These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Sunday Dec. 28, 2025

6 – 8:30 pm

Monday Dec. 29

11 am – 1 pm

Wednesday Dec. 31

11 am – noon

11 am – noon

1 – 2:30 pm

3:30 – 5 pm

Thursday Jan. 1, 2026

10 am – noon

Saturday Jan. 3, 2026

2 – 4 pm

Holiday events in NYC

Sunday Dec. 28, 2025

Monday Dec. 29

Wednesday Dec. 31

Thursday Jan. 1, 2026

Saturday Jan. 3, 2026

Featured Events

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging
The Museum of Modern Art

Gingerbread City
The Gingerbread City at The Seaport

The Rink at Rockefeller Center
The Rink at Rockefeller Center

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

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees
Port Jefferson Village Center

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep
The Museum of Modern Art

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center

The Magic Flute
The Metropolitan Opera House

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights
Bronx Zoo

Christmas House Long Island
Broadway Commons

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

Harlem Charter School Fair & Kids Activity Expo
The Gerry Clubhouse

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