2 – 6 pm The Calling: The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making Ages: AllArt Family Free City LoreEast Village
3 – 5 pm Julbord Feast at IKEA Brooklyn Ages: 3 and upCaribbean Community Family IKEA BrooklynBrooklyn
3:30 pm 1st Night Chanukah Concert @ The Largest Menorah Ages: AllConcert Family Free Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn
4:30 – 9:30 pm LuminoCity’s Holiday Lights Festival Ages: AllArt Attractions Family Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow
5 – 9 pm NYC Winter Lantern Festival Ages: AllAttractions Family Holiday Queens County Farm MuseumGlen Oaks
5 – 10 pm NYBG GLOW: An Outdoor Color & Light Experience Ages: AllAttractions Environment Family New York Botanical GardenBronx
6 – 8 pm Lott House Tree Lighting with Sinterklaas Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Hendrick I. Lott HouseBrooklyn
6:30 – 8:30 pm Listen to Carolers While Shopping the Neighborhood Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Bronx Little ItalyBronx
6:30 – 8 pm Works & Process at the Guggenheim announces Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi Ages: AllFamily Theater GuggenheimManhattan
7 pm The 20th Annual Christmas Show at St. George Theatre Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday St. George TheatreSaint George
7 – 8 pm Seven In One Blow, or The Brave Little Kid Ages: AllFamily Holiday Theater Axis TheatreWest Village
7 – 8 pm A Christmas Carol the Musical Ages: AllCaribbean Christmas Family The Players TheatreNew York City
7 pm The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation Ages: AllDance Family Holiday The Metropolitan Opera HouseManhattan
8 pm Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season Ages: AllCaribbean Dance Family New York City CenterMidtown Manhattan
8 pm George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Ages: 5 and upChristmas Dance Family David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln CenterManhattan
Various ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday The Theater at Madison Square GardenManhattan
Dec. 10, noon Celebrate the Creative Spirit at Marble Church’s Artisans’ Boutique Marble Collegiate Church
Brooklyn Paper ‘Now I’m being met with flowers’: Leon Thomas III, Grammy award-winning producer and childhood actor, plays first hometown show in Williamsburg