Various The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation Ages: AllChristmas Holiday The Metropolitan Opera HouseManhattan
2 – 3:30 pm Sounds of the Season at the New York Philharmonic Ages: AllChristmas Holiday Lincoln Center’s David Geffen HallUpper West Side
6 – 8 pm 50th Annual Candlelight Carol Service Ages: AllChristmas Community St. Peter’s ChelseaChelsea
QNS A Glendale civic group’s battle for a school, more than 100 years ago: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was
Brooklyn Paper Prospect Park to celebrate New Year’s Eve with a ‘spectacular light display,’ rather than fireworks, as drought continues