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101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Westchester - 2023

 

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

Multiple Days Starting Nov 9, 2023 Photos with Santa - Stamford Town Center
Multiple Days Starting Nov 17, 2023(Reservations are strongly recommended) SANTA PHOTOS - Cross County Center
Nov 18, 2023 Santa’s Grand Arrival - At Palisades Center Mall
Multiple Days Starting Nov 20, 2023 Santa Photos at Ridge Hill
Nov 24-Dec 23, 2023 (closed Sundays) 15th Annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival - Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses
Multiple Days Starting Nov 24, 2023 Santa at Battenfeld Christmas Tree Farm
Multiple Days Starting Nov 22, 2023 Photos with Santa at Jefferson Valley Mall
Nov 26, 2023 Holiday Celebration With Santa - Walkway Over The Hudson
Dec 2, 2023  SINTERKLAAS FESTIVAL DAY IN RHINEBECK
Dec 3, 2023 Santa Cares - At Palisades Center Mall
Dec 5, 2023 Pet Party With Santa - At Palisades Center Mall
Dec 9-10, 16-17, 23, 2023 Breakfast with Frosty - Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo

 

Old-Time Christmas

Nov 3 - Dec 22, 2023 Santa's Village at American Christmas
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 Twilight Tours at Boscobel
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 Holiday House Tours - Locust Grove
Nov 24, 25, 26, 2023 Glenview Holiday Tour - Hudson River Museum
Multiple dates starting Nov 24, 2023 Christmas by Candlelight 2023 - Old Sturbridge Village
Select Dates Nov 27 - Dec 29, 2023 Holiday Classic Mansion Tours at Lyndhurst
Dec 1 - 15, 2023 SANTA CLAUS LETTERS - Lewisboro
Dec 1, 2023 Holiday Stroll Open House - Keeler Tavern Museum
Multiple Days starting Nov 25, 2023 Holiday Boutique at Philipsburg Manor
Dec 2, 2023 Carmel NY's Holiday on The Lake
Dec 2,3 2023 Christmas in Museum Village

 

Light Displays

Dec 2, 2023 Peekskill Holiday Tree Lighting
Nov 17 - Dec 24, 2023 The Holiday Wish Express - Stamford Town Center
Multiple Dates beginning Nov 17, 2023- Jan 7, 2024 Winter Lantern Festival at Queens County Farm Museum
Multiple Dates begining Nov 17 - Dec 31, 2023 Festival of Lights at Harvest Moon
Multiple Days Starting Nov 20, 2023 Worldwide Lights Celebration at Stepping Stones
Select dates November 17, 2023 through January 7, 2024 Holiday Lights 2023 - Bronx Zoo
Multiple Dates starting Nov 17 - Jan 13, 2024 NYBG GLOW- New York Botanical Gardens
Nov 17, 2023 Christmas Tree Lighting- Cross County Shopping Center
Nov 19, 2023 The Lighting of Ridge Hill
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 21, 2023 Origami Holiday Tree - American Museum of Natural History
Multiple dates beginning Nov 24, 2023 Westchester's Winter Wonderland Drive-Thru Light Show Experience
Dec 1, 2023 Mt. Kisco Chamber presents: Holiday Tree Lighting
Dec 3, 2023 Tree Lighting - Holiday Lights of Nyack
Dec 2, 2023 Holiday Electric Lights Parade and Tree Lighting - Yorktown
Dec 8 - Jan 1, 2024 Grand Holiday Illumination - Untermyer Gardens Conservancy
Dec 10, 2023 City Lights, Bright Holiday Nights-Tree Lighting - White Plains

 

Holiday Concerts

Dec 2, 2023

Elf in Concert at Kings Theatre

Dec 9, 2023 John Tesh- A Jazzy Swingin’ Christmas - Paramount Hudson Valley
Dec 10, 2023 TENET Vocal Artists Love Enfolds Thee Round - Caramoor
Dec 2, 2023 The Laurie Berkner Band - A Holiday Celebration Concert - Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 9, 2023 Cherish the Ladies “A Celtic Christmas” - Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 14, 2023 The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Home For The Holidays - Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 16, 17 (Matinee) 2023 Jessica Lynn – A Very Merry Country Christmas - Paramount Hudson Valley
Dec 16 & 23, 2023 Christmas Rocks with EKKquinox: Steelpan Concert - At Palisades Center Mall
Dec 15, 2023 The Doo Wop Project presents A Doo Wop Christmas - Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 17, 2023 Darlene Love: Love for the Holidays - Tarrytown Music Hall

 

Holiday Theatre

Multiple Dates Nov 18 - 26, 2023 The Wizard of Oz - Yorktown Stage
Nov 30, Dec 1,2, 2023 Live Theatre: A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play - Rosendale Theatre
Nov. 24, Dec 2, and Dec 16, 2023 The Nutcracker by the New Paltz Ballet at Rocking Horse Ranch Resort
Multiple Days Starting Dec 2, 2023 Dickens's 'Christmas Carol' at The Old Dutch Church
Dec 3, 2023 Musiquita Nutcracker Tap Dance Special - Caramoor
Dec 6, 2023 Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet - Kings Theatre
Dec 8, 2023 Worship Live Holiday Tour - Kings Theatre
Dec 13, 2023 Edwards Twins presents The Ultimate Christmas Variety Show Vegas’ Top Impersonators & Impressionists - Paramount Hudson Valley
Dec 16, 2023 The Brooklyn Nutcracker at Kings Theatre
Dec 16, 2023 O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi at Queens County Farm Museum
Dec 10, 2023 (1 Hour Family Show) The Nutcracker Performed by New York Theatre Ballet at Tarrytown Music Hall

