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Friday Dec. 19, 2025

3:30 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

5 – 9 pm

Meet Santa at the Tree

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

5 – 8 pm

2nd Annual Greenport Holiday Stroll

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Christmas
Family

harbor front innGreenport Village

Saturday Dec. 20

Festival of Trees 2023 Flyer (2)

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

Bethesda AR Heather

All day

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

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

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

Hicks-Nurseries-Santa-2024

10 am – 6 pm

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

10 – 11:30 am

Guided Nature Walk at Shu Swamp

Shu Swamp 25 Frost Mill Road Mill Neck, 11765BAYVILLE

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

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

Noon – 5 pm

Santa in the Village

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Belmont Park VillageElmont

focus on film

1 – 3 pm

Focus on Film with Philip Harwood: Dangerous (1935)

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

WNT-Santa-This-Saturday-2025

1 – 4 pm

Meet Santa at Willy Nilly Trading

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Willy NillyBay Shore

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2 – 4 pm

Crafternoon (Ages 3 – 11 years)

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community
Family

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

12-20 debbie tour

2 – 3 pm

The Language of Surface: Paintings by Debbie Ma

Art
Free

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

6 pm

Sagaponack Village Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The lawn on Sagg Main St & Cemetery LaneSagaponack

6 – 8 pm

MenorahCade

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

17woods lane, East HamptonsEast Hampton, New York

6 – 8:30 pm

CAST Holiday Performance by The Realm

CAST Treiber HallSouthold

6:30 pm

Cedarhurst Menorah Lightings

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Andrew J. Parise ParkCedarhurst

7 – 8:30 pm

Jolabokaflod at Tiny Raccoon Books!

Tiny Raccoon BooksSayville

Sunday Dec. 21

Festival of Trees 2023 Flyer (2)

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

Bethesda AR Heather

All day

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

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

Unknown

9 am – 9 pm

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery

Art
Free

Port Washington Public LibraryPort Washington

Theotokos Sign

9:30 – 11 am

Advent Season in the Orthodox Church (English Language Services)

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

Advent candles

9:30 – 10:30 am

Advent & Christmas Services

Farmingdale United Methodist ChurchFarmingdale

Hicks-Nurseries-Santa-2024

10 am – 6 pm

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

10:15 am – noon

Chanukah Chappening

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

North Shore Jewish CenterPort Jefferson Station

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