Like a Martha Stewart holiday special and ice skating in Rockefeller Center, Manhattan department stores’ window displays create an atmosphere of holiday mirth and good cheer. But this year, Macy’s in midtown may have topped them all. On Jan. 1, 2000, Hoboken residents Greg Nahas and Tracy Crinion, winners of Macy’s “Wedding of the Millennium Contest,” were married in the department store’s 34th Street window. The contest, which was opened to couples registered at Macy’s, asked the entrants to submit a 100-word essay on why they would want this unconventional wedding. Over 300 hundred couples applied for the opportunity to marry in the window of the “largest store on earth.” “[Greg] is everything I ever dreamed of in a husband,” wrote Crinion. “And he deserves a unique wedding.” Obviously the Macy’s judges agreed. In mid-November, just 45 days before New Year’s, Nahas and Crinion received word that they had been selected as the lucky couple. “We were floored,” said Nahas. “It was a total surprise when we won.” Not only did Macy’s offer Crinion and Nahas an unforgettable venue to exchange their nuptials, but they also paid for the bride’s gown, the groom’s tuxedo, and the couple’s honeymoon in Aruba. This was not the first time Crinion and Nahas found themselves lucky in love. Their good fortune began just over a year ago when they fortuitously met through on online dating service called Match.Com. Neither Crinion nor Nahas expected to meet their lifelong mate on the web. They were simply hoping to have a little fun. “I’d never been on a blind date before,” explained Nahas, a 28-year-old lawyer. “I though it might be fun.” Crinion, a 27-year-old graphic designer, added, “I had just broken up with my boyfriend, and I thought it would be a good way to jumpstart my social life.” After several unmemorable dates with other people, Crinion and Nahas found each other. They claim it was love at first sight. With the moony eyes of a newlywed, Crinion recalled their first date at Harp Bar near Madison Square Garden. “Greg was sitting at the bar,” she said. “I thought it was him, but I couldn’t believe it because I didn’t think that anyone that cute would be on an online dating service.” Nahas, whose eyes were equally aglow, claims he spotted Crinion the minute she entered the establishment. “I knew it was her right away,” he said. “And I felt an instant connection. I knew at that moment that we would be engaged a year from that date.” Nahas was wrong. It only took five months. Initially, they planned their wedding for September of 2000. But thanks to Macy’s, they tied the knot a little earlier than expected. “Planning a wedding in 45 days is hard,” said Crinion. “A couple of weeks before the wedding, I had wedding anxiety. But in the end it all worked out. It went flawlessly.”