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Christmas in New York

A free rink behind the library from the end of October, the Rockettes twice a day at Radio City, and the tree at Rockefeller Center lit on the first Wednesday in December — each date as the organiser gave it, and a link to where we read it.

Where to go for Christmas

2026 dates

A line of cream cut-paper figures with one leg raised beneath a scalloped orange arch, standing on an orange stage band, on a deep charcoal brown ground

Christmas

Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes 2026

Radio City Music Hall · New York

A small red model train crossing a bridge under a glasshouse roof, past a palm tree, little pines, pinecones and tiny skyscrapers with lit windows

Christmas

NYBG Holiday Train Show

Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx · New York

A winding garden path at night between bare trees lit in orange and violet, two small figures walking along it

Christmas

Lightscape at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn · New York

A tall lit Christmas tree with a star on top, standing above a fenced oval ice rink at night

Christmas

Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting

Rockefeller Plaza · New York

On now

Skaters on an outdoor rink with two dome kiosks, string lights and a city skyline at dusk

Christmas

Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bryant Park · New York