Things to do with kids in Upstate NY

Things to do with kids in Upstate NY

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Saturday Dec. 6, 2025

All day

Santa Photo Experience

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The WestchesterWhite Plains

Various

Lumina

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Harvest Moon Farm & OrchardNorth Salem

Various

Santa at Ridge Hill

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Ridge HillYonkers

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Various

Cross County Center Santa Photos

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Cross County CenterYonkers

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Various

2025 Santa Claus Visit & Photo Session

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Jefferson Valley MallYorktown Heights

Various

Santa Photos at Palisades Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Palisades CenterWest Nyack

Various

Photos with Santa at Nanuet Town Centre

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Nanuet Town CentreNanuet

9am

Breakfast with Santa

KruckersPomona

10am–4pm

Holiday Artisan Market

Ages: All
Art
Christmas

Croton Free LibraryCroton-on-Hudson

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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10am–4pm

The Great Holiday Train Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

New Castle Historical SocietyChappaqua

10am–7pm

Holiday Bricktacular

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

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10am–4pm

Train Show

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions
Community

The Nature Center at GreenburghScarsdale

11am–noon

Koo Koo

Ages: 3 – 12

Emelin TheatreMamaroneck

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11am–5pm

Holiday Bricktacular at LEGOLAND New York Resort

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Christmas

LEGOLAND New York ResortGoshen

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11am–12:30pm

A Christmas Story

Ages: All
Christmas
Film

Jacob Burns Film CenterPleasantville

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11am–7pm

Meet Santa Claus at Stew’s

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Stew Leonard’s YonkersYonkers

11am–1pm

Santa in the Herb Garden

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Boscobel HouseGarrison

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Noon–8pm

Cross County Center Holiday Food Truck Market

Cross County CenterYonkers

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12:30–4:30pm

New Rochelle Public Library Recital Concert

Ages: All
Music

1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801New Rochelle

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12:30–2:30pm

Logrea Dance Academy’s Annual Production of The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

SUNY Purchase Performing Arts CenterPurchase

1pm

Breakfast with Santa

KruckersPomona

3:30–6:30pm

Holiday Lights at Crawford Park

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Crawford ParkRye Brook

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4:30–6:30pm

Logrea Dance Academy’s Annual Production of The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

SUNY Purchase Performing Arts CenterPurchase

5–8pm

Holiday Lights on the Farm

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Muscoot FarmKatonah

Westchester The Wonderland of Lights

5pm

The Wonderland of Lights

Dutchess County FairgroundsRhinebeck

5–10pm

Peace, Love & Lights

Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel

5:30–8pm

Grand Holiday Illumination 2025

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Untermyer GardensYonkers

5:30–7pm

Nanuet Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Nanuet Tree LightingNanuet

Vanessa Racci’s A Very Jazzy Christmas

6–7pm

Vanessa Racci’s A Very Jazzy Christmas

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Music

Jazz on MainMt. Kisco

6:45pm

Holiday Electric Lights Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Holiday Electric Lights ParadeYorktown Heights

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