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Friday Dec. 1, 2023

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4:30 – 7 pm

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING at Canoe Place Inn

Canoe Place Inn & CottagesHampton Bays

1 – 4 pm

5 – 8 pm

Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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5 – 6 pm

Village Beaches Artist Talk & Book Signing

BookHamptonEast Hampton

5:30 pm

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State ParkGreat River

6 – 8:30 pm

The Friday Pre-Teen Project (Grades 5-8)

Free

Project Most Community Learning CenterEast Hampton

6 – 7 pm

Brookhaven Town Tree Lighting

Holtsville Ecology SiteHoltsville

Saturday Dec. 2

Dan's Papers cover by Joanna Steidle

All day

Dan’s Papers Photo Contest

Holiday Crafts

9 am – 4 pm

Southold Historical Museum Holiday Fair

Southold Town Recreation CenterPeconic

9 am – 2 pm

East End Food Market in Riverhead

Free
Markets

10 am – 1 pm

2 – 6 pm

Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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10 am – 3 pm

Homegrown for the Holidays

The Hayground SchoolBridgehampton

10 am – 5 pm

‘Kingdom-We are all animals’

Oscar Molina GallerySouthampton

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11 – 11:30 am

Bilingual Storytime with Miss Emily

Ages: 8 and under
Books & Readings
En Español
Family

John Jermain Memorial LibrarySag Harbor

First Responders on First Weekends

11 am – 4 pm

First Responders on First Weekends

Ages: All
Family
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 1 pm

Santa’s Visit

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Merrick Golf Course ClubhouseMerrick

11 am – 6 pm

Santa at Stew Leonards East Meadow

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Stew Leonard’s East MeadowEast Meadow

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1 – 3 pm

Hofstra Jazz Combos

Concert
Free

Hofstra UniversityHempstead

1:30 – 5:30 pm

Riverhead Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Riverhead Town SquareDowntown Riverhead

STAN PIANO 3 inches no words

2 – 3:30 pm

Locust Valley Library Presents Stan Wiest Piano Concert and Christmas Sing Along

Concert
Free

Locust Valley

Art Show (37)

2 – 4 pm

Opening Reception for Chapter 2, a solo exhibit by local artist Marie DiSunno Lombardi

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

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2 – 4:30 pm

Hampton Library’s Annual Holiday Open House and Tree Lighting

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

3 – 7 pm

Oakdale Christmas Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Oakdale Long Island Railroad Station ParkOakdale

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4 – 7 pm

WILLIAM RIS GALLERY OPENING RECEPTION for MERRY + BRIGHT with PATRICIA FEILER, ROBIN KOFFLER & ROXANNE PANERO

Art
Free

WILLIAM RIS GALLERY – JAMESPORTJamesport (Town of Riverhead)

4 pm

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Belmont Lake State ParkNorth Babylon

4 – 8 pm

Holiday Tree Lighting with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

The Shoppes at East WindWading River

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5 – 7 pm

Soulful Sundown with Rick Rempe

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 768 Main Street, Greenport, NY

6:30 pm

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Orient Beach State ParkOrient

7 – 8 pm

Free Christmas Concert

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

Sunday Dec. 3

Dan's Papers cover by Joanna Steidle

All day

Dan’s Papers Photo Contest

Theotokos Sign

9:30 – 11 am

Advent Season in the Orthodox Church

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

10 am – 1 pm

2 – 6 pm

Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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