Holidays in New York! |
Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center
With it’s 35+ft. Christmas tree, the biggest Menorah in the world, and one of the most eclectic populations coming together to experience the wonders, New York City is the best place to spend the holiday season.
There is always a lot to do in NY, but during the holidays there is something every moment to keep you merry till the end of the year.
Here is a choice list of things to do from now until Christmas:
1st:
• Aids Awareness Day
• The First Day Of Chanukah
• Visit Bailystoker Synagogue – first organized in 1865, and played a role in the Underground Railroad – @ 7-11 Willett Street/Bailystoker Place
• The Ha! Ha! Hanukkah Cocktails and Comedy Show @ 236 W. 78th St. Apt. 1; 6:30-8:45pm
• Beer + Latke Hanukkah Celebration @ 92YTribeca; 7pm
2nd:
• Start off your holiday season by getting a Free Mini Facial from Caudalie @ Sephora, 597 5th Ave.; 12-6pm
• Take a guided tour of Eldridge Street Synagogue – the first great house of worship in America by Eastern European Jews - @ 12 Eldridge Street
• See the burlesque show Baby It’s Cold Outside, and participate in their coat drive for a free seat @ Fontana’s; 9-11pm
• Auralfixia Presents: MAGICK! A Sextacular Holiday Feast! @ The Bowery Poetry Club; 10pm
3rd:
• Donate a Wrapped Gift for a NYC Child
• Take a HOLIDAY TROPICANA CRUISE aboard the Queen of Hearts @ Pier #40; 8pm
4th:
• Buy some unique gifts at the Handmade Holiday Market @ NorfolksNYC Gallery, 139 Norfolk Street (through December 5th)
• Get on a Free Party Cruise On The Hudson – go to Pulsd to get free tickets
5th:
• See the Victorian Holiday Lighting at Central Park @ Charles A. Dana Discovery Center; 3-5pm
• Take your kids on the Chanukah Kiddie Cruise @ Peir #40; 1:30pm
• Participate in The Amazing New York Race: Holiday Edition! @ Jekyll & Hyde, 91 7th Ave South; 12:30pm
• Leave the kids at home and dance at the 4th Annual Menorah Horah @ Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th st.; 7pm
6th:
• Go to Mahayana Buddhist Temple - see the 16 foot statue of Buddha and get your fortune read for $1 – @ 133 Canal St.
• Take your kids to see an Inspiring Evening of Christmas Spirit: Memories of Family, Friends, and Faith @ Barns & Noble Booksellers, 555 5th Ave; 12pm
• Witness the Lighting of the Largest (32 foot) Menorah @ 5th Ave and 59th St., New York, NY 10019; Night
Biggest Minorah In The World
7th:
• See The Bergdorf Goodman 2010 Holiday Window @ 754 5th Avenue
• Single for the holidays? Then don’t miss the 2ND ANNUAL NAUGHTY OFFICE HOLIDAY PARTY @ The Bell House, 149 7th Street; 7pm
8th:
• See St. Patrick’s Cathedral – the largest decorated gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the US @ 5th Ave. btwn 5pth and 51st st.; 6:30-8:45pm
• Participate in an Evening of Free Food, Drink & Fun at the Yelp 2010 Holiday Party NYC @ The 69th Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue; 7pm
9th:
• Last day of Chanukah!
• See O Night Divine @ York Theatre at St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Ave; 8pm (Open until 12/12)
10th:
• Come get Christmas Beers!! @ Artisanal Premium Cheese, 483 Tenth Ave.; 6:30pm
• Go see Z100′s Jingle Ball with Justin Bieber, and Katy Perry @ Madison Square Garden, 7th Ave. & 32nd st.; 7:30pm
11th:
• Tour the Friends Meeting House in Flushing – the oldest house of worship on NYC – @ 137-16 Northern Boulevard, Flushing; 12pm
• Go on the Holiday Lights Walking Tour @ Grand Central Terminal; 6:45pm
• See the Red Hot Holiday Stomp @ Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th St.; 8pm
12th:
• Feed It Forward with free $10 NYC restaurant cards
• See Santa at Macys
• Take your kids on the Christmas Kiddie Cruise @ Pier #40; 1:30pm
13th:
• See George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker @ New York City Ballet, David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center (Plays Until January 11th)
14th:
• Have fun shopping at Tory Burch Holiday Party Shopping Event w/Awesome Cocktails & Lorin Latarro, RSVP at toryburchevents@toryburch.com @ 38-40 Little West 12th St.; 6:30pm
15th:
• Go see THE PLJ HOLIDAY BASH with Ryan Star
16th:
• Go Ice Skating and do some holiday Shopping @ Bryant Park; M-F: 11-8; Sat: 10-9; Sun: 10-6
17th:
• See Christmas Comes to Old New York @ Merchant’s House Museum; 12pm
• Laugh the night away with the Comedy Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Dan Ain and Comedian Jon Friedman @ 92YTribeca; 7pm
18th:
• See the Origami Holiday Tree @ the American Museum of Natural History
19th:
• Go To Rockefeller Center, Ice Skate, and See the illuminated 35 foot tree; 5:30am-11:30pm
20th:
• Visit Abyssinian Baptist Church – the first black NY church in 1808, with a Coptic cross, gifted to them by the King of Ethiopia – @ 123 Odell Clark Place
21st:
• See The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine – the largest church in the US – @ 1047 Amsterdam Ave.
• Make the trip to the Dyker Heights and see the lights @ 11th Avenue to 13th Avenue and from 83rd to 86th Street; 7-9pm
22nd:
• See the Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche @ the MET
23rd:
• See Radio City Christmas Spectacular
24th:
• See the Art Exhibition Smile for the Holidays @ Galleria on Third
25th:
• Christmas!
• And if your not celebrating that night, 92YTribeca is hosting a Chinese and a Movie Event – serving up Chinese take-out and showing projections of Airplane! and The Naked Gun – @ 92YTribeca; 2pm
-by Sam Richman
