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Things To Do in NYC During Christmas Week to New Year’s Eve: Your 2025 Holiday Guide

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Holiday events and cultural experiences happening from December 20 through December 31, 2025

The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve offers a wonderful opportunity to explore New York City with family and friends. Whether you’re hosting guests, reconnecting with loved ones, or visiting from out of town, this festive stretch of days is filled with inspiring exhibitions, joyful musical performances, and special programs across the city’s most celebrated cultural institutions.

We’ve curated a selection of standout events taking place from Saturday, December 20 through Wednesday, December 31, 2025, making it easier to find memorable experiences that capture the magic of the season.

Brooklyn Museum

Gallery Tour: A Few of Our Favorite Things

A curator-led tour featuring highlights across the museum’s collection and current exhibitions.
Pricing: Included with Museum Admission
Available on:

Saturday, December 20,
Sunday, December 21,
Wednesday, December 24,
Friday, December 26,
Saturday, December 27,
Sunday, December 28,
Wednesday, December 31

Pop-Up Talks: Monet and Venice

A short, engaging talk offering new insights into Monet’s Venetian works and the inspiration behind them.
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Pricing: Included with Museum Admission

xhibitions On View

Explore a rich lineup of exhibitions, from contemporary photography to historic milestones and bold abstraction.
Pricing: Museum Admission
Learn more: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions

  • Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversations

  • Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens

  • Monet and Venice

  • Oliver Jeffers: Life at Sea

  • Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls

  • Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200

  • Christian Marclay: Doors

Caramoor

An Amarcord Christmas

An elegant holiday concert by the acclaimed vocal ensemble Amarcord, filling the season with luminous harmonies and timeless music.
Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pricing: Ticketed

Holiday Rosen House Tours

Step inside the historic Rosen House and explore its festive seasonal decorations and rich history.
Multiple dates throughout Christmas Week
Pricing: Ticketed

Dates:

Holiday Tea Musicale

A refined holiday tea accompanied by live chamber music inside the enchanting Rosen House.
Select dates
Pricing: Ticketed

Dizzy’s Club

Tammy McCann: Merry Christmas Baby

Vocalist Tammy McCann brings soulful artistry to holiday classics in this intimate jazz club setting overlooking Central Park.
Thursday, December 18 and Friday, December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM
Pricing: Ticketed

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Webop Family Jazz Party: A Holiday Jazz Jam

A festive and interactive introduction to jazz for families, featuring joyful singing, dancing, and live performance.
Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Pricing: Ticketed

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Big Band Holidays

A cherished annual tradition with swinging holiday arrangements performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and guest vocalists.
Saturday, December 20 and Sunday, December 21, 2025
Pricing: Ticketed

The New York Historical

Designing Women Market

A curated shopping experience highlighting women-led brands and makers. While the main event peaks earlier in the season, selected artists continue to be featured through December.
Pricing: Free to browse

Exhibitions On View

A robust lineup of exhibitions spanning history, art, culture, and design, offering something for every interest during the holiday week.
Pricing: Museum Admission
Learn more: https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions

  • The Gay Harlem Renaissance

  • Declaring the Revolution

  • Stirring the Melting Pot

  • New York, New York: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection

  • The New York Sari

  • Turn Every Page: Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive

  • Gallery of Tiffany Lamps

  • Meet the Presidents and the Oval Office

  • Audubon’s Birds of America

  • Objects Tell Stories

  • Fashion Forward: The Bill Cunningham Archive

  • A Shot in the Arm: New York City Gets Vaccinated

  • Erie Canal 200th Anniversary

  • The Guggenheim Fellowship at 100

  • Creating Kosher Chop Suey

  • Circulating Control: Women’s Book Battles, 1880–1930

Poster House

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

An evocative look at graphic design and political identity in early 20th-century Italy.
Pricing: Museum Admission

Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Park Posters

A vibrant celebration of one artist’s iconic poster designs that helped define the visual identity of America’s national parks.
Pricing: Museum Admission

Wave Hill

Winter Solstice Pub Night

Celebrate the winter solstice with seasonal drinks, live music, and views of the Hudson River and Palisades.
Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pricing: Ticketed

Holiday Tea at Wave Hill House

A festive afternoon tea served in the historic Wave Hill House, offering a restorative holiday experience.
Friday, December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pricing: Ticketed

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