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Thursday Dec. 26, 2024

11 am – noon

Survival Skills for Kids

Ages: All
Free

Fort Greene Park Visitor CenterBrooklyn

Noon – 4 pm

Winter Recess in Prospect Park

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

1 – 2 pm

Animal Tracking Scat-venger Hunt for Kids

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Crotona Nature Center in Crotona ParkBronx

1 – 6 pm

Habari Gani: We Winning

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community CenterBrooklyn

1 – 2:30 pm

Tree Cookie Creations for Kids

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Free

Al Oerter Recreation CenterFlushing

2:30 – 4:30 pm

De Matti Park Youth Power Hours

Ages: 3 – 12
Free

DeMatti ParkStaten Island

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Game Hour @ Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
Games

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Free

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

4 – 5 pm

Light up: Montauk Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

Montauk Village GreenMontauk

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4 pm

Giant Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx

Chess picture

4 – 5 pm

Chess with Vladimir Mazo

Ages: All
Free
Games

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

4:30 pm

Giant Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

LIRR Valley StreamValley Stream

4:30 – 5 pm

Town of Islip Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Islip Town HallIslip

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5 – 5:30 pm

Shelter Island Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

Shelter Island Police DepartmentShelter Island

5:30 pm

Fire & Ice: Giant Ice Menorah

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Chabad of Midtown ManhattanManhattan

Brooklyns Largets Menorah

6 pm

Lighting of Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah

Ages: All
Community
Free

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn

6 – 8 pm

Light Up the Night: 14Y’s Downtown Chanukah Celebration

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Union SquareManhattan

6 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

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