5 – 8 pm Here Comes Santa Claus Ages: AllFamily Free The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City
6 – 7 pm Holiday Wreath-Making Workshops Ages: AllArt Family The Shops at Columbus CircleUpper West Side
7 – 9 pm ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family The Theater at MSGMidtown
7 pm Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Family Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn
7 – 8 pm Great Neck Library Board of Trustees Meeting Community Free 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck
7:30 – 9 pm Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman Theater Theater at St. ClementsTheater District
Various Santa Photo Experience at Smith Haven Mall Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Smith Haven MallLake Grove
Various Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Radio City Music Hall
Various Photos with Santa at Green Acres Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Green Acres MallValley Stream
Various Santa Photos at Palisades Center Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Palisades CenterWest Nyack
Various Photos with Santa at Staten Island Mall Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Staten Island MallStaten Island
All day THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream Art The Museum of Modern Art
All day Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience Art Free Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington
Various Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center Ages: AllAttractions Family Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side
Various 2025 Santa Claus Visit & Photo Session Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Jefferson Valley MallYorktown Heights
Dec. 18, 8 pm Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning’s Meet the Playwright Series Returns with ImmerenSiS by Dezi Bing Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL)
AMNY Brooklyn man fights for freedom of husband detained by ICE at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ over alleged missed hearing
Brooklyn Paper Amid SNAP uncertainty, Anthem boosts holiday food access with $60K donation to local charities