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Sunday Dec. 21, 2025

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4 – 5 pm

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Music

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5 – 6:15 pm

Merry Mayhem

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Comedy
Family

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

Manhattan Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

5:30 pm

Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Grand Army Plaza – Fifth Avenue

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6 – 8 pm

Brown Sugar comedy show

Comedy

Shrine World Music VenueHarlem

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

6 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC Flagship

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6 – 9 pm

50 Years of PUNK at Ki Smith Gallery

Art
Free

Ki Smith GalleryLower East Side

6 – 8 pm

From The Other Side of Darkness (When There’s No Place Like Home)

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6 – 9 pm

“NOT Just Sinatra” with Steven Maglio & his Big Band Orchestra

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6:30 – 7:45 pm

The History of Rock ft. JT Curtis

Music

6:30 – 8:30 pm

‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Theater at MSGMidtown

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83

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7 – 9:30 pm

Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Carmine’s

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

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7:30 – 9 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Ajkun Ballet Theatre at Ballet Arts

Monday Dec. 22

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All day

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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Various

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream

Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern Art

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

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Macy’s Santaland

Various

Macy’s Santaland

Macy’s Herald Square

All day

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa–Less Is Morbid

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Gift of Making: A Whimsical Celebration of Art, Design, and Creativity at FIT

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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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

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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