The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

Sunday Dec. 21, 2025

All day

10 am – 6 pm

10:15 am – noon

North Shore Jewish CenterPort Jefferson Station

Various

Noon – 9 pm

Noon – 5 pm

4 – 6 pm

4:45 – 7:15 pm

5 pm

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

Free things to do in NYC

Sunday Dec. 21, 2025

Featured Events

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]
St. Paul

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]
Empire Stores

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

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

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!
Walt Whitman Birthplace

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 at Staten Island Mall
Staten Island Mall

Santa Photo Experience at Smith Haven Mall
Smith Haven Mall

Experience Christmas Eve at Marble Collegiate Church
Marble Collegiate Church

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