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Saturday Dec. 13, 2025

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All day

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Art
Free

The Africa CenterEast Harlem

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All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

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Various

Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Queens CenterQueens

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Various

Winter Fest at Cross County Center

Ages: All
Family
Free

Cross County CenterYonkers

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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

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All day

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

6 am – 7 pm

Holiday Tree Lighting Ocean Beach

Free

Ocean Beach Village GreenOcean Beach

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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 – 10 am

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Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1Brooklyn

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9 am – 9 pm

Rachelle Krieger Art Exhibit at The Adler Gallery

Art
Free

Port Washington Public LibraryPort Washington

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9 am – noon

20th Anniversary ASL-interpreted Shabbat Morning Service

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Town & Village SynagogueEast Village

9 – 10:30 am

A Magical Morning with Sarah Hoover and Greenlight

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Free

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9 am – 7 pm

Gingerbread City

The Gingerbread City at The SeaportSeaport

9:30 am – 6 pm

41st Annual Kickoff to Kwanzaa Celebration

Langston Hughes LibraryCorona

Beach Debris

10 am – noon

AMSEAS Beach Walk & Cleanup at Hallock State Park

Hallock State Park PreserveRiverhead

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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 – 4 pm

By Hand Artisan’s Holiday Gift Show

Ashawagh HallEAST HAMPTON

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10 am – noon

Birding: Christmas Bird Count

Ages: All
Family
Free

High Rock ParkStaten Island

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10 am – noon

Story Time and Craft: Primate Conservation

Ages: All
Family
Free

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

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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

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

Manhattan Selfies with Santa

10 am – 7 pm

Selfies with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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10 am – 6 pm

Hicks Nurseries Pictures with Santa

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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10 am – 8 pm

Santaland at Bloomingdale’s

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bloomingdale’s

10 – 11:30 am

Swiss Institute Family Hours

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Swiss InstituteLower East Side

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10 – 11 am

Cranberry Bog Preserve Walk]

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Family
Free

Cranberry Bog PreserveRiverhead

10:30 am – 6 pm

Holiday Kids Corner at Pret A Manger

Ages: All
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Belmont Park VillageElmont

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11 am – 5 pm

Here & There: The Church’s First Churchennial

The ChurchSag Harbor

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