These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Holiday events in NYC

Find the best upcoming events & activities for any age group

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

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Saturday Nov. 29, 2025

5 – 11 pm

Magic of Lights

Jones Beach State ParkWantagh

5 – 9 pm

Girl Scouts of Suffolk County’s Holiday Light Show

Camp EdeyBayport

5 – 6:30 pm

The Shops at Atlas Park Christmas Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Film

The Shops at Atlas ParkGlendale

5:30 – 8:30 pm

Jolly Jamboree

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Christmas

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

5:30 – 8:30 pm

The 105th Precinct 1st Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Caribbean
Christmas

NYPD – 105th PrecinctQueens Village

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6 – 9 pm

First Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Free

Coram Country LanesCoram

6:30 – 10 pm

Huntington Holiday Spectacular Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Free

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

Sunday Nov. 30

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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Radio City Music HallManhattan

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Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

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Various

Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Free

Queens CenterQueens

Various

Santa Photos

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

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Various

Holiday Spectacular On Ice

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The Gateway PACSCBellport

Various

Santa Photos at The Mall at Bay Plaza

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

Various

Photos with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The Shops at Atlas ParkGlendale

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All day

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Grateful for Trees

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Holiday

10 am – 4 pm

1863 Thanksgiving Day Celebration

Ages: All
Holiday

Old Bethpage Restoration VillageOld Bethpage

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10 am – 5 pm

Thank-FULL for You

Ages: All
Art
Holiday

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

10:30 am

Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The Argyle Theatre at Babylon VillageBabylon

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Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Brooklyn

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1 – 5:45 pm

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas + Book Signing

Ages: 5 and up
Books & Readings
Christmas

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

1 – 1:30 pm

Instant Yiddish: Thanksgiving Edition

Ages: 13 and up
Classes
Free

The Workers CircleManhattan

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1 – 5 pm

Skating with Santa

Ages: All
Holiday

Staten Island Skating PavilionStaten Island

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