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If you're going for just a day from DTW, I'd be tempted to go to LGA just after Thanksgiving to see the new terminal and to visit the AmEx PlatCard (drinks, food, and swag) event that seems to be happening near Union Square. NYC is always fun and pretty around the holidays, so to see the Christmas lights a better plan might be to spend a night. NYC hotels in some neighborhoods can be cheap on weekends, although probably nothing near Fifith Avenue/CentralPark/Upper East Side during the shopping season. IIRC Union Square has a Hyatt Centric and a W.