10 am – 5 pm Chanukah Family Fest Ages: 8 and underAttractions Community Family Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn
Noon – 6 pm Meet Santa and Other Beloved Holiday Characters at PaleyLand Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Family The Paley MuseumManhattan
4 pm Riverdale Menorah Lighting Ages: AllCommunity Family Free The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx
5 pm Eastchester Menorah Lighting & Gelt Drop Ages: AllCommunity Family Free Memorial Park EastchesterEastchester
5:30 pm Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Grand Army Plaza – Fifth AvenueManhattan
5:30 pm Fire & Ice: Giant Ice Menorah Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Chabad of Midtown ManhattanMidtown
6 pm Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn
Dec. 20, 2 pm Year End Holiday Celebration & Community Christmas Caroling Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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