 

Holiday Trains

Weekends starting Nov 18 - Dec 10, 2023 Holiday Train Show - Greenburgh Nature Center
Select Dates Nov 17 - Jan 15, 2024 Holiday Train Show - New York Botanical Garden
Starting Nov 26, 2023 Holidays On The Hill Train Show at Lasdon Park

 

Christmas Tree Experience

 Mulpitle Days starting Nov 20, 2023 Battenfeld Christmas Tree Farm
(Reservations Needed) Emmerich Tree Farm
Open the Friday after Thanksgiving Stuart's Fruit Farm
Opening day Nov 25, 2023  Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm
Opening day Nov 24, 2023  Wright Family Farm

 

Get Moving This Holiday Season

Nov 19, 2023 57th Annual Village of Mamaroneck Turkey Trot
Jan 1, 2024 First Day Hike - Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Jan 1, 2024 First Day Hike - Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Jan 1, 2024 First Day Hike - John Jay Homestead
Jan 1, 2024 First Day Hike - Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Jan 1, 2024 First Day Hike - Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park

 

Ice Skating

Multiple Days- Starting Nov 1st, 2023 Public Skating at WSA
Weekends - November 4th- March 3rd 2024(Weather Permitting- Call ahead) Ice skating at Bear Mountain Rink
Opening Sat, November 4, 2023 LeFrak Center at Lakeside
Multiple Days starting Nov 17, 2023   Pop-Up Holiday Ice Skating Rink - Cross County Shopping Center

 

Holidays with The Animals

Nov 19, 2023 Turkey Tales - Hudson Highlands Nature Museum
Dec 16, 2023 Beary Merry Holiday - Trailside Museum & Zoo

 

Chanukah

Dec 7, 2023 Hanukkah Celebration - Lewisboro (residents)
Dec 7, 2023 Chanukah Menorah Lighting- Bedford
Dec 10, 2023 Menorah Lighting - Carmel, NY
Dec 10, 2023 Chanukah Menorah Lighting - Pound Ridge
Dec 7, 2023 Menorah Lighting - Ridge Hill
Dec 11, 2023 Menorah Lighting - Cross County Shopping Center
Dec 11. 2023 Village Menorah Lightings - Dobbs Ferry

 

Hands On For The Holidays

Nov 18, 2023 Children's Art Workshop: Creating Holiday Clay Decorations at Blue Door Art Center
Dec 2, 2023 Winter Greenery: Foraging & Crafting Workshop - Muscoot (Ages 14+)
Dec 9, 2023 Annual Christmas Ornament Workshop - Riverfront Library
Nov 18, 2023 Children's Art Workshop: Creating Holiday Clay Decorations - Blue Door Art Center
Nov 24,27 2023 Holiday Camp - Creatively Wild
Dec 3, 2023 DIY Snow Globes - Hudson Highlands Nature Museum

 

Shopping / Craft Fairs

Nov 5, 2023 Farm & Artisan Market - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Nov 16 - Dec 17, 2023 (Thur - Sat) Holiday Boutique In The Barn - Keeler Tavern Museum
Multiple Days Nov 16 - Dec 23, 2023 Clay Holiday Market - Clay Art Center
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 17, 2023 Holiday Food Truck Market- Cross County Center
Nov 18, 19, 2023 Holiday Market at Greenburgh Nature Center
Multiple Days Starting Nov 24, 2023 Lifted Spirits - Winter Festival at Powder Ridge
Nov 26, 2023 Holiday Market & Family Day - Muscoot Farm
Dec 2, 2023 Rivertowns Holiday Trolley
Dec 6, 2023 Holiday Market - Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 6 - 17, 2023 Holiday Market - White Plains

 

New Year's Fun

Dec 31, 2023 New Year’s Eve Hike - Teatown Lake Reservation
Dec 31, 2023 New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Prospect Park
Dec 31, 2023 White Plains New Year’s Eve Family Spectacular
Dec 31 - Jan 1, 2024 Ring in the New Year at Rocking Horse Ranch Resort
Jan 1, 2024 Croton Dam Hike - Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Jan 1, 2024 First Day Hike - Rockefeller State Park Preserve

 

Miscellaneous

Until Dec 14, 2023 Letters From Santa
Nov 23, 2023 Thanksgiving Buffet Dinner - Fire at The Ridge at Powder Ridge
Nov 24, 25, 26, 2023  Holiday Kick-Off - Hudson River Museum
Dec 2, 2023 Holiday Toy Drive - Rye Reads Learning Center
Dec 3, 10, 17, 2023 Holiday Hunt in the Mansion, a Family Fun Event! - Locust Grove
Dec 16, 2023 Cocoa Around the World at Muscoot Farm
Dec 16, 2023 Winter Solstice Celebration (ODC) at HHNM
Dec 17, 2023 Holiday Tea & Music at Boscobel
Dec 27, 28, 29, 2023 Arts and Crafts Family Program (Ages 5+) - Locust Grove

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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