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Friday Dec. 12, 2025

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

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

Breathe Deeply web

Noon – 5 pm

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

Scrabble Word games

1 – 3 pm

Word Game Palooza

Free
Games

Rogers Memorial LibrarySouthampton

Hicks-Nurseries-Santa-2024

1 – 8 pm

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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 – 6 pm

Fitzhugh Karol: On the Grounds

Arts Center at Duck CreekEast Hampton

5 – 9 pm

Meet Santa at the Tree

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Huntington Holiday SpectacularHuntington

5:30 – 7:30 pm

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic ParkOyster Bay

Shades of Music Orchestra Concert December 12 2025

7:30 – 8:30 pm

Shades of Music

Free
Music

James Wilson Young Middle SchoolBayport

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