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Saturday Dec. 6, 2025

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Noon – 3 pm

Winter Fest 2025

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community CenterBrooklyn

Noon – 4 pm

Santa Land Community Parade

Santa Land Community ParadeBrooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Apex Holiday Market

Pig Beach BBQAstoria

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1 – 4 pm

Family Day: Winter Wonderland 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

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1 – 3:30 pm

Bronx Terminal Market Winter Wonderland

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bronx Terminal MarketBronx

Hands On History Instagram Post

1 – 4 pm

Hands-on History: Junkanoo Puppets

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Caribbean
Family

King Manor MuseumJamaica

1 – 3 pm

Meet Santa & Friends and enjoy giveaways at your local Optimum Stores

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Cross Bronx Optimum StoreBronx

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1:30 – 3 pm

Celebrate the Salt Marsh Nature Center

Salt Marsh Nature CenterBrooklyn

St. Nicholas on Horse

2 – 4 pm

Sinterklaas: Saint Nicholas Day!

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumBrooklyn

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 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community
Family

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

Manhattan Holday of Hudson

4 – 6 pm

Holiday on the Hudson

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Riverside Park W 125thManhattan

4 – 6 pm

Bronx Little Italy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Ciccarone ParkBronx

Lobby and The Parlour (1)

4:30 – 7:30 pm

Songbird Saturdays at The Parlour, InterContinental New York Barclay

InterContinental New York BarclayManhattan

5 – 8 pm

Ronnie’s Sandwich Shoppe and 122 Precinct Community Council Christmas Tree Lighting and Toy Giveaway

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Ronnie’s Sandwich ShoppeStaten Island

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5 – 10 pm

Parade on Rockaway

6 – 9 pm

Star Trek Variety Show

Free

Industry BarHells Kitchen

6 – 8 pm

Holiday Tree Lighting & Toy Distribution in Woodside!

Ages: 8 and under
Christmas
Family
Free

Sohncke SquareWoodside

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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10 – 11:30 pm

CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour

Tootles & FrenchAstoria

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