The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

Sunday Dec. 21, 2025

4:45 – 7:15 pm

Tuesday Dec. 30

11 am – noon

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Wednesday Dec. 31

10 am – noon

11 am – noon

Friday Jan. 2, 2026

11 am – 4 pm

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11 am – 4 pm

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11 am – 4 pm

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11 am – 4 pm

Free things to do in NYC

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Featured Events

Meet Santa and Other Beloved Holiday Characters at PaleyLand
The Paley Museum

Photos With Santa at Queens Center
Queens Center

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland
Eisenhower Park

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights
Bronx Zoo

Christmas House Long Island
Broadway Commons

Photos with Santa
The Shops at Atlas Park

Photos with Santa at Green Acres
Green Acres Mall

Santa Photo Experience at Smith Haven Mall
Smith Haven Mall

Macy’s Santaland
Macy’s Herald Square

Experience Christmas Eve at Marble Collegiate Church
Marble Collegiate Church

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”
Atlantic Stage 2

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