These Are the Best Holiday Events on Long Island

Holiday events on Long Island

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Sunday Dec. 14, 2025

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11 am – 5 pm

Sunday Family Funday: Trains!

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

Manhattan Hanukkah Family Day Drop-In Art-Making Activities + Concerts

11 am – 3:30 pm

Hanukkah Family Day Drop-In Art-Making Activities + Concerts

Ages: All
Family
Holiday
Jewish

The Jewish Museum

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11:30 am – 1 pm

Hablemos: Holiday Express

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Christmas
Family

The New York HistoricalUpper West Side

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

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Noon – 1:15 pm

Merry Mayhem

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Comedy
Family

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

Noon – 2:30 pm

Dances Patrelle Presents Francis Patrelle’s The Yorkville Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Kaye PlayhouseUpper East Side

Noon – 5:30 pm

Gazillion Bubble Show: A Holiday Spectacular

Ages: 8 and under
Christmas
Family
Holiday

New World Stages

Manhattan Winter Wonderland

Noon – 11:30 pm

Santa’s Winter Wonderland

Noon – 6 pm

PaleyLand

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Paley Museum

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Noon – 6 pm

Meet Santa and Other Beloved Holiday Characters at PaleyLand

The Paley Museum

Noon – 3 pm

St. Nicholas Cookie Walk 2025

St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox ChurchEast Village

12.8.24 Santa Toy Drive

Noon – 3 pm

Holiday Brunch & Toy Drive with Santa

BLACKBARN RestaurantNoMad

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Noon – 2 pm

‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Theater at MSGMidtown

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Noon – 4 pm

HereNow Hanukkah: Light Up Your Life

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

1 – 2:30 pm

MCD’s Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Riverside TheatreHarlem

2 – 3 pm

Storytime with tonies x Nordstrom – Author Read Aloud – Piney the Lonesome Pine

Nordstrom NYC Flagship

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

2 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC Flagship

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2 – 3:30 pm

‘A Marble Christmas Concert: Everlasting Joy’ Narrated by Actor Simon Jones from ‘The Gilded Age’

Marble Collegiate ChurchNoMad

3 – 4:30 pm

Annual Christmas Concert: Gloria!

Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaUpper East Side

3 – 4:30 pm

The Dark Christmas Walking Tour (Lower Manhattan)

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3 – 5 pm

Chanukah Menorah Lighting & Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

the SeaportDowntown Manhattan

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Theater at MSGMidtown

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5 – 6:15 pm

Merry Mayhem

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Comedy
Family

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

5 – 7:30 pm

Dances Patrelle Presents Francis Patrelle’s The Yorkville Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Kaye PlayhouseUpper East Side

Manhattan Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

5:30 pm

Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Grand Army Plaza – Fifth Avenue

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

6 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Nordstrom NYC Flagship

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6:30 – 8:30 pm

‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil

Ages: All
Christmas
Dance
Family

The Theater at MSGMidtown

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83

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7:30 – 9 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City

Monday Dec. 15

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

Macy’s Santaland

Various

Macy’s Santaland

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