Ready to kick off the Christmas season in NYC

NEW YORK CITY – There’s only one more month ’til Christmas, and FOX 5 NY has the need-to-know about upcoming festivities in New York City.

November

What we know:

Here are all the events coming up in the next month:

Final preparations underway for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Children watch a model train during a preview of the Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden in New York, the United States, on Nov. 11, 2025. A preview for the Holiday Train Show, which is open to the public from Nov. 15, 2025 to Jan. 11, 20

NYBG Holiday Train show – Saturday, Nov. 29 December Rockefeller Christmas tree is cut down Rockefeller Christmas tree is cut down

The 75-foot-high Norway Spruce was cut down early Thursday morning and hoisted onto a flatbed truck by crane. It will travel 140 miles (225 kilometers) to Rockefeller Center. The wrapped tree will be brought into New York City by flatbed truck and raised into place at Rockefeller Center on Saturday, Nov. 8.

NEW YORK, US – JANUARY 16: People are seen during cold weather following snow days at the Central Park in New York City, United States on January 16, 2024. New York received its heaviest snowfall in the last two years, with a snow thickness of 2.54 c

Gridlock Alert Day – Thursday, Dec. 4Williamsburg Winter Village opening – Friday, Dec. 5Gridlock Alert Day – Friday, Dec. 5NYBG Holiday Train show – Saturday, Dec. 6Gridlock Alert Day – Monday, Dec. 8Gridlock Alert Day – Tuesday, Dec. 9Gridlock Alert Day – Wednesday, Dec. 10Broadway Under the Stars – Thursday, Dec. 11

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 8: Christmas decorations on display at the Shops at Columbus Circle on December 8, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Gridlock Alert Day – Thursday, Dec. 11Gridlock Alert Day – Friday, Dec. 12NYBG Holiday Train show – Friday, Dec. 12SantaCon – Saturday, Dec. 13

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 14: Revelers dressed as Santa Claus characters participate in the annual SantaCon pub crawl on December 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

NYBG Holiday Train show – Saturday, Dec. 13Gridlock Alert Day – Monday, Dec. 15Gridlock Alert Day – Tuesday, Dec. 16Gridlock Alert Day – Wednesday, Dec. 17Broadway Under the Stars – Thursday, Dec. 18

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 23: People walk through Rockefeller Center two days before Christmas in midtown Manhattan on December 23, 2024 in New York City. The area is one of the nation’s most popular destinations for shopping and entertainment during the holiday season. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Gridlock Alert Day – Thursday, Dec. 18NYBG Holiday Train show – Friday, Dec. 19NYBG Holiday Train show – Saturday, Dec. 20Japanese Holiday Market – Saturday, Dec. 20Japanese Holiday Market – Sunday, Dec. 21NYBG Holiday Train show – Sunday, Dec. 21

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