These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Friday Dec. 12, 2025

All day

Various

9 am – 7 pm

10 am – 5 pm

Noon – 6 pm

Brooklyn

Noon – 5:30 pm

1 – 4 pm

7 – 8 pm

The Players TheatreNew York City

7 – 9:30 pm

7:30 pm

Elwood Middle SchoolGreenlawn

Holiday events in NYC

Friday Dec. 12, 2025

Featured Events

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

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

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep
The Museum of Modern Art

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland
Eisenhower Park

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights
Bronx Zoo

Christmas House Long Island
Broadway Commons

Photos with Santa
The Shops at Atlas Park

The Christmas Show 2025
St. George Theatre

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

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

Westchester Ballet Company’s “The Nutcracker”
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

HereNow Hanukkah: Light Up Your Life
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

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