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Sunday Dec. 14, 2025

10 am – 7 pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-UpManhattan

Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10 am – 6 pm

Selfies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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10 am – 7 pm

Santaland at Bloomingdale’s

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bloomingdale’sManhattan

10 am – noon

JCC Brooklyn Windsor Terrace Hanukkah Celebration

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

JCC Brooklyn Windsor TerraceBrooklyn

10 am – 9 pm

ESPN’s “Season’s Swishes Holiday Portrait Studio”

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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10:30 am – 6 pm

Divine Nine Sunday at the Whitney

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York

11 am – 12:30 pm

Nature Exploration Hike

Ages: All
Family
Free

Freshkills Park Event EntranceStaten Island

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11 am – 7 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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11 am – 7 pm

Holiday Under the Palms at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresBrooklyn

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis GalleryBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

51 Bergen StreetBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am – 3 pm

Bklyn Holiday-Topia at City Point

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

City Point BKLYNBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Sunday Family Funday: Trains!

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Hablemos: Holiday Express

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Christmas
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

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

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Brooklyn

Jewish Board Photo 2

Noon – 4 pm

HereNow Hanukkah: Light Up Your Life

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

Marlene Meyerson JCC ManhattanManhattan

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1 – 3 pm

Second Sunday Castle Tours

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

1 – 3 pm

Art in the Park: Pinecone Gnome Ornaments

Clay Pit Ponds State Park PreserveStaten Island

2 – 3 pm

Storytime with tonies x Nordstrom – Author Read Aloud – Piney the Lonesome Pine

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

2 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

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3 – 6 pm

’Twas the Night Before Christmas: Carols & A Reading

Ages: All
Family
Free

The Church of the Intercession and Trinity Church Cemetery and MausoleumManhattan

3 – 5 pm

Chanukah Menorah Lighting & Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

the SeaportDowntown Manhattan

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

4 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn

4 pm

Chanukah Party

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Chabad of Eastern QueensQueens Village

4 pm

Riverdale Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx

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