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Sunday Dec. 7, 2025

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Photos With Santa at Queens Center

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Christmas
Free

Queens CenterQueens

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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

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Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

10 am – 7 pm

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

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Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up

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10 am – 4 pm

JCC Holiday Gift Fair

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Free

Joan & Alan Bernikow JCCStaten Island

Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10 am – 6 pm

Selfies with Santa

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Christmas
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

11 am – 12:30 pm

Waterfall Hike

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Free

Clove Lakes ParkStaten Island

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11 am – 12:30 pm

Holiday Craft Workshop

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Free

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

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11 am – 7 pm

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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11 am – 7 pm

Holiday Under the Palms at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

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Art
Community

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

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Art
Community

St. PaulCobble Hill

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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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

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Free

IKEA House Warming

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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Christmas
Community

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Noon – 6 pm

Apex Holiday Market

Pig Beach BBQAstoria

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

2 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

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Christmas
Free

Nordstrom NYC Flagship

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3 – 5 pm

Santa’s Coming to NY Waterway’s Weekend Holiday Market

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Christmas
Free

Midtown Ferry TerminalManhattan

4 – 5:15 pm

Astoria Park Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony

Ages: All
Community
Free

Astoria Park LawnAstoria

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5 – 10 pm

Parade on Rockaway

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Christmas
Community

2024 Nordstrom NYC Holiday

6 pm

Santa Snow Show and Elf-ies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Free

Nordstrom NYC Flagship

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