Christmas Event Calendar
Is
Christmas the best time to be in New York City? Many people think
it's the holiday capital. There is just so much to see, do and
enjoy. Have a very happy holiday!
Tuesday November 28
2006 5:30P to 9:30P
Rockefeller Center | 5th Avenue between
49th & 50th Streets
Yep, it's time for the holiday centerpiece
to light the City
November 3 2005 thru January 2
2006
Radio City Music Hall
Everybody's favorite Christmas show
gets better every year! See the world-famous Radio City Rockettes
kick up their heels as they celebrate Christmas as only New
Yorkers could. Highlights include the Living Nativity, the Parade
of Wooden Soldiers and Santa and his sleigh arrive in 3D!
November 19 2005 thru
December 24? 2005
Holiday Shop at Scandinavia House
Scandinavia House | 58 Park Avenue | at
38th Street
Information
Scandinavian House | 212-879-9779
Hours Monday thru Saturday
12:00N to 6:00P | Sundays Dec 4th, 11th & 18th 12:00N to
6:00P | Nov 24th Closed
Scandinavia House celebrates the light,
color, and magic of the holiday season with a special expanded
Holiday Shop that brings the Christmas traditions of Scandinavia
to New York City. You'll find a large selection of
contemporary products in addition to traditional Scandinavian
holiday items. Special display sections will feature traditional
table settings, spa and sauna products, and a festive Christmas
Market with traditional decorations, ornaments, specialty foods,
kitchenware, and cook books November 19 2005 thru January
1 2006
Snowdrop Queen and Evergreen King
New York Botanical Garden | 200th
Street & Kazimiroff (Southern) Boulevard | The Bronx
Information New
York Botanical Garden | 718-817-8700
Schedule Saturday & Sunday
2:00P to 5:00P | Parade at 3:00P
Admission $5 to $16
The Garden's winter royalty, Snowdrop
Queen and Evergreen King hold court in the shop each Saturday
and Sunday. At 3:00P they like to get out for a stroll around
the grounds. Kids are invited to tag along and jingle some bells
as the royal couple survey their kingdom from Perennial Garden
Way. And kids get to keep the jingle bell wristbands!
November 19 2005 thru January
8 2006
Holiday Garden &
Train Show
New York Botanical Garden | 200th
Street & Kazimiroff (Southern) Boulevard | The Bronx
Information New
York Botanical Garden | 718-817-8700
Schedule Tuesday thru Sunday
10:00A to 6:00P | Monday Dec 26th & Jan 2nd 10:00A to
6:00P | Dec 9th & 24th 10:00A to 3:00P | Nov 24th &
Dec 25th Closed
Admission $5 to $16
This fantastical recreation of historic
New York City is a family holiday favorite. Outside the
Conservatory the entrance plaza is resplendent with lights and
trimmings, featuring 80 spheres twinkling with white lights along
the avenues of honey locust trees. Miniature trains wind through
sylvan landscapes and historic old-town New York, disappearing
into forest tunnels to reappear running alongside beautiful
historic houses and the New York City skyline -- all made from
plant materials!
New for 2005 are re-creations of 1923 Yankee Stadium, the Van
Cortlandt Manor and the Rockefeller's Kykuit estate
November 19 2005 thru January 8 2006
Gingerbread Adventures
Bronx Zoo | Bronx River Parkway at
Fordham Road | The Bronx
Information The
Bronx Zoo | 718-367-1010
Schedule Tuesday thru Friday
1:30P to 5:30P | Saturday & Sunday 10:00A to 5:30P |
Nov 24th & Dec 25th Closed
Admission $5 to $16
Children of all ages love it. But do you
know about the spices that go into gingerbread? Where they grow?
How they grow? What parts of the plants are used for each spice?
