2 pm Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan
3 – 6 pm Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program Ages: 5 – 12Community Family Free Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island
3:30 – 6:30 pm NYSE 102nd Annual Tree Lighting Ages: AllChristmas Family Free New York Stock ExchangeManhattan
4 – 5 pm Free Paint Watercolors Ages: 13 and upArt Caribbean Family Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island
4 – 5 pm HOW TO DRAW EVERYTHING: UNICORNS, ANIMALS, SUPERHEROES, FAIRIES AND MORE Ages: AllArt Family Free The Art Studio NYManhattan
4 pm DUMBO Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ages: AllChristmas Community Family Dumbo Archway PlazaBrooklyn
5 – 8 pm Here Comes Santa Claus Ages: AllFamily Free The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City
5:30 pm 29th Annual Central Park Holiday Lighting Ages: AllCommunity Family Free Charles A. Dana Discovery CenterManhattan
6 – 7:30 pm South Street Seaport Museum December Fresh Prints Ages: 13 and upCraft & DIY Family Free Bowne & Co. StationersDowntown Manhattan
6 – 7:30 pm Holiday Lights Celebration Ages: AllCommunity Family Free Rockefeller ParkBattery Park City
6 pm Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Nordstrom NYC FlagshipManhattan
7 – 8 pm A Christmas Carol the Musical Ages: 5 and upChristmas Family Holiday The Players TheatreNew York City
7 pm Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Family Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn
Various Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Radio City Music HallManhattan
Various Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn
Various Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center Ages: AllAttractions Family Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side
Various The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show Ages: 8 and underFamily Holiday Theater Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side
Various Santa Photos at The Mall at Bay Plaza Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx
Various UniverSoul Circus – Winter Wonderland under the Big Top Ages: AllAttractions Family Maimonides ParkBrooklyn
Various LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland Ages: AllAttractions Family Holiday Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow
Various Photos with Santa at Staten Island Mall Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Staten Island MallStaten Island
Tomorrow, 10:30 am Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi Derfner Judaica Museum
Tomorrow, 11:30 am An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles American Folk Art Museum
Tomorrow, 2 pm Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio announce Broadway Magic Hour November 2025 Shows Broadway Comedy Club
Tomorrow, all day THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream The Museum of Modern Art
Dec. 9, 7 pm Genre-Defying Artist Nahre Sol To Perform Live at Marble Collegiate Church Marble Collegiate Church