9 am – 7:30 pm The Gingerbread City Ages: AllAttractions Christmas The Gingerbread City at The SeaportManhattan
10 am – 7 pm Immersive Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘Let’s Fly’ Ages: AllArt Attractions Pier 36Manhattan
10 am – 8 pm The Candy Cottage of Christmas Magic Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Channel Gardens at Rockefeller CenterManhattan
10 am – 5 pm Hanukkah Celebration at CMOM Ages: AllArt Attractions Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan
11 am Noon HARMONIZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS: A CELEBRATION OF UNITY AND JOY: DIVINITY ROXX Ages: AllAttractions Music The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side
11 am – 3 pm Billy Joel Exhibit Ages: AllAttractions History & Culture The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame and MuseumStony Brook
Noon – 5 pm Christmas in Historic Richmondtown Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Historic Richmond TownStaten Island
Noon – 6 pm Holiday Open Streets on Fifth Avenue Ages: AllAttractions Community Fifth Avenue, from 48th to 59th StreetManhattan
2 – 5 pm Family Holiday Celebration at the Castle Ages: 5 – 8Attractions Craft & DIY Bayside Historical SocietyBayside
2 – 4 pm FINTASTIC FAMILIES: OCEAN EXPLORER Ages: 12 and underAnimals Attractions New York AquariumBrooklyn
4:30 – 9:30 pm “Wonder Journey” – LuminoCity Festival Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow
4:30 – 9:30 pm LuminoCity’s Holiday Lights Festival Ages: AllArt Attractions Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow
Dec. 17, noon Sing of the Season With Live Caroling on the Fifth Avenue Steps of Marble Church Marble Collegiate Church
Brooklyn Paper PHOTOS: Brooklynites celebrate first night of Hanukkah and ‘light over darkness’ by lighting boro’s largest menorah