The massive amounts of people one has to contend with in the city from roughly Thanksgiving to a few days after New Year's Day, all visiting relatives, friends, and doing shopping, for the holidays. A plus for merchants, a nuisance for people struggling to find a place to stand or sit on buses and trains.
It's Chrush time again---time to wake up at 4 AM instead of 5 just so I can get my seat on the train!
by pentozali December 18, 2010