Well, then take your kids over to the Bronx Zoo so everyone can
have fun learning at the same time. Kids can take a walk through
a gingerbread house, decorate cookies and more November
21 thru December
24 2005
Holiday Fair
Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central
Terminal | 42nd Street at Park Avenue | Manhattan
Information Grand
Central Terminal | 212- 340-2210
Hours Monday thru Saturday 10:00A to 8:00P | Sunday
12:00N to 6:00P
This is the place to find that special
item for that special person. Shop for unique gifts and
decorations and capture the spirit of the season in this historic
hall. It's one of our favorite stops during the season
November
21 thru December
31 2005 11:00A
to 9:00P
Holiday Laser Light Show
Main Concourse at Grand Central
Terminal | 42nd Street at Park Avenue | Manhattan
Information Grand
Central Terminal | 212- 340-2210
A series of six different 3-D holiday
light shows are reflected on the ceiling of Grand Central's main
concourse on the hour and half-hour. See winter scenes, New York
City scenes, holiday scenes and more. Be sure to look up if you're passing through
November 22 2005 thru January 8 2006
Empire State Building Holiday Lights
Empire State Building | 5th Avenue at
34th Street
Information Empire
State Building
Even the most famous building in town
dresses up for the holidays. The three banks of holiday lights
(green, red & red from top to bottom), illuminate the tower
November 22nd thru 27th, November 29th thru December 4th, December
6th thru December 26th and December 30th thru January 8th
On November 28th the tower is lit in
blue to mark the lighting of the UNICEF
Snowflake. One the nights of December 27th
thru the 29th the tower is lit with a combination of blue and white lights to
mark the first night of Chanukah. And this year it's all
interrupted by white lights on the night of December 5th for a
movie premiere. We hear that the flick stars some sort of big
ape
November 22 2005 thru January
8 2006
Christmas Tree & Neapolitan Baroque
Creche
Metropolitan
Museum of Art | 81st Street at 5th Avenue | Manhattan
Information Metropolitan
Museum of Art | 212-879-5500
If you're in the museum please be sure to
take a walk to the Medieval Art hall on the 1st floor to
appreciate this gloriously decorated tree and its setting.
Surrounding the tree is a landscape created by 18th-century
craftsmen with the creche and depictions of village life among
hills, valleys, ridges and ravines. Jim usually gets lost as he
searches out details he hasn't noticed before and admires the
craftsmanship
November 25 2005 thru
December 30 2005
New
York State Theater | Lincoln Center
New York City Ballet's traditional holiday
performance November
25 2005 thru January 1 2006
Fetes de Noel
Holiday Shops & Ice Skating at Bryant
Park
Bryant Park 42nd Street at 6th
Avenue | Manhattan
Information
Fetes de
Noel
New this year to Midtown is the Pond at
Bryant Park, simply a great place to glide across the ice.
There's no admission fee and skate rentals are only $7.50.
Holiday shopping is back for this year's fest, with more than 125?? booths featuring unique items
for the holiday season. A great stroll on a holiday season
afternoon, especially with a bit of snow lacing the tree branches
Monday November 28
2005 5:30P to 9:30P
Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square | Broadway from 61st to
68th Streets
Information
Winter's Eve at Lincoln Square
Get there in time for the tree lighting
ceremony at 5:30P in Lincoln Center and then enjoy the
festivities in the surrounding neighborhood. Sidewalk
performers, food samplings and fun for the whole family
Monday November 28 2005 7:00P
5th Avenue at 59th Street
A star-studded event introduces another new
"outdoor chandelier," now with 16,000 Baccarat crystals
November 29 2005 thru
December 28
2005
Winter Garden at the World Financial
Center
This month-long celebration of winter
holidays from around the world kicks off with a tree lighting
ceremony, but the star of the show is the Winter Garden ablaze
with 100,000 lights
December 1 thru December 11 2005
Gingerbread Homes for Animals
Charles A Dana Discovery Center |
Central Park | Enter at 110th Street
Admission Free
Hours Tuesday thru Sunday
10:00A to 5:00P
Information
Gingerbread Homes for Animals
At this great annual event, New York's
master pastry chefs make, you got it, gingerbread home for
animals. These very imaginative -- and very edible -- creations
are raffled off to promote the welfare of NYC's at-risk animals.
