5:30 – 7 pm The Grandest Princess Ball Ever! Ages: 8 and underMusic Theater Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City
5:30 pm Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah Ages: AllFree Holiday Grand Army Plaza – Fifth AvenueManhattan
6 – 7 pm Somers Menorah Lighting & Kids Fair Ages: AllFree Holiday Somers Town Hall (Elephant Hotel)Somers
6:30 – 8:30 pm ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil Ages: AllChristmas Dance The Theater at MSGMidtown
7 pm Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn
7:30 – 9 pm The Nutcracker Ages: AllArt Attractions Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City
AMNY Op-Ed | The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will shrink New York’s legal workforce and damage the economy — Albany must act now
Brooklyn Paper We’ll be BWAC: After fire, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition launches search for new home