3 – 6 pm Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program Ages: 5 – 12Community Family Free Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island
3:30 – 4:30 pm Hanukkah Storytime + Craft Ages: AllBooks & Readings Family Free St. George Library CenterStaten Island
4 – 7 pm Pet photos with Santa at Staten Island Mall Ages: AllAnimals Christmas Family Staten Island MallStaten Island
4 – 8 pm Ceramic Ornament Painting Workshops Ages: AllArt Family The Shops at Columbus CircleUpper West Side
4 – 6 pm The Barclay Express: Cookies & Cocoa Christmas Food & Drink InterContinental New York Barclay
4 pm Riverdale Menorah Lighting Ages: AllCommunity Family Free The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx
4:30 pm Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Public Square & Gardens at Hudson YardsHudson Yards
5 – 8 pm Here Comes Santa Claus Ages: AllFamily Free The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City
5 – 8 pm Santa Claus at the New York Marriott Marquis Ages: AllChristmas Family Free New York Marriott Marquis
5:30 pm Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Grand Army Plaza – Fifth Avenue
6 – 8 pm Bonsai Bar Workshop at Seven Tribesmen Brewery Classes Craft & DIY Seven Tribesmen BreweryWayne
6 pm Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn
6 – 7 pm Holiday Caroling at The Forum 2025 Ages: AllChristmas Community Family The Forum at Columbia UniversityManhattanville
6:30 – 8:30 pm Raegan Complex at Baby’s All Right supported by Ella Isaacson Art Community Baby’s All RightBrooklyn
7 pm Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Family Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn
7 – 10 pm Live Music with Maria Kaushansky Trio @ Sweet Afton (Astoria) Christmas Holiday sweet aftonastoria
7:30 – 9 pm Juilliard Drama Presents “Agamemnon’s Return” from “Oresteia: This Restless House” by Zinnie Harris Theater Stephanie P. McClelland TheaterUpper West Side
8 – 11 pm Random Strangers Jam – Free NYC Funk Rock Jam Session – 3rd Mondays 8-11pm Alewife Brewing Community Free Alewife Brewing CompanyQueens
Dec. 20, 7 pm A Box of Chocolates presents “Holiday Concert and Singalong” Dec 20th @7pm Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay Shore
Feb. 22, 2026, 2 pm The True Story of the Culper Spy Ring Village of Babylon Historical & Preservation Society
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