These Are the Best Holiday Events in NYC

Holiday events in NYC

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Saturday Nov. 29, 2025

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10 am – 5 pm

Thank-FULL for You

Ages: All
Art
Family
Holiday

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

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10 am – 10 pm

Small Business Saturday at Greenlight Bookstore!

Greenlight Book StoreBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

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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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1 – 5:45 pm

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas + Book Signing

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

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5 – 11 pm

Bar Après Ski Holiday Pop-up

Olly Olly MarketChelsea

8 – 11 pm

We Got Jokes

Art
Comedy

Roulette IntermediumBrooklyn

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

Radio City Music HallManhattan

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Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

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Various

Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

Various

Santa Photos at The Mall at Bay Plaza

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

Various

Photos with Santa

The Shops at Atlas ParkGlendale

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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

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Grateful for Trees

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10 am – 5 pm

Thank-FULL for You

Ages: All
Art
Family
Holiday

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

© Nadav Havakook

11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

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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

Emmet Otter 1600×900

1 – 5:45 pm

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas + Book Signing

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

1 – 1:30 pm

Instant Yiddish: Thanksgiving Edition

Ages: 13 and up
Classes
Family
Free

The Workers CircleManhattan

2 – 3 pm

A Christmas Carol the Musical

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Family
Holiday

The Players TheatreNew York City

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6 – 9 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Wayzgoose Holiday Kick Off

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

South Street Seaport MuseumDowntown Manhattan

Monday Dec. 1

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Radio City Music HallManhattan

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Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

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Various

Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

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