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Friday Dec. 19, 2025

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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Various

Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

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All day

Gift of Making: A Whimsical Celebration of Art, Design, and Creativity at FIT

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

Pickleball Pandemonium

8 – 10:30 am

Pickleball Pandemonium!

Free
Sports

Gymnasium in Kwame Ture Recreation CenterBronx

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

9 am – 4 pm

APEC Food Drive for City Harvest

Alley Pond Environmental CenterDouglaston

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9 am – 5 pm

Evolution: Fashion Design AAS

Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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9 am – 7 pm

Gingerbread City

The Gingerbread City at The SeaportDowntown Manhattan

10 am – 9 pm

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

Ages: All
Family
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up

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10 am – 9 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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10 am – 8 pm

Holiday Under the Palms at Brookfield Place

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Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10 am – 7 pm

Selfies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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10 am – noon

Santa’s Corner

Ages: 5 – 8
Christmas
Family
Free

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10 am – 8 pm

Santaland at Bloomingdale’s

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bloomingdale’s

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10 am – noon

Cookies, Crafts and Cocoa with Santa – Tot Session

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

DeMatti Park Fieldhouse in De Matti ParkStaten Island

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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

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis GalleryBrooklyn

To The Ridge

11 am – 6 pm

Martha Armstrong: New Work

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

11 am – noon

Little Sprouts: Jump and Play

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free
Music

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

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11:30 am – 6 pm

An Ecology of Quilts: The Natural History of American Textiles

Art
Free

American Folk Art MuseumLincoln Square

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New York

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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 – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House Warming

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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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3 – 6 pm

Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Family
Free

Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island

3 pm

Riverdale Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkBronx

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3 – 5 pm

Cookies, Crafts and Cocoa with Santa – Youth Session

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

DeMatti Park Fieldhouse in De Matti ParkStaten Island

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

3:30 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

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