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Saturday Dec. 20, 2025

Various

Photos with Santa at Green Acres

Green Acres MallValley Stream

Various

Santa Photo Experience at Smith Haven Mall

Smith Haven MallLake Grove

Various

Santa Photo Experience

Roosevelt FieldGarden City

Various

Santa Photos

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Bethesda AR Heather

All day

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

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

9 am – 1 pm

Breakfast with Santa at The Milleridge Inn

The Milleridge InnJericho

Unknown

9 am – 9 pm

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery

Art
Free

Port Washington Public LibraryPort Washington

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

10 am – 4 pm

Dinosaur Carnival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

10 am – 4 pm

The Atelier at Flowerfield presents the Fifth Annual Middle and High School Student Artists Juried Show exhibiting February 12th through March 12th, 2026

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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10 am – 6 pm

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

10 am – 5 pm

Pictures with Santa at The Dees’ Nursery

Dees’ NurseryOceanside

10 – 11:30 am

Guided Nature Walk at Shu Swamp

Shu Swamp 25 Frost Mill Road Mill Neck, 11765BAYVILLE

10:30 am

Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf

The Argyle Theatre at Babylon VillageBabylon

10:30 am – 2 pm

Breakfast with Santa at Coral House

The Coral HouseBaldwin

10:30 am

Breakfast With Santa

EGP Land & SeaIsland Park

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11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Learn to Pin Insects by Making a Shadow Box

Environment

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

11 am – 3 pm

Santa Brunch at Cowfish

Ages: All
Family
Holiday

Cowfish RestaurantHampton Bays

11 am – 8 pm

Mercy League’s Annual Holiday Gift Wrapping Fundraiser

Broadway Commons Mall, 358 n broadway hicksville ny 11801Hicksville

ThroughOurEyes2025Photo

Noon – 5 pm

“Through Our Eyes”: An exhibition featuring work by local artists from the LI State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Program at Stony Brook University

Art

The Long Island MuseumStony Brook

NYDT Nut25 Poster

Noon – 2 pm

The Nutcracker – New York Dance Theatre

Ages: 3 and up
Christmas
Dance
Family

John Cranford Adams Playhouse at Hofstra UniversityUniondale

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

Noon – 9 pm

Meet Santa at the Tree

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

Breathe Deeply web

Noon – 5 pm

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

CommonGroundGalleriesPhotoListings

Noon – 5 pm

The Long Island Museum Presents “Common Ground” — the 12th Annual LIMarts Members’ Exhibition

Art

Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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Noon – 2 pm

The Nutcracker – Frank Ohman’s New York Dance Theatre

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

John Cranford Adams Playhouse at Hofstra UniversityUniondale

Noon – 5 pm

Santa in the Village

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Belmont Park VillageElmont

1 pm

Breakfast With Santa

EGP Land & SeaIsland Park

focus on film

1 – 3 pm

Focus on Film with Philip Harwood: Dangerous (1935)

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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