1:30 – 3:30 pm B J C Hosts Community Chanukah Concert and Party Ages: AllCommunity Concert Family Bronx Jewish CenterBronx
2 pm 6 pm The 20th Annual Christmas Show at St. George Theatre Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday St. George TheatreSaint George
11 am – noon 2 – 3 pm A Christmas Carol the Musical Ages: AllCaribbean Christmas Family The Players TheatreNew York City
2 pm The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation Ages: AllDance Family Holiday The Metropolitan Opera HouseManhattan
2 – 4 pm Winter Family Fair Ages: 3 – 12Art Books & Readings Family The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill
2 – 3:30 pm Narrows Community Theater presents the classic holiday musical “ A Christmas Carol” Christmas Holiday Ft Hamilton Army BaseBrooklyn
2 – 5 pm Family Holiday Celebration at the Castle Ages: 5 – 8Attractions Craft & DIY Family Bayside Historical SocietyBayside
2 – 4 pm Santa Visits the New York Irish Center Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday New York Irish CenterLong Island City
12:30 pm 2:30 pm 4 pm Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop Ages: AllArt Community Family Church Street School for Music & ArtTribeca
3 – 4 pm Seven In One Blow, or The Brave Little Kid Ages: AllFamily Holiday Theater Axis TheatreWest Village
3 – 5 pm Seaport Chanukah Menorah Lighting & Celebration Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Heineken Riverdeck at Pier 17Manhattan
3 – 3:45 pm 50th Annual Tuba Christmas at Rockefeller Center® Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Rockefeller CenterManhattan
3 – 4:30 pm Greenwich Village Orchestra Family Concert: Together in Music Ages: AllConcert Family Holiday High School of Fashion IndustriesChelsea
4 – 5:30 pm Chanukah Spectacular Ages: AllCommunity Family Free Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City
4 pm Bridge for Dance Presents: Journey of the Season Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family The Riverside TheatreManhattan
4 pm Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale Giant Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx
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
1 pm 5 pm George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Ages: 5 and upChristmas Dance Family David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln CenterManhattan
5 – 8 pm Young People’s Chorus of New York City Presents Winter Holiday Concert, “A Very Merry New York” Ages: AllChristmas Concert Family Lincoln Center’s David Geffen HallManhattan
5:30 – 7 pm Winter Celebration — Tree Lighting and Festive Fare Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Lower Brust ParkBronx
Dec. 17, noon Sing of the Season With Live Caroling on the Fifth Avenue Steps of Marble Church Marble Collegiate Church
Brooklyn Paper PHOTOS: Brooklynites celebrate first night of Hanukkah and ‘light over darkness’ by lighting boro’s largest menorah