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Sunday Dec. 21, 2025

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All day

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

Various

Santa Land

Atlantic Terminal MallBrooklyn

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All day

Frosty’s Christmas Bar is Back!

Food & Drink

1604 Broadway Times Square

The Rockettes on stage dressed at wooden toy soldiers

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Radio City Music Hall

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtHudson Yards

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Various

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Dance
Family

David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center

All day

Chanukah Family Fest

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Actors on a stage performing The Magic Flute

Various

The Magic Flute

The Metropolitan Opera House

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Watson Adventures

8 am – 5 pm

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Met Scavenger Hunt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

8 – 10 am

Breakfast with Santa @ Applebee’s Cortlandt

Applebee’s Grill + Bar CortlandtMohegan Lake

The Santa 5K

8:30 am – noon

The Santa 5K

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Family
Fundraisers

Eisenhower Park – Parking Field 2East Meadow

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8:30 am – 5 pm

Bluey X CAMP: Bluey Christmas

CAMP 5th Avenue

9 am

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

9 am

Breakfast with Santa

KruckersPomona

9 am – 1 pm

Breakfast with Santa at The Milleridge Inn

The Milleridge InnJericho

9 am – 2 pm

Brunch with Santa at the Bear Mountain Inn

Bear Mountain Inn & Overlook LodgeTomkins Cove

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9 am – 9 pm

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery

Art
Free

Port Washington Public LibraryPort Washington

9 – 10:30 am

Labubu Christmas Elf Paint Event

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Christmas
Family

Key to My ArtAmityville

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9 am – 5 pm

Evolution: Fashion Design AAS

Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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9 am – 7 pm

Gingerbread City

The Gingerbread City at The SeaportDowntown Manhattan

Theotokos Sign

9:30 – 11 am

Advent Season in the Orthodox Church (English Language Services)

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

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9:30 am – 3 pm

Brunch with Santa at Desmond’s

Desmond’s Restaurant at East WindWading River

Advent candles

9:30 – 10:30 am

Advent & Christmas Services

Farmingdale United Methodist ChurchFarmingdale

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Intrepid Museum

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

JPlay!

10 am – noon

JPlay!

Ages: 4 and under
Community
Family

The Senesh SchoolBrooklyn

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10 – 11 am

Stella 34 Trattoria’s Breakfast with Santa

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Food & Drink

Stella 34 TrattoriaHerald Square

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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