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Friday Dec. 12, 2025

9am

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Attractions

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

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9am–7pm

Gingerbread City

Ages: All
Christmas
Classes

The Gingerbread City at The SeaportSeaport

10am–5pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid Museum

10am–6pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

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10–11am

Stella 34 Trattoria’s Breakfast with Santa

Ages: 5 – 8
Food & Drink

Stella 34 TrattoriaHerald Square

10am–6pm

Holiday Train Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Lightscape 2025

10am–6pm

Lightscape

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

10am–9:30pm

Pop-Up Ice Skating Rink

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions

Cross County CenterYonkers

10am–9:30pm

Bear Mountain Ice Rink

Bear Mountain Ice RinkTomkins Cove

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10–11am

Mommy & Me: Animals & Nature

Ages: 4 and under
Animals
Classes

Westmoreland SanctuaryMount Kisco

10am–9pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up

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10am–5pm

Stories by the Fire at CMOM

Ages: 8 and under
Art
Craft & DIY

The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side

10am–10pm

Ice Skating at Roebling Rink

Ages: All
Attractions
Sports

Roebling RinkBrooklyn

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10am–9pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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10am–8pm

Holiday Under the Palms at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10am–7pm

Selfies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

10am–7pm

Museum Of Ice Cream’s Pinkmas

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Museum of Ice Cream NYCSoHo

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10am–8pm

Santaland at Bloomingdale’s

Ages: All
Christmas
Free

Bloomingdale’s

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10am–10pm

Double-Decker Christmas Carousel

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Double-Decker Christmas Carousel

Face Value

10:30am–8:30pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

Playtime Storytime

10:30–11:15am

Playtime Storytime

Ages: 4 and under

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

11am–5pm

Holiday Bricktacular

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

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11am–6pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

11am–noon

Little Sprouts: Jump and Play

Ages: 4 and under
Free
Music

A.R.R.O.W. Field HouseAstoria

Mr & Mrs Claus at Stew’s!

11am–9pm

Stew Leonard’s Holiday Mini-Drive Through 2025

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Stew Leonard’s YonkersYonkers

Noon–4pm

“Bulls of Wall Street,” a New Exhibition on 19th-century Finance

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion MuseumNorwalk

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Noon–8pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

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

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Noon–7pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House Warming

Noon–6pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Noon–5:30pm

Gazillion Bubble Show: A Holiday Spectacular

Ages: 8 and under
Christmas
Holiday

New World Stages

Noon–6pm

PaleyLand

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Paley Museum

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