subway people.) The Conductor told Pocoyo that the alphabet on the subway is out of order because the train lines were created at different times by several different subway companies.  There was the IRT, the BRT, the BMT and the IND.  But now all the subway trains were operated by the MTA. Pocoyo’s head was spinning!  It was all one big alphabet soup!  And worst of all, he’d forgotten to mail his letter to Santa!  And now, the Post Office was closed. Elly said she knew a place where Pocoyo could give his letter to Santa in person!  She promised to take him there tomorrow.  I can’t wait to hear all about it, can you?!

Today Elly announced that she’d seen enough boring, ugly, square buildings.  She wanted to visit the pretty, silver building -- the tall one with the crown on it.  When they got to the pretty, silver building, the doorman told Pocoyo it was called the Chrysler Building.

He said the Chrysler Building was 1047 feet tall, and was built by a man who made cars! Pocoyo loves cars.  So of course he really liked the Chrysler Building, too!  The doorman said the eagles on the corners of the 61^st floor were made to look like the hood ornaments from the Chrysler cars.  And the corner ornaments on the 31^st floor look like the cars’ radiator caps.

The doorman said that the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building were built right around the same time.  And each one of them wanted to be the tallest building in New York City.  He said the Chrysler Building was finished first.  And for eleven months, no other building was taller.  But when the Empire State Building added its pointy spire on the top, it became the tallest building, and the Chrysler Building became the second tallest building in New York City.  He said when Bank of America built their new offices, the Chrysler Building became the third tallest building in New York City.

Elly said the Chrysler Building might be the third tallest building, but she thinks it’s the first prettiest.  (I tried to tell Elly that “first prettiest” isn’t really proper grammar.  That she should just say “prettiest” instead.  But Elly insisted I not change her wording.  It’s difficult to argue with an elephant.)

Pocoyo wondered how much taller the Chrysler Building was than he?  So Pato put up a wall ruler, and they measured.  How tall are you compared to the Chrysler Building?

Today, Pocoyo and his friends visited the New York Stock Exchange.  They got there very early.  So early, that Pocoyo got to ring the bell to start the day’s trading.

The clang of the bell was nothing compared to all the noise the people made!  As soon as the bell rang, everyone started waving and shouting. At first, Pocoyo thought they were waving to him.  So he waved back.  He waved, and he waved, and he waved, and he waved, until finally he couldn’t wave anymore.

Then he realized everyone was waving at the big screen with all the numbers on it. The numbers moved really fast! Before Pocoyo could read them, the numbers would change into something else.  They’d go up and down, up and down.  This made the grownups very excited.  But Elly said she didn’t see anything at the stock exchange worth making that much of a fuss over… except maybe the strips of paper.

Pocoyo said there were all these strips of paper flying around like confetti.  He said there was so much paper; it was like being in an indoor parade. Only without any floats, or bands, or candy.  Elly made a wig out of some paper strips and pretended she had long, white hair.  And Pato made a skirt out of paper strips and did a hula dance.  Pocoyo played hide and seek in the paper.  He’d hide in a pile of it, and Elly and Pato would try to find him. It was a really fun day. Even if they couldn’t figure out what was going on exactly.

Today was Pocoyo’s thirteenth day in America.  Since they are almost halfway through their American vacation, Elly felt they should do something really special to celebrate.  So they went to Broadway!

Broadway is a street in New York City that runs the entire length of the island of Manhattan.  But it’s also the name of the theatre district in midtown Manhattan.  There, you can see all kinds of shows:  plays, musicals, comedies or tragedies.

Pocoyo said the theater usher told him Broadway was the first street in New York City to have electric streetlights.  When the streetlights were put in, the light was so bright, people started calling Broadway “The Great White Way.”  The nickname continues today because of the bright lights on the stages, marquees and on the many electric signs in Times Square.

After seeing a play, Pocoyo and his friends were invited backstage for a tour.  Here’s Elly at one of the dressing tables.  Pocoyo said Elly was pretending she was the star of a big, Broadway show, and he was her biggest fan.

I think Elly should take a bow, don’t you?  Let’s all clap for Elly!

Today was Pocoyo’s twelfth day in America, and what a day it was!  He went to the Natural History Museum.  It was fantastic!  There was a butterfly room.  You could go inside, and hundreds and hundreds of butterflies land on you.  There’s a planet display with our solar system.  You wouldn’t believe how big the sun is!  There’s an Imax theatre where you can watch a movie about the Grand Canyon or about rock climbing.  It feels like you are really, truly there!  Pocoyo loved riding down the rapids, but it made Pato feel a little queasy.

But the best thing about the Natural History Museum were the dinosaurs!  They were huge!  Here’s Pocoyo standing next to one now.

This dinosaur is called a T-Rex.  But the museum also has a Brontosaurus skeleton, and a Mastodon, and many other prehistoric skeletons.  Pocoyo wished Loula could have seen it!  She would have loved all the bones!

Can you imagine how big a hole Loula would have to dig to bury those bones?

Today was Pocoyo’s eleventh day in America.  Since they’d seen many different sights lower New York (Chinatown, Little Italy, the Brooklyn Bridge), Pocoyo decided to go a different direction.  North!  All the way to the Bronx!

