Everything to see and do for Christmas in New York in 2026, with dates, tips and links to every detailed guide.
The 2026 tree arrives November 7 and is lit on Wednesday, December 2. Here’s how to see it without the crowds.
Bryant Park, Grand Central, Union Square, Columbus Circle and Brooklyn: every New York holiday market for 2026.
Saks, Bergdorf, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and a self-guided Fifth Avenue windows walk for 2026.
From Rockefeller Center to free skating at Bryant Park: every major NYC rink for 2026–27.
A Gold Coast mansion decked out for the holidays, with Santa, concerts and cookies on December weekends.
Walk a candlelit 19th-century village with carolers, brass music and Christmas stories in late December.
Port Jefferson becomes a Victorian village for a weekend of carolers, parades, Santa and A Christmas Carol, the first weekend of December.
A holiday village of lights, rides and Santa visits in Bayville, opening December 4, 2026.
Thousands of lights transform a Sayville mini-golf course into a walk-through show, from November 20, 2026.
A free, interactive canopy of glowing lanterns in the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place.
Edible gingerbread versions of New York landmarks, November 6, 2026 to January 18, 2027.
A 20-foot blue spruce hung with 18th-century Neapolitan angels in the Met’s Medieval Sculpture Hall.
A holiday tree hung with hundreds of handmade origami animals and dinosaurs, from November 23, 2026.
A tree lighting, a holiday festival and candlelit tours of a historic village on Staten Island, December 2026.