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Sunday Dec. 14, 2025

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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All day

Gift of Making: A Whimsical Celebration of Art, Design, and Creativity at FIT

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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9 am – 7 pm

Gingerbread City

The Gingerbread City at The SeaportSeaport

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9 am – 5 pm

Evolution: Fashion Design AAS

Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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9:30 am – 2:30 pm

Free Second Sundays at the Whitney

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

10 am – 7 pm

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

Ages: All
Family
Free
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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 – 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 – 6 pm

Divine Nine Sunday at the Whitney

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

The Whitney Museum of American ArtNew York

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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 – 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
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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

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Noon – 4 pm

HereNow Hanukkah: Light Up Your Life

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

Marlene Meyerson JCC ManhattanManhattan

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

Manhattan Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

5:30 pm

Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Grand Army Plaza – Fifth AvenueManhattan

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

6 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

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6 – 7 pm

CCC Candlelight Carol Service

St. Peter’s Church ChelseaChelsea

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