The Bronx is known for it’s great music and dancing.  They have salsa, reggae, hip-hop and jazz.  Pato said he had a blast dancing with all his new friends!  He says learned a lot of new steps and he can’t wait to show them to you.

Here’s Pato looking cool before he busts a move.

Today, Pocoyo and his friends were a little up in the air about what to do.  And I mean they were really up in the air -- high on top of Dino’s Wonder Wheel.  Dino’s Wonder Wheel is a very large Ferris wheel on Coney Island, New York.  Elly wanted to ride the Wonder Wheel first.  From there, they’d see all of Coney Island’s other fun rides.  There were so many!

They rode a rollercoaster named The Cyclone, drove bumper cars, spun around in a big tea cup, won toys at an arcade, and hopped aboard the Polar Express. Then they visited an aquarium. They met fish, walrus, seals, otters, penguins, turtles, octopi (if only Fred where there!) and all kinds of birds.

From the big pier named The Boardwalk, Pocoyo saw some Polar Bears swimming. Only these Polar Bears weren’t bears!  They were people! They call themselves “polar bears” because they swim in winter when the water is icy cold.  Pocoyo said he got so cold watching them; he had to have a hot chocolate!

Our friends also went to the Coney Island Museum.  They learned all about Coney Island.  Some say the island is called “Coney” because it used to be full of rabbits.  (“Coney” means rabbit in French.) Others say the name comes from the Konoh Indians who lived there long ago.

Pocoyo said going to Coney Island was like visiting Pocoyo World.  Pocoyo World also has an arcade, a big slide, a train, a fishing barrel – all kinds of fun games.  And they both have a big Ferris wheel, see?

Buon Giorno!  Pocoyo says that means “good morning” in Italian.

Pocoyo had so much fun in Chinatown yesterday, he decided to go to Italy today.  Little Italy, that is.  Located on Mulberry Street between Canal Street and Bleecker Streets, Little Italy is famous for two things: great Italian food and the Feast of San Gennaro.  During the Feast, all of Little Italy has a big street fair that lasts for eleven days.  There are strings of colored lights, and parades, and bands, and games, and lots and lots of food.

Pocoyo’s favorite Italian food is Pizza.  He couldn’t wait to eat lunch at a real, New York City pizza parlor.  It was so much fun!  The pizza chef takes a ball of pizza dough, and he tosses it up in the air, and spins it around and around on his hand.  He tosses that dough back and forth, and spins it some more, and pretty soon the ball of dough becomes a flat pizza crust.

And guess what?   The pizza chef let Pocoyo spin the dough!  How about that?

Pocoyo says it was so much fun, he wants you to try it. Do you have any pizza recipe to share with Pocoyo?  Buon Appetito!

Today was Pocoyo's eighth day in New York City. He felt like he'd seen an awful lot of America.  He decided he wanted to go to China instead. And he sort of could. Because New York City has a neighborhood called Chinatown. Pocoyo said Chinatown had all kinds of clothing, foods and other things you'd find in China. Elly loved the cheongsam dresses. But the Roasted Peeking Duck made Pato very, very nervous. Every year, Chinatown celebrates Chinese New Year with a big parade. They have fireworks and music, acrobatics and dancing, paper lanterns and a huge dragon! Pocoyo jumped right in and helped make some decorations.  Look!

This year, Chinese New Year isn't until February 3rd. But when you're making a dragon that big, you have to start early. Wouldn't you like to take a ride?  Rawr!

Today was Pocoyo’s seventh day in the city. Pocoyo had promised Pato he would go shopping with Pato and Elly. And he meant to. He really, truly did. But when they passed through Grand Central Station, Pocoyo had to explore more.

Because Grand Central Station has one thing that Pocoyo cannot resist.

Grand Central Station is full of TRAINS!!  Choo-Choooo!

Pocoyo said it had trains of all sizes, all colors and going in all directions. He said they had trains above ground, trains underground, and some trains he never found (even though he read the signs very carefully).

Plus, cars drive through it! The cars drive up one side of the building and come out on the other! Cars and trains! All in one place!

And you know what else Pocoyo said Grand Central Station had? Stars! In the ceiling! He said you could see them, even though it wasn’t night.

Grand Central did have one thing Pocoyo didn’t really like: too many people! He said if you go to Grand Central, remember to hold onto your mama’s hand.

Today was our friends’ sixth day in the city. And in honor of its being the sixth day, Elly decided to take the Number 6 Subway Train downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Station. She wanted to shop at South Street Seaport. Pato was a little happy about this shopping trip. There might be watermelon! You see, South Street Seaport doesn’t just have clothing stores. It also has a lovely farmers’ market that sells fresh fruit, and a fish market!

Pocoyo was excited, too! But not because of the clothes, the watermelon or the fish. Pocoyo was excited about the bridge! The Brooklyn Bridge! Here’s what it looks like.

The Brooklyn Bridge is the oldest suspension bridge in the United States. It connects New York City to Brooklyn. The whole bridge is held up with cables! Pocoyo said the cables make interesting sounds when the wind blows. He said the cable was very, very thick. Bigger around than his arm! Or even his leg! And they looked like rope, but were made of metal.

