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Christmas in New
York
Presenting
Christmas Events in New York
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November 1 - January
16, 2006
Fetes de Noel
Description: Enjoy the outdoor holiday market featuring
gifts from approximately 125 - 150 unique retailers from around
the world.
Location: Bryant
Park, Sixth Ave. at 42nd St
Time: Mon-Fri,
11a.m.-7p.m.; Sat-Sun, 10a.m.-8p.m.
Cost: FREE
November 4 - 5
Sugarloaf's
Craft Fair
Description: Original creations from 250 exquisite artist and
craft people from the US and
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Canada. Food and entertainment will also be available.
Location: Meadowlands Exposition Center, 355 Plaza Dr,
Secaucus, NJ
Time: 10am - 6pm
Cost: Adults $7, Kids under 12 FREE
November 4 - 6
Stocking
Stuffer Sale
Description: Enjoy this delightful sale of handcrafted items
for your Christmas tree, stockings, and package decorations.
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Location: Allaire Village, Route 254, Farmingdale, NJ
Time: 10am - 3pm
Cost: FREE
November 5
Festival of
Crafts
Description: Enjoy this juried craft fair with 60 exhibitors,
featuring Christmas treasures, folk art, photography, and dolls.
Location: Brookfield High School, Brookfield, CT
Time: 10am - 4pm
Cost: FREE
November 13
Madison
Avenue Holiday Expo
Description: A fair to beat all fairs. Their bringing in more
than 500 artists to craft special gifts for you and yours.
Location: Madison Avenue between 42nd and 57th Sts.
Time: 10am - 6pm
Cost: FREE
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November 18 - January 8, 2006
Holiday
Lights
Description: Visiting the zoo means seeing many live animals
of every kind. But the Bronx Zoo also will offer over 100 lighted
animal sculptures that will brighten up each holiday evening. In
addition, they will offer entertainment and fun for the entire
family.
Location: The Bronx Zoo
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Cost: Adults $10, Kids 2-17 $7, Kids under 2 FREE
November 19
Tree Lighting and Sing-a-long
Description: Join the festive crowd as the New York Botanical
Garden lights its holiday tree. Sing carols and enjoy tasty treats.
Location: New York Botanical Garden
Time: 430pm
Cost: FREE
November 19 - January 8, 2006
Gingerbread Adventures
Description: Bring your kids for this sensational experience.
They will have the time of their lives.
Location: New York Botanical Gardens
Time: 10am - 530pm
Cost: Varies
November 19, 2005 - January 08, 2006
Holiday Train Show
Description:
Travel among the famous New York landmarks in this magic train ride.
Location: The New
York Botanical Garden
Time: During
business hours
Cost: FREE with
admission
November 21 - December 31
Grand Central
Terminal Holiday Laser Light Show
Description: This annual laser show lights up the terminal's
ceiling.
Location: Grand Central Terminal
Time: On the hour and the half hour between 11am and 9pm
Cost: FREE
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November
21 - December 24
Holiday Fair
in Vanderbilt Hall
Description: This annual holiday fair brings the very best of the season
to the most discriminating gift givers. New Yorkers and tourists alike swear by
this fair. Delight in the 72 carefully chosen vendors and their interesting
wares.
Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Station
Time: 10am - 8m
Cost: FREE
November 22 - January 8, 2006
Annual
Christmas Tree
Description: Wonder at the traditional, 18th century Christmas tree with
silk-robed angels and accompanied by a vivid Neapolitan crèche scene.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
November 24 - January 1, 2006
Santaland at Macy's
Description: Delight in the grandest and most spectacular of the New York
storefront holiday display windows. In addition, over 12,000 square feet of the
eighth floor of the store has been transformed into a winter wonderland.
Location: Macy's New York, 151 W. 34th St.
Time: 10am - 8pm
Cost: Varies
November 25- December 24
Holiday Lights Motor Coach Tour
Description: View New York's
Christmas lights on a magical motor coach tour.
Location: Paramount Plaza,
Broadway between 50th & 51st Streets
Time: Varies
Cost: $49
November 25 - December 24
Percy the Poor Little
Penguin
Description: Percy is in a great dilemma, he's allergic to snow. Come and
find out how he solves it while enjoying a terrific show.
