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101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Westchester - 2024

 

KidsOutAndAbout is Westchester's online guide to everything for kids, teens, and families! The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!

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Santa Sightings

Nov 8, 2024 SANTA'S GRAND ARRIVAL PAJAMA PARTY | Stamford Town Center | Stamford
Multiple Days Starting Nov 9, 2024 PHOTOS WITH SANTA | Stamford Town Center | Stamford
Multiple dates starting Nov 15, 2024 Where Is Santa - Palisades Center
Multiple Days Starting Nov 17, 2024 SANTA PAWS | Stamford Town Center | Stamford
Multiple Days Starting Nov 14, 2024(Reservations recommended) Cross County Center / Santa Photos
Multiple dates starting Nov 19, 2024 Pet Nights with Santa at Palisades | West Nyack, NY
Multiple Days Starting Nov 24, 2024 Santa at Ridge Hill - Ridge Hill
Multiple Days Starting Nov 29, 2024 Reindeer Festival & Santa's Village™
Nov 29, 30, Dec 1,8,9, 2024 Christmas Tree Farm Visit Santa
Multiple Days Starting Nov 29, 2024 Breakfast with Santa - Stella 34 Trattoria
Dec 1, 2024 Holiday Celebration With Santa | Walkway Over the Hudson
Dec 1, 2024 A Visit from St. Nick — Locust Grove Estate
Dec 4, 2024 Pet Night with Santa - Ridge Hill
Dec 6, 2024 It's a Winter Wonderland - Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
Dec 8, 2024 Sensory- friendly Santa at Palisades Center | West Nyack, NY

 

Old-Time Christmas

Multiple dates starting Nov 9, 2024 Holiday Lane Tickets 2024 – Christmas In America
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2024 Boscobel House and Gardens, Twilight Tours, Holidays, String Music
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Christmas by Candlelight 2024 - Old Sturbridge Village
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Holiday Classic Mansion Tour 2024 | Lyndhurst Mansion
Dec 6, 2024 Holiday Stroll Open House — Keeler Tavern Museum
Dec 4 & 5, 2024 Glenview Holiday Tour | Hudson River Museum

 

Light Displays

Nov 9, 2024 Tree Arrival Family Festivities - Rockefeller Center
Multiple dates starting Nov 9, 2024 Holiday Lane Mount Vernon – Christmas In America
Nov 15, 2024 Cross County Center / Tree Lighting Celebration
Nov, 23, 2024 The Lighting at Ridge Hill - Ridge Hill
Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 Westchester's Winter Wonderland
Select dates November 22 - January 5, 2025 Holiday Lights 2024 - Bronx Zoo
Multiple dates beginning Nov 23, 2024 Westchester's Winter Wonderland
Dec 1, 2024 Katonah Chamber of Commerce - Tree & Menorah Lighting
Dec 4, 2024 Tree Lighting - Rockefeller Center
Dec 6 & 7, 2024 Winter Wonder Walks | Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Dec 6, 2024 Holiday Lights – Nyack Chamber of Commerce
Dec 6, 2024 2024 Holiday Tree Lighting - Mount Kisco Chamber of Commerce
Dec 8 - Jan 1, 2024 Grand Holiday Illumination - Untermyer Gardens Conservancy
Dec 11, 2024 City Lights, Bright Holiday Nights - Tree Lighting

 

Holiday Concerts

Nov 24, 2024

Jennifer Hudson's The Gift of Love: An Intimate Live Experience - Kings Theatre

Nov 26, 2024

Pentatonix - Madison Square Garden

Multiple days starting Nov 29, 2024

HOLIDAYS IN HARMONY | Stamford Town Center | Stamford

Dec 8, 2024

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild And Swingin’ Holiday Party! | Tarrytown Music Hall

Dec 11 - 14, 2024

Handel’s Messiah - New York Philharmonic

Dec 14, 2024

Laurie Berkner: A Live Holiday Concert | Tarrytown Music Hall

Dec 14 & 15, 2024

Jessica Lynn- A Very Merry Classic Christmas - Paramount Hudson Valley Theater

Dec 15, 2024

Christmas With Chris Ruggiero - Yorktownstage

Dec 18-19, 2024

Andrea Bocelli - Madison Square Garden

Dec 19 - 22, 2024

Elf in Concert - New York Philharmonic

Dec 21, 2024

Cherish the Ladies - A Celtic Christmas | Tarrytown Music Hall

Dec 22 & 26, 2024

Broadway Sings Mariah Carey: A Holiday Spectacular - The Cutting Room, NYC

Dec 27, 2024 Anthony Nunziata: My Italian Christmas! - Yorktownstage

 

Holiday Theatre

Multiple Dates Nov 23 - Dec 29, 2024 Yuletide Factory - The New Victory Theater
Multiple Dates Dec 4, 2024- Jan 5, 2025 Annie Revival - Theatre at Madison Square Garden
Dec 7, 2024 Yuletide Factory: Sensory-Friendly
Multiple dates starting Dec 7, 2024 Dickens's Christmas Carol | Historic Hudson Valley
Dec 8, 2024 Nutcracker, Short and Sweet- Sensory Friendly Performance - Paramount Hudson Valley Theater
Dec 8, 2024 Nutcracker, Short and Sweet - Paramount Hudson Valley Theater
Dec 14, 2024 Just Dance! Winter Performance 2024 - Yorktownstage
Dec 14, 2024 GRAND KYIV BALLET PRESENTS: THE NUTCRACKER - Kings Theatre
Dec 14, 2024 O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi at Queens County Farm Museum
Dec 15, 2024 (1 Hour Family Show) The Nutcracker Performed by New York Theatre Ballet / Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 21 & 22, 2024 Nutcracker For Kids - Yorktownstage
Dec 22, 2024 The Muppet Christmas Carol – The Rosendale Theatre
Dec 23, 2024 Hip Hop Nutcracker - Kings Theatre

