{"id":33728,"date":"2025-11-09T10:31:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T10:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/33728\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T10:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T10:31:37","slug":"best-christmas-things-to-do-nyc-for-a-magical-time-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/33728\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Christmas Things to Do NYC for a Magical Time in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether your Christmas queen is Mariah or Sabrina, it&#8217;s time to begin celebrating the holiday season!\u00a0We&#8217;ve gathered the best things to do for Christmas and the holidays in NYC.\u00a0From uptown to downtown, the city boasts holiday offerings\u00a0like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/things-to-do\/rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/things-to-do\/best-christmas-lights-in-nyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">festive light displays<\/a>,\u00a0and the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/shopping\/holiday-markets-in-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">holiday markets NYC<\/a>\u00a0has to offer. Whether you channel your inner grinch or cheery elf during\u00a0NYC&#8217;s most wonderful season, we&#8217;ve got you covered with memorable activities. As locals, we&#8217;ve been to many of these events and are including some of our favorites right here.<\/p>\n<p>Check back for updates as we&#8217;ll continue adding to the list as the holidays approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: Full guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christmas in NYC<br \/><\/a>RECOMMENDED: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/hotels\/best-christmas-hotels-in-nyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">best Christmas hotels in NYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in the Loop: Sign up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/newsletter?cid=nyc~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">free weekly newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get\u00a0the latest in New York City news, culture and dining.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Check out our Winter Village video:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"video_splash lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sddefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whether your Christmas queen is Mariah or Sabrina, it&#8217;s time to begin celebrating the holiday season!\u00a0We&#8217;ve gathered the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1739,17864,9,24,55,54,20150,56,904],"class_list":["post-33728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-holidays-christmas","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-kickers-holiday2020","tag-ny","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}