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Seaport District 33rd Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
Location: Seaport District
Date: Tuesday, November 29th
Time: 6:30p
Featuring live performances, this live celebration takes place in front of a 60+ foot beautifully decorated Christmas tree. Santa Claus will be making an appearance and a photo studio will be set up to have your photo taken with Santa.
FiDi Families Insiders: Our very own Peck Slip School Choir will be singing to warm the crowd up prior to the show and will have a cupcake decorating station.
Location: Brookfield Place
Date: Thursday, December 1st – Friday, January 29th
Time: 8:00p – 10:00p
The luminaries are back for their second year, this incredible light installation is made up of hundreds of color- changing lanterns.
FiDi Families Insiders: Send a holiday wish at one of the “wishing stations” and watch as a burst of color travels through the lights.
Zuccotti Park
Location: Broadway & Liberty Street
Date: Thursday, December 8th
Time: 12:30pm – 1:15pm
The park will be lit up with thousands of tiny holiday holidays accompanied by live music and sweet treats.
Location: South Cove- 2 South End Avenue
Date: Thursday, December 3rd
Time: 5:45p
The Battery Park City Parks Conservancy puts together a night of holiday cheer with seasonal songs sung by a capella group The Accidentals, complimentary hot chocolate, cider and cookies. A special visitor from the North Pole makes an appearance at the end of the night
FiDi Families Insiders: Stockings with Care will be collecting new, unwrapped toys or an article of clothing for a child or teen living in NYC shelters.
Location: Washington Market Park Greenwich Street
Date: Saturday, December 10th
Time: 2:00p – 3:00p
Santa is the guest of honor at this annual Christmas Party! Church School for Music and Art will be doing crafts, carols will be sung and homemade cookies and apple cider for all.
FiDi Families Insiders: Please consider bringing an unwrapped gift to the party.
Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Place
Date: Sunday, December 18th
Time: 10:00a – 1:00p
Get ready for the Festival of Lights with food, music, and hands-on activities for the whole family to enjoy.
Get ready for the Festival of Lights with food, music, and hands-on activities for the whole family to enjoy.
Check out some suggestions for neighborhoods and events, north of Lower Manhattan!
Location: 66th Street & Broadway
Date: Monday, November 28th
Time: 5:30p – 9:00p
New York’s Largest Holiday Festival with plenty of live entertainment for everyone including: Jack Frost: The Original Freezmeister, Brady Rymer and the Little Band that Could, Steven Bernstein’s Universal Melody Brass Band Dance party and much more. There will be a Tree Lighting Ceremony and Food Tastings from some of the neighborhoods best local restaurants. There will be a craft station and a chance to meet PBS characters like Daniel The Tiger at Lincoln Center.
Location: 30 Rockefeller Center
Date: Wednesday, November 30th
Time: 7:00p – 9:00p
One of NYC’s most celebrated events for over the past 80 years. Thousands come from near and far and millions watch the live broadcast on TV. Guest celebrities and live performances get the crowd into the holiday spirit.
Location: Bank of American Winter Village
Date: Thursday, December 1st
Date: Thursday, December 1st
Time: 6:00p
The Lights Before Christmas, an original ice skating tale written for Bryant Park comes to life starring Ice Skating legends Nancy Kerrigan, Brian Boitano and Johnny Weir to name a few. The show features music from Big Band Holidays, a new album by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis . Post-show the tree, a 55-foot Norway Spruce decorated with over 3,000 ornaments will be lit by 30,000 lights. The Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park will be open to skate, shop and eat!
Photo: Angelito Jusay
Location: Waverly Place and West 4th Street
Date: Wednesday, December 7th
Time: 6:00p
The annual 45-foot tree gets light under the famous arch at Washington Square Park while the Rob Susman Brass Quartet performs holiday classics. Word on the street is Santa Claus makes an appearance just as the tree is about to be lit.
Location: 785 5th Avenue
Date: Saturday, December 24th – Friday, January 1st
Time: 6p nightly
The 32-foot high, 4,000 lbs.,gold-color menorah is set up right outside of the Plaza Hotel. Each night a candle is lit to celebrate the Festival of Lights.
Photo: Courtesy CC/Flickr/tasayu