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Things to do with kids in Upstate NY

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Wednesday Dec. 17, 2025

5 – 10 pm

Peace, Love & Lights

Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel

Builders Club

5 – 7 pm

Builders Club

Ages: 5 – 12

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

5:30 – 6:30 pm

2025 Menorah Lighting Ceremony

Ages: All
Community
Free

Gateway Shopping CenterPort Chester

6 – 8 pm

Grand Holiday Illumination 2025

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Untermyer GardensYonkers

Thursday Dec. 18

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

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

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Various

Winter Fest at Cross County Center

Ages: All
Free

Cross County CenterYonkers

All day

Santa Photo Experience

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The WestchesterWhite Plains

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Various

2025 Santa Claus Visit & Photo Session

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Jefferson Valley MallYorktown Heights

10 am – 9:30 pm

Pop-Up Ice Skating Rink

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions

Cross County CenterYonkers

10:30 – 11:30 am

Baby Lap Time (Pre-Walkers)

Ages: 2 and under
Books & Readings
Dance

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

11 am – 5 pm

Holiday Bricktacular

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

Mr & Mrs Claus at Stew’s!

11 am – 9 pm

Stew Leonard’s Holiday Mini-Drive Through 2025

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Stew Leonard’s YonkersYonkers

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Noon – 8 pm

Cross County Center Holiday Food Truck Market

Cross County CenterYonkers

Noon – 6 pm

17th Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa’s Workshop presented by Jenny Allen & Kristen Studwell, Compass Real Estate

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Sam Bridge Nursery & GreenhousesGreenwich

Westchester The Wonderland of Lights

5 pm

The Wonderland of Lights

Dutchess County FairgroundsRhinebeck

5 – 10 pm

Peace, Love & Lights

Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel

6 – 8 pm

Grand Holiday Illumination 2025

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Untermyer GardensYonkers

Kids Coding

6 – 7 pm

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Ages: 5 – 12

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

Friday Dec. 19

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

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

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Various

Winter Fest at Cross County Center

Ages: All
Free

Cross County CenterYonkers

All day

Santa Photo Experience

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The WestchesterWhite Plains

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Various

2025 Santa Claus Visit & Photo Session

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Jefferson Valley MallYorktown Heights

10 am – 9:30 pm

Pop-Up Ice Skating Rink

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions

Cross County CenterYonkers

10 am – 9:30 pm

Bear Mountain Ice Rink

Bear Mountain Ice RinkTomkins Cove

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