101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Brooklyn - 2025
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| Multiple Dates starting Nov 15, 2025 | North Pole Express NYC |
| Multiple Dates starting Nov 21, 2025 | Photos With Santa - Kings Plaza |
| Multiple Dates starting Nov 28, 2025 | Selfies with Santa - Winter Garden at Brookfield Place |
| Nov 24 and Dec 1,8, 2025 | Pet Photo with Santa Nights - Kings Plaza |
| Multiple Dates starting Nov 29, 2025 | Santa Fun Cruise with Kids Activities - Event Cruises NYC |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Marine Park Alliance Presents: Festival of Lights - Santa in the Park! |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Cookies With Santa - FourFiveSix |
Light Displays
| Nov 8, 2025 | Tree Arrival Family Festivities - Rockefeller Center |
| Nov 8-Dec 30, 2025 (Select Days) | The Village at Anne Ellen - Manalapan, NJ |
| Select dates starting Nov 21 - Jan 4, 2026 | Lightscape! - Brooklyn Botanical Garden |
| Select dates Nov 22 - Jan 5, 2026 | Holiday Lights 2025 - Bronx Zoo |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Downtown Brooklyn Gets Lit! |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2025 | Tour: The Dyker Heights Christmas Light Tour 2025 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Tree Lighting - Rockefeller Center |
| Dec 4, 2025 | The Dumbo Holiday Tree Lighting |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Tree Lighting at Historic Richmond Town |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Annual Tree Lighting |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Christmas Tree Lighting - Queens Farm Museum |
| Dec 7, 2025 | Holiday Tree Lighting - Carl Schurz Park |
| Dec 12 - 13, 2025 | Candlelight Tours at Historic Richmond Town |
| Dec 17 - Dec 31, 2025 (Select Days) | Holiday House Tours at Historic Richmond Town |
Holiday Theatre
| Multiple dates starting Nov 6, 2025 | Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes |
| Multiple Dates Nov 25 - Dec 27, 2025 | A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s House: Charles Dickens in New York, 1867 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage - Kings Theatre |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2025 | George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® |
| Multiple Dates Dec 4 - 28, 2025 | Twas the Night Before... by Cirque du Soleil - Theatre at Madison Square Garden |
| Dec 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 2025 | Works & Process: Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi |
| Multiple Dates Dec 5 - 28, 2025 | Merry Mayhem - Circus Oz at The New Victory Theater |
| Dec 6, 7, 13, 14, 2025 | The Brooklyn Nutcracker - The Theater at City Tech |
| Dec 13, 16, 2025 | Nut/Cracked - Kaufmann Concert Hall |
| Dec 19,2025 | Holiday Spectacular - Brooklyn Music School |
Holiday Concerts
Christmas Tree Experience
| Tree Fields Open Nov 21, 2025 | Anne Ellen Christmas Tree Farm - Manalapan, NJ |
| Christmas Tree Brooklyn Delivery | |
| Brooklyn Christmas Tree | |
| Brooklyn Terminal Market |
Ice Skating
| Opens Nov 1, 2025 | LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park Brooklyn |
| Open Nov 10, 2025 | Domino Park |
| Opening Nov 24, 2025 | Roebling Rink - Brooklyn Bridge Park |
| Riverbank State Park Ice Rink | |
| Bryant Park | |
| Sky Skate at Edge - Hudson Yards | |
| The Rink at Brookfield Place | |
| The Rink at Rockefeller Center | |
| Wollman Rink - Central Park |
Hanukkah
| Dec 14, 2025 | Chanukah Extravaganzukah - Lexington Avenue at 92nd St |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Lighting of Brooklyn's Largest Menorah |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Festival of Lights: Chanukah - Marine Park |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Hanukkah Family Day - The Jewish Museum |
| Dec 14 - 22, 2025 | Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale Giant Menorah Lighting |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Chanukah Dinner & Celebration - Chabad Lubavitch of Manhattan Beach |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Glow-In-The-Dark Chanukah Family Dinner - 92nd Street Y |
| Dec 19 - 21, 2025 | Spin, Sing, and Shine for Hanukkah! - CMOM |
Get Moving for The Holidays
| Nov 16, 2025 | Manhattan Turkey Trot 5K |
| Nov 27, 2025 | Prospect Park Track Club Turkey Trot |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Post Turkey Day Walking Tour - Green-Wood Cemetary |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike - at Van Cortlandt Nature Center |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike - Salt Marsh Nature Trail |
Hands On Holidays
| Nov 28, 29, 30, 31, 2025 | GratitudeFest: Thanksgiving Weekend Performances - CMOM |
| Select days starting Nov 29, 2025 | Gingerbread House Decorating - Taste Buds |
| Dec 16 - 18, 2025 | Getting Ready for the Holidays! - CMOM |
| Dec 23 - 27, 2025 | Christmastime: Comfort and Joy - CMOM |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| Opens Oct 24, 2025 | Bryant Park Winter Village |
| Nov 22 & 23, 2025 | Danish Christmas Fair at Danish Seamen’s Church |
| Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, 2025 | Astoria Holiday Market - Astoria Armory |
| Dec 1-21, 2025 | Holiday Pop-Up: Dumbo |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Annual Holiday Pop Up & Toy Giveaway! |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Holiday Market - Queens County Farm Museum |
| Dec 6 - 7, 2025 | Christmas in Historic Richmond Town |
| Dec 6,7,13,14,20,21, 2025 | Holiday Pop-Up: Boerum Hill |
| Dec 6,7,13,14,20,21, 2025 | Holiday Pop-Up: Cobble Hill |
| Dec 6, 20, 27, 2025 | Fort Greene Park Artisans Bazaar |
New Year's Fun
| Dec 30 - 31, 2025 | Countdown to New Year’s Celebration! - CMOM |
| Dec 31. 2025 | New Year's Eve Fireworks in Prospect Park |
| Dec 31. 2025 | Fireworks in Central Park |
Other Holiday Events
| Opening Oct 24, 2025 | Winter Village at Bryant Park |
| Multiple dates Nov 13 - Feb 1, 2026 | Holiday Train Show - New York Transit Museum |
| Select Dates Nov 15 - Jan 11, 2026 | Holiday Train Show - New York Botanical Garden |
| Multiple Dates Starting Nov 22, 2025 | Holiday Cruises 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2025 | The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| Dec 9 - 14, 2025 (Closed Mondays) | Stories by the Fire at CMOM |
| Dec 13, 2025 (registration Required) | Festival of Lights: Kwanzaa Drumming - Marine Park |
| Dec 14, 2025 | The Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year Tour - Madison Square Garden |
| Dec 21, 2025 | Festival of Lights: Winter Solstice - Marine Park |
| Dec 24, 2025 | Annual Christmas Event/Toys/Warm Hats and Gloves Give-Away - Jes Good Rewards/Children's Garden |
| Dec 28 - 29, 2025 | Kwanzaa Celebration - CMOM |
Below are upcoming holiday events that have been posted to our calendar by local organizations. If we're missing an event that should be on our list, please email Debra Ross, publisher of KidsOutAndAbout.com and BeyondTheNest.com at ross@kidsoutandabout.com. Please make sure to include a link to the event when you email. Thank you!
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