There are plenty of activities and crafts to spark kids'
interest
December 2 thru December
18 2005
Mulberry Street & vicinity
Little Italy is aglow with holiday lights,
and each Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the holiday period
you can enjoy a tree lighting ceremony, holiday parade,
entertainment and more...
December 2 thru December 18
2005
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
TBG Arts Center | 312 W 36th Street |
between 8th and 9th Avenues
Tickets $17 to $19 at
Smarttix
Information Personal
Space Theatrics | 212-802-4537
Join the cast of almost 30 actors and singers as
they retell Charles Dickens' powerful holiday tale of human
redemption in a concert adaptation complete with classic
holiday songs seamlessly woven into Dickens' words
December 3 thru December
24 2005
Christmas Tree & Poinsettia Sales
Queen's County Farm Museum | 73-50
Little Neck Parkway | Queens
Information Queens
County Farm Museum | 718-347-FARM
Take the time to buy your tree and holiday
floral decorations and benefit New York City's only working farm
December 3 2005 thru January 1
2006
Holiday Puppet Theater The Little Engine
That Could
New York Botanical Garden | 200th
Street & Kazimiroff (Southern) Boulevard | The Bronx
Information New
York Botanical Garden | 718-817-8700 | 718-601-7399
Performances 1:00P, 2:00P & 3:00P on Dec
3rd & 4th,
10th & 11th, 17th, 26th thru 31st & Jan 1st
$2 plus grounds admission
Master puppeteer Ralph Lee and the
Mettawee River Theatre Company present the timeless tale of the
little engine worried about how he's going to get to the other
side of the mountain in time for Christmas
Sunday December
4 2005 10:00A to 4:00P
Christmas in Richmond Town
Historic Richmond Town | 441 Clark
Avenue | Staten Island
Information Historic
Richmond Town
Admission $3.50 to $5.00
Period decorations, crafts, gifts and
baked goods for sale, plus Santa listening to children's wish
lists
Wednesday December 7 2005
5:15P
Broadway Holiday Tree Ceremony
Father Duffy Square | Broadway at 46th
Street
Admission Free
Information
Theatre
Development Fund
Join Broadway stars Chita Rivera (The
Dancer's Life) and
David Hyde Pierce (Spamalot) as they flip the switch on this 25-foot holiday
tree
Thursday December 8 2005
4:00P
Holiday Lighting Ceremony
Charles A Dana Discovery Center |
Central Park | Enter at 110th Street
Admission Free
Information Central
Park Conservancy | 212-860-1370
Make your own ornaments and help decorate
a Christmas tree accompanied by live holiday music
December 10 & December 17 2005
Historic Richmond Town Candlelight Tours
Historic Richmond Town | 441 Clark
Avenue | Staten Island
Information Historic
Richmond Town | Reservations 718-351-1611
Fee $20.00 to $27.50
Candlelight tours by guides in period
costumes help folks get a taste of holiday traditions of
centuries past
Sunday December 11 2005 3:30P
Tuba Christmas
Rockefeller Plaza | 5th Avenue between
49th & 50th Streets
Info
http://www.tubachristmas.com/
Just grab your tuba and run on down to
Rock Center to take part in this annual event. Don't have a tuba?
Well, then pull that old euphonium out of the closet.
Rehearsals start 11:00A at the 50th Street loading dock. Those who
don't play (or can't find their euphoniums), can just step back
and listen to traditional holiday music as conducted by Harvey
Phillips & Chris Wilhjelm
December 26 & December
27 2005 12:00N to 4:00P
Holiday Open House
Queen's County Farm Museum | 73-50
Little Neck Parkway | Queens
Information Queens
County Farm Museum | 718-347-FARM
The farmhouse is decorated for the
holidays and the folks at the farm have laid on a program of
craft activities for kids
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