Events and Activities for Kids
in New York City in December 2025

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Tree Lighting Skate-tacular at Bryant Park
Midtown West – FREE
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park hosts its annual tree lighting, with a stellar lineup of live skate performances. Website

Calypso, Carols, and Cocoa: The Dumbo Holiday Lighting
Dumbo, Brooklyn – FREE
Thursday, December 4, 2025
4:00pm to 7:00pm ET
Age: All ages
Price: FREE
Location:
The Archway Under The Manhattan Bridge
718 237 8700
Water St between Adams St and Anchorage Place, Brooklyn
The Dumbo Improvement District hosts its annual Dumbo Holiday Lighting ceremony, with all the trimmings. Enjoy live music, carols, hot cocoa, and an appearance from Santa himself. Website

Peter and The Wolf with Isaac Mizrahi at the Guggenheim
Upper East Side
Weekends, Friday, December 5-Sunday, December 14, 2025
Isaac Mizrahi narrates and directs Sergei Prokofiev's charming children's classic. Ensemble Connect performs the music, and the cast, wearing costumes by Mizrahi, performs choreography by John Heginbotham all to bring the 30-minute story to life. Website

Merry Mayhem at the New Victory Theater
Midtown West
Various dates, Friday, December 5-Sunday, December 28, 2025
Exploding onto the stage in a rascally rainbow of high-flying frivolity, this multi-generational, muscle-bound ensemble tumbles, tussles and trapezes to the beat of a live rock band! Embrace the holiday frenzy and buckle up for a uniquely Aussie celebration of subversive circus fun. Website

Christmas in Historic Richmond Town
Richmond, Staten Island
Saturday, December 6-Sunday, December 7, 2025
Historic Richmond Town celebrates the season with a Dickens-style village. Guests can enjoy historical interpreters' presentations, shop for gifts and crafts, enjoy tasty eats, and embark on horse and carriage rides. Website

El Barrio Latino Children's Film Festival at Teatro SEA
Lower East Side– FREE
Saturday, December 6-Sunday, December 7, 2025
The 12th annual El Barrio Children Film Festival exposes children, their families and their communities to unique films in Spanish that stimulate imagination, curiosity and pride through great storytelling. Website

Teleflora’s Holiday Pop-up at Rockefeller Center to Benefit Make-A-Wish
Midtown West – FREE
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Enjoy holiday cheer, Christmas carolers, and create your very own polar bear plushie—a Wish Bear—just steps from the world-famous Christmas tree. Website

The Nutcracker at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Kindsbridge Heights, the Bronx
Thursday, December 11-Sunday, December 14, 2025
The Westchester Ballet Company's production of The Nutcracker is a spectacular, enchanting, full-length presentation of the beloved holiday classic featuring a cast of 100 dancers. Website

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” at the Atlantic Stage 2 Theater
Chelsea
Opens Saturday, December 13, 2025
A musical experience ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved, award-winning, best-selling children’s books. Gerald and Piggie take to the stage in a rollicking adventure that is perfect for young audiences. Website

Unsilent Night 2025
Greenwich Village – FREE
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Each year, composer Phil Kline leads a massive chorus of boomboxes from the West Village to the East Village in the annual holiday presentation of Unsilent Night.  Website

Hanukkah Family Day at the Jewish Museum
Upper East Side
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Enjoy the festival of lights at the Jewish Museum through art and live music. Check out the new dazzling display of more than 130 Hanukkah menorahs from around the world during this day-long family fest. Website

Hanukkah in Lego Land at the Seaport
South Street Seaport – FREE
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Chabad Jewish Center of FiDi welcomes the holiday with a 6-foot-tall Lego menorah, latkes, face painting, cotton candy, hot cocoa, a Lego master workshop, and more. Website

Hanukkah on Ice at the Wollman Rink
Central Park
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Hit the ice at the Wollman Rink and skate to the sounds of festive Hanukkah music from DJ Yoni Stokar. The signature Dreidel mascot joins in the skating fun, spinning on the ice. Stick around to see the freshly-carved ice menorah lit in a moving ceremony. Website

MOMIX: Alice at The Joyce Theater
Chelsea
Opens Tuesday, December 16, 2025
MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendleton’s ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. Alice encounters the undulating Caterpillar, a lobster quadrille, frenzied White Rabbits, a mad Queen of Hearts, and a variety of other surprises. Website

Amateur Night Holiday Special at the Apollo Stages
Harlem
Friday, December 19-Saturday, December 20, 2025
Ring in the holiday season at a family-friendly evening showcasing talented alumni of the Apollo’s long-running signature series. The program captures the spirit of young performers all hoping to follow in the footsteps of Apollo Legends like Ella Fitzgerald and H.E.R., whose careers were launched on the Apollo stage. Website

Holiday Caroling Under the Washington Square Arch
Greenwich Village – FREE
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Join The Rob Susman Brass Quartet for a holiday celebration under the Washington Square Arch. The annual Christmas carol event fills the city streets with the sweet sounds of holiday carols.  Website

Winter Concert at Eldridge Street Synagogue
Museum at Eldridge Street, Lower East Side
Thursday, December 25, 2025
As the city shuts down on Wednesday, December 25, the Museum at Eldridge Street on Manhattan's historic Lower East Side comes to life for an afternoon of soulful and spirited klezmer music. Website

Celebrate Kwanzaa at the Brooklyn Children's Museum
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Friday, December 26-Tuesday, December 30, 2025
NYC’s largest Kwanzaa festival returns for its 18th year—a week-long celebration of African heritage and culture—with daily candle lightings, youth performances, and dance, drumming, and art workshops inspired by Kwanzaa's seven principles. Website

Prospect Park New Year's Eve Fireworks
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn– FREE
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
The annual fireworks display includes live entertainment by Quintessential Playlist starting at 10pm. Fireworks begin at midnight, lighting up the skies above Brooklyn’s Backyard. Website

 

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