Location: Macy's Herald Square, 9th Floor
Time: Varies
Cost: $2.50
November 25 - December 30
The Nutcracker
Description: See the New York Ballet perform this children's classic with
magical sets and fanciful costumes.
Location: New York State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
November 26 - December 30
The Nutcracker in the
Lower East Side
Description: The beloved holiday tradition with a different take. See how
the Lower East Side performs it.
Location: Abrons Arts Center/Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand St.
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
November 28
16th Annual Holiday Tree
Lighting
Description: Share in one of New York's favorite holiday traditions,
celebrating the rich cultural and artistic diversity of Lincoln Center through
music and dance.
Location: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Time: 530pm - 6pm
Cost: FREE
November 29, December 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20
An American Girls Holiday
Celebration
Description: Enjoy a historical holiday celebration through music! This
stirring live performance features eight actresses from American Girl Theater as
friends preparing to go caroling. As they practice together, they travel through
time. Join them after the show for special treats.
Location: American Girl Place, 609 Fifth Ave, at 49th St.
Time: Tuesdays: 530pm, 730pm; Saturdays: 6pm, 730pm
Cost: $25
November 30
Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting
Description: Take part in the spectacular annual tree lighting ceremony.
The tree, featuring more than 25,000 multicolored bulbs, signals the start of
the Christmas season in New York City.
Location: Rockefeller Center
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE
December 2 - January 26, 2006
The Great
Santa Claus Switch
Description:
See a screening of this holiday-themed TV Muppet special.
Location: Museum of Television and Radio, 25 W. 52nd St.
Time: 1230pm
Cost: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8, Kids under 14 $5
December 2
Winter Concert
Description: The Down Town Glee Club, performing in New York City for
almost 80 years, presents a Winter Concert, full of holiday and popular
favorites.
Location: St Peter's Church, E 54th and Lexington Ave.
Time: 730pm
Cost: $15
December
2 - 4
Holiday Crafts
Park Avenue
Description: Enjoy this juried craft show, with over 175 exhibitors,
featuring handcrafted works of exceptional quality. Meet the artists themselves
and perhaps purchase one-of-a-kind holiday gifts.
Location: 7th Regiment Armory, 643 Park Ave.
Time: Friday: 3pm - 9pm, Saturday: 10am - 6pm, Sunday: 11am - 5pm
Cost: $10
December 2 - 11
A Christmas
Carol
Description: Enjoy the popular Charles Dickens Christmas classic.
Location: Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten
Island
Time: 8pm
Cost: $17
December 3
Holiday Craft
Fair
Description: See a wondrous variety of candles, wreaths, ornaments, and
other Christmas items.
Location: Town Hall West Gym, 401 Main St., Islip
Time: 9am - 4pm
Cost: FREE
December 3
St. Nicholas Day
Description: Celebrating Old St. Nick with heartwarming stories as well
as food.
Location: Wyckoff House Museum, 5816 Clarendon Rd., Brooklyn
Time: 12n - 4pm
Cost: FREE
December 3 - 4, 10 - 11, 17 - 18
Presents to the Animals
Description: At the Queens Zoo, the holidays are not only celebrated by humans but
by animals as well. Come and join in the fun.
Location: Queens Zoo, 53-51 111th St., Flushing
Time: 10am - 430pm
Cost: Adults $5, Seniors $1.25, Kids 3-12 $1, Kids under 3 FREE
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December 3 - 4, 10 - 11, 17 - 18
Wild Holiday
Party
Description: Have you ever been at a party where animals
receive gifts? In this one they do, and so will your kids.
Location: Central Park Zoo
Time: 10am - 430pm
Cost: Adults $5, Seniors $1.25, Kids 3-12 $1, Kids under 3 FREE
December 3 - 24
Christmas Tree
and Poinsettia Sale
Description: Popular varieties and sizes of trees, evergreen
wreaths and poinsettias are on sale, with benefits supporting the
farm.
