11:30 am – 6 pm An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles Art Free American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square
Noon – 5 pm L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival En Español Free L’Alliance New YorkManhattan
Noon – 8 pm Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan
2 pm Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan
3 – 6 pm Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program Ages: 5 – 12Community Family Free Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island
4 – 5 pm Free Paint Watercolors Ages: 13 and upArt Caribbean Family Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island
4 – 5 pm HOW TO DRAW EVERYTHING: UNICORNS, ANIMALS, SUPERHEROES, FAIRIES AND MORE Ages: AllArt Family Free The Art Studio NYManhattan
4 pm Riverdale Menorah Lighting Ages: AllCommunity Family Free The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx
4:30 – 5:30 pm Chanukah Celebration & Menorah Lighting Ages: AllCommunity Family Free Bronx Borough HallBronx
5 – 8 pm Here Comes Santa Claus Ages: AllFamily Free The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City
5 – 8 pm Santa Claus at the New York Marriott Marquis Ages: AllChristmas Family Free New York Marriott MarquisManhattan
5 – 8 pm ICP Community Maker’s Market Art Community International Center of Photography (ICP)Lower East Side
5:30 pm Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Grand Army Plaza – Fifth AvenueManhattan
5:30 – 7:30 pm Folk Culture Collage Workshop Ages: 3 and upCraft & DIY Family Free Mind-Builders Creative Arts CenterBronx
6 pm Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan
6 pm Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn
6 – 7 pm Rescue and Resiliency: Surviving the Collapse of the Twin Towers Free History & Culture 9/11 MuseumBattery Park
6 – 7 pm 14Y’s Chanukah in Union Square Ages: 12 and underCommunity Craft & DIY Family Union Square Park, North PlazaUnion Square
7 pm YPC Performs “A City Singing at Christmas” Concert Ages: AllFamily Free Music St. Patrick’s CathedralManhattan
8 – 9:30 pm Slander Factory at Talon Bar! Free Stand-Up Comedy Every Thurs. in Bushwick Comedy Free talon barbro
Today, all day THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa–Less Is Morbid The Museum of Modern Art
Today, all day THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination The Museum of Modern Art
Tomorrow, 2 pm Year End Holiday Celebration & Community Christmas Caroling Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park