These Are the Best Holiday Events on Long Island

Sunday Dec. 21, 2025

Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Kings Plaza Shopping CenterBrooklyn

Various

Santa Land

Atlantic Terminal MallBrooklyn

All day

Chanukah Family Fest

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

10 am – noon

JPlay!: Big Jewish joy for our littlest community members! Come for the play, stay for the community.

Ages: 4 and under
Books & Readings
Craft & DIY
Family

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolBrooklyn

10 am – 5:30 pm

Chanukah Family Fest

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community
Family

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am

Community Skate and Toy Drive

Lefrak Center at Lakeside Prospect ParkBrooklyn

10:30 – 11:15 am

Winter Wonderland and Ballet Magic

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Family
Holiday

Old Stone House – Park SlopeBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresBrooklyn

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

51 Bergen StreetBrooklyn

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

1 – 3:30 pm

Flatfoot Flatbush

Flatbush AvenueBrooklyn

1 pm

Kinfolk Playhouse Kwanzaa Party

The B.R.O. SpaceBrooklyn

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

5 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn

Brooklyn Dyker Heights Walking Christmas Lights Tour

7 pm

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn

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Holiday events on Long Island

Sunday Dec. 21, 2025

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Santa Land

Chanukah Family Fest

Lightscape

JPlay!: Big Jewish joy for our littlest community members! Come for the play, stay for the community.

Chanukah Family Fest

Community Skate and Toy Drive

Winter Wonderland and Ballet Magic

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Flatfoot Flatbush

Kinfolk Playhouse Kwanzaa Party

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Featured Events

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery
Port Washington Public Library

Learn to Pin Insects by Making a Shadow Box
South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial
The Church

Mercy League’s Annual Holiday Gift Wrapping Fundraiser
Broadway Commons Mall, 358 n broadway hicksville ny 11801

“Through Our Eyes”: An exhibition featuring work by local artists from the LI State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Program at Stony Brook University
The Long Island Museum

The Long Island Museum Presents “Common Ground” — the 12th Annual LIMarts Members’ Exhibition
Long Island Museum

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History at Heckscher Museum
Heckscher Museum of Art

Guided Tour
Parrish Art Museum

The Language of Surface: Paintings by Debbie Ma
The Nathaniel Rogers House

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

Cantabile Youth Chorus of the Hamptons Candlelight Christmas Concert
Dormition of the Virgin Mary Cathedral

Long Island Family Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo – Cradle of Aviation
Cradle of Aviation Museum

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