101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in the Hudson Valley - 2022
KidsOutAndAbout is the Hudson Valley'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, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!
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Santa Sightings
Multiple Days Starting Nov 17, 2022 (Reservations are strongly recommended) |
Photos with Santa - Cross County Shopping Center |
Multiple Days Starting Nov 18, 2022 |
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Multiple Days Starting Nov 18, 2022 |
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Multiple Days Starting Nov 21, 2022 |
Santa Photos at Ridge Hill |
Multiple Days Starting Nov 25, 2022 |
Photos with Santa at Jefferson Valley Mall |
Nov 27, 2022 |
Holiday Celebration With Santa - Walkway Over the Hudson |
Dec 3, 2022 | |
Dec 3 and 10, 2022 |
Visit Santa at Boscobel |
Dec 17, 2022 | Drive By Santa Event - White Plains |
Dine with Santa
Dec 4, 2022 | Beekman Fire Company Cookies with Santa Event |
Dec 4, 11, 18, 2022 | SANTA BRUNCH at The Thayer Hotel |
Old-Time Christmas
Multiple Dates starting Nov 18, 2022 |
Twilight Tours at Boscobel |
Saturdays and Sundays Nov 19 - Dec 17, 2022 |
Holiday House Tours - Boscobel |
Nov 25, 26, 2022 |
Thanksgiving at the Farm - Farmers' Museum |
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 25, 2022 |
Christmas by Candlelight 2022 - Old Sturbridge Village |
Multiple Dates starting Nov 25, 2022 |
Holiday House Tours - Locust Grove |
Multiple Dates starting Nov 25, 2022 |
A Gilded Age Christmas - STAATSBURGH STATE HISTORIC SITE |
Multiple Days Nov 28 - Dec 30, 2022 |
Holiday Classic Mansion Tours at Lyndhurst |
Dec 1-16, 2022 |
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Multiple days starting Dec 2, 2022 |
Holiday Boutique at Philipsburg Manor |
December 2, 3, 2022 |
Holiday Lantern Tours at the Farmers' Museum |
Dec 3, 2022 | |
Dec 3, 2022 | |
Dec 4, 2022 |
Holiday Traditions for Children at Clermont |
Multiple Dates starting Dec 10, 2022 | |
Dec 10, 11, 2022 | Christmas in Museum Village |
Light Displays
Multiple Dates begining Nov 11, 2022 - Jan 8, 2023 |
Illuminate the Farm at Queens County Farm Museum |
Multiple dates begining Nov 18 - Jan 8, 2023 |
Holiday Lights 2022 - Bronx Zoo |
Multiple Dates starting Nov 18 - Jan 14, 2023 |
NYBG GLOW- New York Botanical Gardens |
Nov 19, 2022 | |
Nov 20, 2022 | |
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 21, 2022 |
Origami Holiday Tree - American Museum of Natural History |
Multiple Dates begining Nov 25 - Dec 25, 2022 |
The Wonderland of Lights- Rhinebeck |
Multiple Dates begining Nov 25 - Jan 1, 2023 |
Peace, Love & Lights - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts |
Weekends starting Nov 25 - Dec 30, 2022 |
Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights at the CT Trolley Museum
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Multiple dates beginning Nov 25, 2022 |
Westchester's Winter Wonderland Drive-Thru Light Show Experience |
Nov 26, 2022 | |
Dec 2, 2022 |
Parade of Lights - Millbrook, NY |
Dec 2, 2022 | |
Dec 2, 2022 |
Mt. Kisco Chamber presents: Holiday Tree Lighting |
Multiple days starting Dec 2, 2022 |
Holiday Lights on the Farm - Muscoot Farm |
Dec 3, 2022 | |
Dec 3, 2022 (registration required) | |
Dec 10, 2022 |
Yorktown First Annual Holiday Tree Lighting - John C Hart Memorial Library |
Dec 11, 2022 |
City Lights, Bright Holiday Nights-Tree Lighting - White Plains |
Holiday Theatre
Nov 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2022 |
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella at Yorktown Stage |
Nov 26, 2022 |
World Ballet Series: Nutcracker at Paramount Hudson Valley |
Nov. 26, Dec 3, and Dec 16, 2022 |
The Nutcracker by the New Paltz Ballet at Rocking Horse Ranch Resort |
Dec 3, 2022 |
"INTO THE LIGHT" (EXCERPTED PREVIEWS) AT SINTERKLAAS |
Multiple Days Starting Dec 4, 2022 |
Dickens's 'Christmas Carol' at The Old Dutch Church |
Dec 10, 2022 |
"INTO THE LIGHT" (FULL SHOW!) AT ROSENDALE THEATRE |
Dec 18, 2022 |
The Nutcracker Performed by New York Theatre Ballet at Tarrytown Music Hall |
Dec 16, 17, 18, 2022 |
Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ - The Farmers' Museum |
Dec 16, 17, 18, 2022 |
A Christmas Carol at Fisher Center |
Dec 17, 2022 |
O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi at Queens County Farm Museum |
Holiday Concerts
Dec 3, 2022 |
The Laurie Berkner Band - A Holiday Celebration Concert - Tarrytown Music Hall |
Dec 9, 2022 |
Judy Collins - Holiday & Hits at Tarrytown Music Hall |
Dec 10, 2022 |
Calmus: Christmas A Cappella at Caramoor |
Dec 10, 2022 |
Cherish the Ladies “A Celtic Christmas” - Tarrytown Music Hall |
Dec 11, 2022 |
Reggie Harris - Family Event at Caramoor |
Dec 14, 2022 |
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas - MJN Convention Center |
Dec 15, 2022 |
The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Christmas Mood - Tarrytown Music Hall |
Dec 16, 2022 |
The Vienna Boys Choir - Christmas in Vienna at Tarrytown Music Hall |
Dec 21, 2022 |
The Most Wonderful Time of The Year at WPPAC |
Dec 17, 2022 |
Jessica Lynn – A Very Merry Country Christmas - Paramount Hudson Valley |
Christmas Tree Experience
Opening Day is Nov 25, 2022 | |
Abel's Trees | |
Opening Day is Nov 25, 2022 | |
Opening Day is Nov 25, 2022 | |
Opening Day is Nov 26, 2022 |
Ice Skating
Opening Day Nov 5, 2022 | |
Multiple dates Starting Nov 20, 2022 | |
Multiple dates Starting Nov 19, 2022 | |
Hanukkah
Dec 18, 2022 | |
Dec 18, 2022 |
Menorah Lighting - Carmel, NY |
Dec 18, 2022 | |
Dec 18, 2022 |
Chanukah Candlelighting & Storytelling at Congregation Emanuel of the Hudson Valley |
Dec 18, 2022 |
Lighting of the Menorah - Village of Millbrook |
Shopping & Craft Fairs & Festivals
Nov 12-13, 2022 |
Holiday House and Shop at Old Austerlitz |
Nov 12-13, 2022 |
Holiday Market at Greenburgh Nature Center |
Nov 19, 20, 2022 | |
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 19, 2022 |
Holiday Food Truck Market - Cross County Center |
Nov 25, 26, 27, 2022 |
Hudson Valley Art Market at Locust Grove |
Nov 26, 27, 2022 |
Annual Holiday Market at Bethel Woods |
Dec 3, 2022 |
Winter Craft Fair!- MJN Convention Center |
Nov 26, 27, 2022 |
Indoor Craft Fair- Samascott's Garden Market |
Dec 9, 10, 11, 2022 | |
Dec 10, 11, 2022 | |
Dec 10, 2022 |
Holiday Market at Powder Ridge |
New Year's Eve
Dec 31, 2022 | |
Dec 31, 2022 | |
Dec 31 - Jan 1, 2023 |
Ring in the New Year at Rocking Horse Ranch Resort |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike at Sam’s Point |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike - Rockefeller State Park Preserve |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike - Staatsburgh State Historic Site |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike - Minnewaska State Park Preserve |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike - Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike - Olana State Historic Site |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike - Little Stony Point- Hudson Highlands State Park |
Jan 1, 2023 |
First Day Hike - John Jay Homestead |
Jan 1, 2023 |
Croton Dam Hike - Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park |
Miscellaneous
Weekends starting Nov 12, 2022 |
Holiday Train Show - Greenburgh Nature Center |
Nov 20, 2022 | |
Multiple Dates starting Nov 25, 2022 |
Holiday Bricktacular! - LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester |
Nov 25, 26, 27, 2022 | Holiday Kick-Off - Hudson River Museum |
Starting Nov 26, 2022 |
HOLIDAYS ON THE HILL TRAIN SHOW at Lasdon Park |
Nov 26 - Dec 14, 2022 |
North Pole Mail - LaGrange |
Dec 3, 2022 |
Holiday Craft-Making for Kids - Clinton Community Library |
Dec 10, 2022 |
Decorating Gingerbread Houses - Clinton Community Library |
Dec 10, 2022 |
A Partridge in a Pear Tree: Bird Seed Ornament Workshop - Clermont |
Dec 17, 2022 |
Cocoa Around the World at Muscoot Farm |
Dec 18, 2022 |
Winter Solstice Celebration - Muscoot Farm |
Dec 12, 2022 |
Hot Cocoa Party - Goshen Public Library |
Dec 17, 2022 |
Crafty Kids Holiday Party at Clermont |
Dec 17, 2022 |
Frosty & Friends - Mt Kisco Chamber of Commerce |
Dec 17, 2022 |
Beary Merry Holiday - Trailside Museum and Zoo |
Dec 27, 2022 |
Annual Cookie Burner Stroll at Albany Pine Bush |