His favorite part about the bridge was walking across it. When you walk on the bridge, all the cars and taxis and buses drive on the road underneath you! And the boats ride in the river underneath you and the cars!  Vroom!  Vroom!  Toot!  Toot!

Pocoyo can’t wait to get home and make a Brooklyn Bridge with his building blocks.

Today, Elly jumped out of bed and announced she was not going clothes shopping. This made Pato and Pocoyo very happy… Until Elly said she was returning clothes instead.

Some of her outfits from Macy’s were suddenly a little too small. Maybe it was because of all those Nathan’s Hotdogs Elly ate? Or the Lindy’s Cheesecake? Or the frozen hot chocolates from Serafina’s? Why ask why? Just because Elly is a growing pachyderm doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be stylish.

While Elly and Pato went to Macy’s, Pocoyo headed over to Madison Square Garden. But guess what? Madison Square Garden wasn’t square. And it didn’t have a garden either!

What it did have was basketball!! Score!!!

Pocoyo had never seen a real, live basketball game! He got right in the spirit of things. He bought a big foam hand and cheered louder than anyone else. He was rooting the New York Knicks, of course. Not only were they the home team. But their uniforms had one of Pocoyo’s favorite colors: blue!

Here’s a picture Pocoyo sent to Pato. He sure looks happy, doesn’t he?

Today was Pocoyo’s fourth day in America. Knowing Elly would probably want to go shopping again, Pocoyo tiptoed out of the room while Elly and Pato were still sleeping. (Ducks and elephants are very sound sleepers.)

Pocoyo then rode the subway all the way downtown to Battery Park. He thought maybe he’d get to see a baseball game there. It is called Battery Park.

But instead of baseball batters, there was a boat! A really big boat! You could get on it and ride across New York Harbor to see the Statue of Liberty. The boat captain said the Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from France. He told Pocoyo once you got to Liberty Island, you could climb the stairs into the Statue of Liberty’s head!

Pocoyo didn’t quite believe him. From the boat, the Statue of Liberty looked very small. It was so small it fit in the palm of Pocoyo’s hand.

How would a boat full of people ever fit inside there?

Before Pocoyo had time to figure it out, the boat docked, and he saw that the Statue of Liberty was really very big. It had all just been a trick. But what a fun one! While he was on Liberty Island, Pocoyo put the entire city of New York in his hand, the George Washington Bridge, the Verrezano-Narrows Bridge, and almost the whole state of New Jersey!

Today, Elly announced that they should do something other than shopping on the East side of town.  After all, they were in New York City! Manhattan! The city that never sleeps!  The big apple!  They should get out and see more of it.

So she made them go shopping on the west side of town instead

While Elly was slipping on shoes at Macy's, Pocoyo slipped out the door.  He wanted to do something a little more elevating with his day -- like ride the elevator of the Empire State Building all the way to the tippy, tippy top!  It was waaaaaaaaay up high!

Here Pocoyo is at the Empire State Building with his new friend, the doorman. The doorman told Pocoyo that the Empire State Building is 1,454 feet tall.   Inside there are 102 floors, 1,860 steps, and 6,500 windows.

But best of all?  It has 102 elevator buttons.  Have you ever seen so many buttons?  Pocoyo got to push all of them!  Even the one’s he couldn’t reach, thanks to a “lift” from the elevator operator. He pushed all the buttons on the way back down, too.  He wanted to wave goodbye to all the new friends he’d met on his way up.

Today was Pocoyo’s second day in New York City, and he and his best friend Pato got up bright and early to get started on another day of fun and exploration.  Unfortunately, Elly intervened with their plans and made Pato go shopping with her again...this time for some fashionable clothes! Pocoyo escaped the shopping plans, and instead, he wandered  to Central Park, the country’s largest urban park, to play in the snow.  It was amazing with so much to do and see!  Pocoyo said it was like having your very own forest right in the middle of a big, big city.  There was a carousel, a castle, and even a zoo (plus, another ice skating rink)!

But Pocoyo didn’t have time for ice skating today because he was too busy making a new friend.  No, really.  He made him.  His very own snowman. Brrrrr!

Happy Holidays Everybody!

I have some very exciting news. Pocoyo and his friends are spending Christmas in America for the very first time.  That’s right. The United States of America!  The land of the Star Spangled Banner, baseball, hotdogs…and now, Pocoyo and his friends, who are very excited to begin their adventure here in one of the country’s most celebrated cities, New York City!

Elly has planned the entire trip down to the very last second.  9:30 a.m.:  plane lands at JFK airport in New York.  9:35 a.m.:  shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue for shoes Because Elly just loves shoe shopping!  But the boys really, really, really don’t, which is why Pocoyo snuck across the street to Rockefeller Center--just in time to see the annual lighting of the Christmas Tree!  Pocoyo tried to count all the colored lights.

But then he saw the ice skating rink and decided there was no time for counting lights.  Off to play on the ice!

Pocoyo is having a blast practicing his figure eights.  Pretty cool, huh?