Location: Queens County Farm, 75-50 Little Neck Parkway,
Floral Park
Time: 10am - 4pm
Cost: FREE
December 4
Poko Puppet's
Jack Frost Holiday Revue
Description: An event for all ages, Jack Frost hosts a musical
extravaganza featuring the black light, space-age adventures of
"Little Red Riding Hood" and a rollicking country-western "Three
Little Pigs."
Location: Queensborough Performing Arts Center, Bayside,
Queens
Time: Varies
Cost: $10
December 4
Park Avenue
Holiday Lighting
Description: Join New Yorkers for the lighting and dedication
of memorial tress along Park Avenue with caroling by the Brick Church
Choir and the audience.
Location: 91st St and Park Ave.
Time: 6pm
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December 4
Carl Grillo Tree Lighting
Description: Enjoy the 8th annual tree lighting ceremony in front of the
Carl Grillo glass houses. Refreshments and caroling follow.
Location: Staten Island Botanical Garden, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten
Island
Time: 530pm - 7pm
Cost: FREE
December 3 - 4, 10 - 11, 17 - 18
The Nutcracker
Description: See the New York Ballet perform this holiday classic.
Location: French Institute/Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St.
Time: Varies
Cost: $30
December 5
New Voices Collective: Holiday Sampler
Description: A delightful combination of New York's best young composers
coupled with the greatest voices on Broadway.
Location: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St.
Time: 8pm
Cost: Varies
December
7, 14, 21
Holiday Tea and Theater
Description: Ring in the season with holiday cheer! Enjoy tea and festive
goodies at the American Girl Café, while listening to your favorite carols being
sung by actresses from "An American Girls Holiday Celebration."
Location: American Girl Place, 609 Fifth Ave, at 49th St.
Time: 4pm
Cost: $53
December 9
Holiday on the Hudson
Description: The best New York has to offer.
Location: Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, Pier 61
Time: Varies
Cost: FREE
December 9 - 31
A Christmas Carol
Description: See the traditional holiday classic by Charles Dickens
performed by Theatreworks NYC.
Location: Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St.
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
December
10
1000 Paper Cranes: A Season of
Light Holiday Workshop
Description: Celebrate the
holidays and see the Cathedral's festive candles, decorations, and giant Peace
Tree, covered with over 1000 paper cranes. Then, head for the workshop to design
sparkling "triptych" cards, candleholders and origami cranes to take home. For
ages 4 and up.
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave
Time: 10am - 12n
Cost: $5
December 10
Dickens of a Christmas
Description: Join as the zoo goes back in time to Christmases long, long
ago. Meet Santa, sing along with a chorus, light the Christmas tree, and say
hello to reindeer.
Location: Staten Island Zoo, 614 Broadway
Time: 5pm - 8pm
Cost: $15, Photos with Santa are $5
December 10
Candlelight Tours
Description: Transport yourself to New York City's past and experience
the joy and solemnity of the holiday season as never before. Discover how
holiday traditions changed during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries as your
guide, in period costume, leads you through candlelit homes and public
buildings. Taste freshly prepared holiday sweets and treats and delight in
fireplace warmth, games of days gone by, and timeless songs, hymns, and carols.
Location: Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Ave., Staten Island
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
December 10
Wreath Making Workshops
Description: Make a beautiful evergreen wreath in this enjoyable
workshop.
Location:
Queens County Farm, 75-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park
Time: 10am, 12n, 2pm
Cost: $15
December 11
St Nicholas Festival
Description: Celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with a hint of
history.
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Location: New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
Time: 2pm
Cost: Adults $10, Seniors/Students/Teachers $5, Kids under 12 with adult FREE
December 11
Cathedral Candlelight Concert
Description: Enjoy the Little Orchestra Society in a musical program,
entitled "Great Music under a Byzantine Dome," that captures the majesty of the
season.
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Location: Holy Trinity Cathedral, 319 E 74th St.
Time: 530pm
Cost: $35 - $75
December 11
Holiday Brass
Description: Hear the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet and
the Canadian Brass perform holiday selections.
Location: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Time: 3pm
Cost: Varies
December 14
Easy Holiday Fare
Description: Evelyn Rogers, owner and chef of "Taste of Honey" and "Grasmere
Grill," will present a delicious cooking demonstration of holiday fare.
Location: Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Pl.