 

Holiday Trains

Weekends starting Nov 16, 2024 Holiday Train Show - Greenburgh Nature Center
Select Dates Nov 16 - Jan 20, 2025 Holiday Train Show - New York Botanical Garden

 

Christmas Tree Experience

Mulpitle Days starting Nov 25, 2024 Battenfeld's Christmas Tree Farm
(Reservations Needed) Emmerich Tree Farm
Opening day Nov 30, 2024 Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm
Opening day Nov 29, 2024 Christmas Trees - Wright Family Farm

 

Get Moving This Holiday Season

Nov 24, 2024 Turkey Trot | Village of Mamaroneck NY
Dec 15, 2024 NYC Holiday Half, 10K, 5K

 

Ice Skating

Multiple Days- Starting Nov 1st, 2024 Public Skating at WSA
Weekends - November 2nd Ice skating at Bear Mountain Rink
Opening Nov 10, 2024 LeFrak Center at Lakeside
Multiple Days starting Nov 14, 2024 Cross County Center / Pop-up Ice Skating Rink

 

Holidays with The Animals

Nov 24, 2024 Turkey Tales - Hudson Highlands Nature Museum
Dec 21, 2024 Beary Merry Holiday / Trailside Museums and Zoo

 

Chanukah

Dec 1, 2024 Katonah Chamber of Commerce - Tree & Menorah Lighting
Dec 10, 2024 Community Chanukah Extravaganza: Fire on Ice - ChabadRT.org
Dec 15, 2024 Chanukah Concert with the Maccabeats - ChabadBedford.com
Dec 22, 2024 Chanukah Workshop at New Rochelle Home Depot
Dec 26, 2024 Cross County Center / Menorah Lighting
Dec 29, 2024 Menorah Lighting at Ridge Hill - Ridge Hill
Dec 30, 2024 Chanukah on Fifth from Chabad of Pelham
Jan 1, 2025 Chanukah Menorah Lightings - ChabadBedford.com

 

Hands On For The Holidays

Nov 23, 2024 Natural Holiday Ornaments – Friends of Lasdon Park & Arboretum
Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2024 Family Science Workshop: Nebula-in-a-Bubble Holiday Ornament | Hudson River Museum
Nov 30 & Dec 1, 2024 Volunteer: Wreath Decorating on the Farm : Muscoot Farm
Dec 7, 2024 Children's Art Workshop - Make Holiday Ornaments Christina DeJesus | Blue Door Art Center
Dec 8, 2024 DIY Snow Globes - Hudson Highlands Nature Museum
Dec 9, 2024 Holiday Diamond Painting | Yonkers Public Library
Dec 22, 2024 Gifts for Wildlife - Teatown

 

Shopping / Craft Fairs

Multiple dates starting Nov 14, 2024 Clay Art Center - Clay Holiday Market 2024
Multiple dates Starting Nov 15, 2024 Cross County Center / Holiday Food Truck Market
Nov 16 & 17, 2024 Traveling Holiday Makers Market - At Palisades Center
Nov 16 & 17, 2024 Holiday Market  - Greenburgh Nature Center
Multiple dates starting Nov 21, 2024 Holiday Boutique in the Barn: Keeler Tavern Museum
Nov 21, 2024 Holiday Trolley Boutique Bop
Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024 Opening of Holiday Bazaar | Blue Door Art Center
Nov 30, 2024 Holiday Market : Muscoot Farm
Dec 5, 2024 Holiday Market Sip & Shop | Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Dec 7 & 15, 2024 Winter Festival Holiday Market - Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort
Dec, 2024 Holiday Market - Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 11 - 22, 2024 Winter Village & Holiday Market - White Plains Business Improvement District

 

New Year's Fun

Dec 29, 2024 End of Year Hike - Teatown
Dec 31, 2024 Westchester Children's Museum — NYE Kids Countdown
Dec 31, 2024 White Plains New Year's Eve Family Spectacular
Dec 31, 2024 New Year's Eve Fireworks in Prospect Park - Prospect Park Alliance

 

Miscellaneous

Nov 18 - 23, 2024 Let's Celebrate Worldwide / Stepping Stones
Nov 28, 2024 Thanksgiving Dinner Mountainside or To Go - Fire at the Ridge
Nov 29, 30 & Dec 1, 2024 Holiday Kick-Off | Hudson River Museum
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024 Holiday Bricktacular | LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester
Dec 7, 2024 Katonah Chamber of Commerce - 4th Annual Peppermint Parade
Dec 9, 2024 Rudolph Rocs New Ro | New Rochelle Public Library
Dec 15, 2024 Greenwich-Stamford Christmas Bird Count | Greenwich Audubon Center
Dec 23, 2024 On The Big Screen: It's A Wonderful Life (1946) | Tarrytown Music Hall

Below are events that have been posted to our calendar. If you know of an upcoming event that is not yet there, please mindy@kidsoutandabout.com to let her know about it. If you are sponsoring an upcoming event, click here for posting instructions (it's free).


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