Master Guide to Holiday Fun in Westchester
As soon as the cold weather arrives, our thoughts naturally turn to the holiday season! We prepare for it for weeks, if not months. Here is your master guide to the holidays! Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwaanza, and New Year's. KidsOutAndAbout has events, concerts, Christmas tree farms, and more!
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15th Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa's Workshop
November 24 - December 23, 2023Santa and his three LIVE reindeer return to Greenwich for the 15th Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa’s Workshop presented by Jenny Allen / Compass Real Estate, the “North Pole on North Street,” Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses, 437 North Street, Greenwich, Connecticut, from November 24 to December 23, 2023. The cherished town tradition continues for the fifteenth consecutive year at this expansive nursery where visitors can have their photo taken with Santa, meet the reindeer and also enjoy Santa’s Workshop sponsored by Greenwich Pediatric Dental Group, which provides more space for families. Guests can enjoy the “Reindeer Coloring Station" sponsored by Jenny Allen/Compass and "Letter Writing to Santa Station" sponsored by Greenwich Pediatric Dental Group," while waiting in line for their photo with Santa.
Christmas Tree Farms
Here's a list of farms where you choose your own Christmas tree in our area.
Subscriptions Boxes: Gifts That Keep on Giving
Send thoughtful choices to the ones you love near and far, and plan some excellent expected surprises for your own family in the months to come. KidsOutAndAbout has put together of some of our favorite choices with a range for all different ages and interests.
Santa Sightings
Where can your kids visit with Santa? At plenty of places around our area! We also show you Breakfasts with Santa (and sometimes, Breakfast with the Grinch!). (Get your tickets early, because those Breakfasts with Santa tend to sell out early.)
FREE holiday events
You think you can't get anything free anymore? Nonsense! Here are a bunch of free events coming up in our area.
Chanukah
Hanukkah begins in the evening of December 7, 2023 and ends December 15, 2023.
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is celebrated December 26-January 1 each year.
Lightbulb Day
Lightbulb Day is celebrated on the Winter Solstice, on or about December 21.
Holiday concerts and performances
There are lots of special concerts and shows... and some of them are free!