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Friday Dec. 5, 2025

Long Island Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

6 pm

Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

Holtsville Ecology SiteHoltsville

Saturday Dec. 6

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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

The Churchennial Banner 12

11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

welcome day

11 am – 5 pm

Winter Welcome Day & Holiday Market

Ages: All
Art
Christmas
Family

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

1 – 5 pm

4th Annual East Quogue Holiday On Main

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Family
Festivals

East Quogue Main StreetEast Quogue

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

3 – 8 pm

2025 Riverhead Holiday Extravaganza

Riverhead Town HallRiverhead

holiday open house outside

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Annual Tree Lighting & Santa Visit

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

3:30 – 6 pm

Tree Lighting on the Cutchogue Village Green

Cutchogue New Suffolk Historical CouncilCutchogue

4 – 6 pm

Belmont Lake State Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Belmont Lake State ParkNorth Babylon

Sunday Dec. 7

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes
Family

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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

The Churchennial Banner 12

11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

3:30 – 5 pm

Baldwin Chamber of Commerce Tree Lighting

Baldwin Historical Society & MuseumBaldwin

NY Film flyer

4 – 8 pm

Exclusive Film Screening: “Sardari’s Enigma” The Man Who Fought with Words, Not Weapons

Westbury Theater The SpaceWestbury

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Port Washington Christmas Celebration & Tree Lighting

Blumenfeld Family ParkPort Washington

5 – 6 pm

Christmas Tree & Menorah Lighting

Merrick GazeboMerrick

6:30 pm

Williston Park Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Williston Park Village HallWilliston Park

Monday Dec. 8

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

The Churchennial Banner 12

11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Tuesday Dec. 9

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

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Wednesday Dec. 10

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

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Thursday Dec. 11

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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