These Are the Best Holiday Events on the East End

Holiday events on the East End

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From dazzling Christmas lights to friendly Shabbat dinners to local caroling, find holiday events

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Saturday Jan. 3, 2026

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Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

The Rockettes on stage dressed at wooden toy soldiers

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Radio City Music Hall

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Various

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Dance
Family

David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center

Actors on a stage performing The Magic Flute

Various

The Magic Flute

The Metropolitan Opera House

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Various

Holiday Spectacular On Ice

The Gateway PACSCBellport

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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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8:30 am – 7 pm

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CAMP 5th Avenue

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9 am – 7 pm

Gingerbread City

The Gingerbread City at The SeaportDowntown Manhattan

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

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10 am – 4 pm

The Great Holiday Train Show

New Castle Historical SocietyChappaqua

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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

10 am – 7 pm

Museum Of Ice Cream’s Pinkmas

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Ice Cream NYCSoHo

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10 am – 10 pm

Double-Decker Christmas Carousel

Double-Decker Christmas Carousel

Family Art Project Create Your Year credit Josh Bright

10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Create Your Year

10:30 am

Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf

The Argyle Theatre at Babylon VillageBabylon

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11 am – 5 pm

Holiday Bricktacular at LEGOLAND New York Resort

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Christmas
Family

LEGOLAND New York ResortGoshen

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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

Noon – 5:30 pm

Gazillion Bubble Show: A Holiday Spectacular

Ages: 8 and under
Christmas
Family
Holiday

New World Stages

Noon – 6 pm

PaleyLand

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Paley Museum

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Noon – 6 pm

Meet Santa and Other Beloved Holiday Characters at PaleyLand

The Paley Museum

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Noon – 7 pm

ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

2 – 4 pm

Celebrate Three Kings Day: Make a Gingerbread House with Yvette Jimenez

Ages: 13 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

Corona LibraryCorona

2 – 3 pm

Children’s New Year Scavenger Hunt Book Club

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Games

Westchester Square LibraryBronx

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3 – 9 pm

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

3 – 5 pm

Three Kings Day with Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Nuyorican Poets CafeBattery Park City

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3 – 4 pm

Dream Of Kings

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Holiday

Teatro SEA at The Clemente CenterLower East Side

5 – 11 pm

Magic of Lights

Jones Beach State ParkWantagh

5 pm

Sayville Falls Holiday Light Show

Sayville Falls Mini GolfSayville

6 – 8 pm

Grand Holiday Illumination 2025

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Untermyer GardensYonkers

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83

Brooklyn Dyker Heights Walking Christmas Lights Tour

7 pm

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn

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