Time: 10am
Cost: Varies
December 14 - 17
Handel's Messiah
Description: Hear the New York Philharmonic with the Westminster
Symphonic Choir perform the Christmas classic.
Location: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Time: 8pm
Cost: Varies
December 15
Winter Solstice
Concert
Description: In celebration of the winter solstice, the shortest day of
the year, this theatrical event is one of New York City's biggest and most
flamboyant Christmas happenings.
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave
Time: 730pm
Cost: Varies
December 16
Tis the Season at
South Street Seaport
Description: Join the Seaport for a free evening of arts and cultural
programming at the Seaport Museum. Warm your bones and celebrate the holiday
season with music, toys, and a glass of holiday cheer.
Location: South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Street
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Cost: FREE
December 16 - 17
Ronnie Spector's
Christmas Party
Description: Hear the Philadelphia Sound come to life for the holidays.
Location: B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill
Time: 9pm
Cost: $30
December 16 - 17
New York Pops Holiday
Celebration
Description: Hear the New York Pops under the direction of Skitch
Henderson with the Forth Worth-TCU choir perform holiday favorites.
Location: Carnegie Hall
Time: 8pm
Cost: Varies
December 16 - 17
The Nutcracker
Description: See this timeless classic performed by Mooney/Cooley Ballet,
featuring new sets and costumes.
Location: Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr, at 122nd St.
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
December 17
Holiday Breakfast
with the Beast
Description: Santa will visit the zoo animals and visitors can see how
they are adjusting to their winter playmate, the reindeer.
Location: Staten Island Zoo, 614 Broadway
Time: 830am - 10am
Cost: Adults $5, Seniors $4, Kids 3-14 $3, Kids under 3 FREE
December 17
Merry Music Making: A Holiday Program
Description: Be marry with this holiday program. Designed for kids ages 1-3.
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave.
Time: 1030am - 1130am
Cost: $10
December 17
Christmas Stories:
Spotlight on Christmas
Description: Enjoy the holidays with a special tour of St. John the
Divine. Come see the Peace Tree and explore the Christian origins of Christmas.
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave.
Time: 10am
Cost: $10
December 17
Amahl and the Night
Visitors
Description: The story of Christmas related in classic opera format.
Location: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Time: 11am, 1pm
Cost: $10 - $5
December 17 - 18
Light Around the
World
Description: The role of light in the holiday celebration of Christmas,
Hanukkah, Kwanza and others around the world.
Location: South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Ave.
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Cost: Adults $8, Students/Seniors $6, Kids 5-12 $4, Kids under 5 FREE
December 18
Babes in Toyland
Description: See the classic children's tale come to life.
Location: North Ford at Westbury, Westbury
Time: 11am
Cost: $16.50
December 18
Vienna
Boy's Choir
Description: This world-renown choir will present their best music for
the holidays.
Location: Carnegie Hall
Time: 2pm
Cost: $19 - $70
December 19
TransSiberian
Orchestra
Description: Listen to these rockers put a new spin on
classic holiday tunes.
Location: Madison Square Garden
Time: 8pm
Cost: $33.50 - $65.50
December 22
Kenny Rogers and
Friends Celebrate the Holidays
Description: Hear the legendary country star sing his hits
and holiday favorites.
Location: North Fork at Westbury, Westbury
Time: 8pm
Cost: $51.50
December 26 - 27
Holiday Open House
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Description: Enjoy tours of the decorated farmhouses, craft
activity for kids, and mulled cider
Location: Queens County Farm, 75-50 Little Neck Parkway,
Floral Park
Time: 12n - 4pm
Cost: FREE
December 27
Menorah
Lighting
Description: Light a giant outdoor Menorah.
Location: North Brunswick Government complex, 710 Hermann Rd, |
North Brunswick,NJ
Time: 545pm
Cost: FREE
December 29 - 31
A Dickens
Festival
Description: Join in the celebration of the father of Modern
Literature and Victorian Life. Experience one-man shows by Gerald
Charles Dickens, the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, as well
as clowns, live music, puppet shows, and children's crafts. Food and
drinks are also served.
Location: Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace,
Staten Island
Time: 12n - 9pm
Cost: Adults $10, Seniors/Students $8
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