These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Holiday events in NYC

Find the best events happening today for any age group

From dazzling Christmas lights to friendly Shabbat dinners to local caroling, find holiday events

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Sunday Dec. 15, 2024

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: 8 and under
Christmas
Free

Atlantic Avenue (Fourth Avenue to Hicks Street)Brooklyn

10:30 am – noon

12:30 – 2 pm

Breakfast With Santa

EGP Land & SeaIsland Park

1 – 6 pm

Holiday Fair & Coat Drive

Ages: All
Holiday

3JsCreationStaten Island

Long Island Home for the Holidays

10 am – 1 pm

1 – 4 pm

Home for the Holidays

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Planting Fields ArboretumOyster Bay

1 – 3 pm

Light it Up! Brooklyn Family Hanukkah Arts Festival & Shuk

Ages: All
Holiday
Jewish

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolBrooklyn

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1 – 3 pm

Chanukah Festival

Ages: All
Holiday
Jewish

Commonpoint Queens Central QueensForest Hills

1 – 2:30 pm

Nature’s Workshop: Nature Ornament Making

Crotona Nature Center in Crotona ParkBronx

2 – 3 pm

A Christmas Carol the Musical 2024

Ages: 5 – 12
Christmas
Holiday

The Players TheatreNew York City

2 pm

Westchester Ballet Company’s Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance

Lehman Center for the Performing ArtsKingsbridge Heights

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2 – 5 pm

Family Holiday Celebration at The Castle

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

DavidGeffenHallSnow

2 – 3:30 pm

Sounds of the Season at the New York Philharmonic

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Lincoln Center’s David Geffen HallUpper West Side

2 – 4 pm

Santa Visits NY Irish Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

New York Irish CenterLong Island City

2 pm

EPIC Players Theatre presents “A Christmas Carol”

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Theatre RowManhattan

2 – 8 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden Winter Wonderland

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Heritage Farm and GardenMuttontown

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3 – 9 pm

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

3 – 5 pm

Supper with Santa at The Roslyn Hotel 2024

The Roslyn, Tapestry Collection by HiltonRoslyn

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3 – 4 pm

Seven in One Blow, or the Brave Little Kid

Ages: 5 – 12
Christmas
Holiday

Axis TheatreWest Village

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3 – 5 pm

Christmas Tree Festival – Crafts and Book Reading

Global Language ReadsPort Jefferson

3 pm

The Hard Nut

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Dance

BAM Peter Jay Sharp BuildingBrooklyn

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3 – 5 pm

Temple Adas Israel Sag Harbor Hanukkah Party

Ages: All
Community
Free

Temple Adas Israel Sag Harbor, NYSAG HARBOR

4 pm

The Nutcracker & Visit to Santa’s Toyland

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance

LaGuardia Performing Arts CenterLong Island City

4 – 9 pm

Mineola Village Holiday Festival

Ages: All
Christmas
Festivals

Mineola Memorial ParkMineola

5 – 10 pm

Magic of Lights

Jones Beach State ParkWantagh

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Noon

5 pm

Northport Nutcracker Ballet

Ages: 5 – 12
Christmas
Community

Elwood Middle SchoolGreenlawn

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Noon – 1:30 pm

5 – 6:30 pm

Cirque Mechanics’ Yuletide Factory

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Holiday

The New Victory TheaterManhattan

Noon

5 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance

Westhampton Beach Performing Arts CenterWesthampton Beach

6 – 11 pm

Sayville Falls Holiday Light Show & Winter Garden

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Sayville FallsSayville

KarenMason

6 – 8 pm

50th Annual Candlelight Carol Service

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

St. Peter’s ChelseaChelsea

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83Manhattan

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7:30 pm

Outdoor Living Nativity

Ages: All
Animals
Christmas

Redeemer Lutheran Church, BaysideBayside

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