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Thursday Dec. 4, 2025

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

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Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

3:45 – 4:45 pm

Creative Cardboard Club (ages 9-14)

Classes
Free

Project Most Community Learning CenterEast Hampton

Immigration 101 V1

7 – 9 pm

Immigration 101

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Bay ShoreBay Shore

Friday Dec. 5

Festival of Trees 2023 Flyer (2)

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

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

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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2 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

4 – 5 pm

Orient Beach State Park Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Orient Beach State ParkOrient

5 – 7 pm

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State ParkGreat River

6 – 7 pm

Christmas Tree Lighting / Hanukkah Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

Long Island Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

6 pm

Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

Holtsville Ecology SiteHoltsville

Saturday Dec. 6

Festival of Trees 2023 Flyer (2)

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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1 – 4 pm

Tour the Rocky Point Hallock Homestead Museum

Rocky Point Hallock Homestead MuseumRocky Point

holiday cookie decorating

1 – 4 pm

Holiday Cookie Decorating with Citarella

Ages: 5 – 8
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Guild HallEast Hampton

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

Festival of Trees 2023 Flyer (2)

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

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

Noon – 5 pm

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum

Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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