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Saturday Dec. 14, 2024

Noon – 2 pm

McDonald’s Playground Cookies, Cocoa, and Crafts with Santa

Ages: 3 – 12
Christmas
Free

Austin J. McDonald PlaygroundStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

Sound View Holiday Makers Market curated by The North Fork Art Collective

Ages: All
Art
Food & Drink

Sound View GreenportGreenport

Brooklyn Frost Fest (2)

Noon – 8 pm

Frost Fest

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Luna ParkBrooklyn

Noon

7 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance

Westhampton Beach Performing Arts CenterWesthampton Beach

Noon – 4 pm

5 – 9 pm

Meet Santa at the Huntington Holiday Spectacular

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: 8 and under
Christmas
Free

Atlantic Avenue (Fourth Avenue to Hicks Street)Brooklyn

Noon – 5 pm

Pet Adoption Event & Donation Drive

Ages: All
Animals
Community

ASPCA Adoption CenterUpper East Side

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Noon – 6 pm

All Ages Skate at Xanadu Roller Arts

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Xanadu Roller ArtsBrooklyn

Rockland Play The Latest Nintendo Switch Games

Noon – 4 pm

Play The Latest Nintendo Switch Games At GameStop

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Games

GameStop E 14th St.Manhattan

Noon – 4 pm

Sweetbrook Nursery & Garden Center Christmas Event

Ages: All
Christmas
Free

Sweetbrook Nursery & Garden CenterStaten Island

Musikgarten for Babies and Toddlers

Ages: 2 and under
Classes
LGBTQ+

LGBT Community CenterWest Village

10:30 am – noon

12:30 – 2 pm

Breakfast With Santa

EGP Land & SeaIsland Park

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1 pm

4 pm

7 pm

Fl!p Circus

Ages: All
Attractions

McCarren ParkBrooklyn

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1 – 3 pm

7 – 9 pm

Hampton Ballet Theatre School 15th Annual Nutcracker

Ages: All
Dance

Guild HallEast Hampton

Long Island Home for the Holidays

10 am – 1 pm

1 – 4 pm

Home for the Holidays

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Planting Fields ArboretumOyster Bay

1 pm

Physics of Toys

Ages: All

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

1 – 2 pm

Snack & Chat with Author Sarah Beth Durst

Ages: 13 and up
Books & Readings
Community

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

Brooklyn Creation Station

Creation Station

New York Transit MuseumBrooklyn

Jewelry Making for Kids_Emma Clark Library

2 – 4 pm

Jewelry Making for Kids

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Craft & DIY

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

Photo – Seashell Ornaments

Noon – 1 pm

2 – 3 pm

Seashell Ornaments

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Christmas

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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2 pm

The Snow Queen

Ages: All
Theater

Galli Theater NYTribeca

Teatro Al Vacio’s CLOSE

11 am – noon

2 – 3 pm

Teatro Al Vacío’s “Close”

Ages: 3 – 8
Dance
Theater

Lincoln CenterLincoln Square

2 pm

Westchester Ballet Company’s Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance

Lehman Center for the Performing ArtsKingsbridge Heights

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2 – 3:30 pm

Sounds of the Season at the New York Philharmonic

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Lincoln Center’s David Geffen HallUpper West Side

2 pm

7 pm

92NY Harkness Dance Center Presents The Bang Group’s NUT/CRACKED

Ages: All

92 St YManhattan

2 pm

7:30 pm

The Hard Nut

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Dance

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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2 – 6 pm

Coca-Cola Winter Wonderland

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

The Apollo Stages at The VictoriaHarlem

Deana Sobel Lederman

2 – 4 pm

Winter Family Fair

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

2 – 8 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden Winter Wonderland

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Heritage Farm and GardenMuttontown

2 – 5 pm

Banksy Museum Holiday Market

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

banksy museumnew york

BIRD

2:30 pm

4 pm

Works & Process Presents Third Bird by Isaac Mizrahi and Nico Muhly

Ages: All

GuggenheimManhattan

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