101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in the Hudson Valley - 2024

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!

If we're missing an activity that should be on our list, please email Mindy Mangan at mindy@kidsoutandabout.com. Please make sure to include a link to the event when you email. Thank you!

Below are items that have been posted to our calendar. If you are affiliated with a business hosting a holiday event that should be on our calendar, we'd love to see it there... it's free to post! Click here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!

If you don't already receive our free weekly e-newsletter for Hudson Valley, sign up today to make sure you're in the know about free stuff, festivals, classes, camps, vacation ideas, and all the best events near you! In the meantime, enjoy the ideas below for holiday family fun in 2024!

Santa Sightings

Multiple Days Starting Nov 11, 2024	Where Is Santa - Palisades Center
Multiple Days Starting Nov 14, 2024 (Reservations are strongly recommended)	Cross County Center / Santa Photos
Multiple Days Starting Nov 15, 2024	The Polar Express - Catskill Mountain Railroad
Multiple dates sarting Nov 19, 2024	Pet Photos with Santa Palisades Center \| West Nyack, NY
Multiple Days Starting Nov 24, 2024	Santa at Ridge Hill - Ridge Hill
Dec 1, 2024	Holiday Celebration With Santa \| Walkway Over the Hudson
Dec 1, 2024	Cookies with Santa
Dec 4, 2024	Pet Night with Santa - Ridge Hill
Dec 8, 2024	Sensory Friendly Santa at Palisades Center \| West Nyack, NY
Dec 8, 2024	Afternoon with Santa & Gingerbread - Boscobel
Dec 14 & 21, 2024	Dinner with Santa \| Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Dec 22, 2024	Santa's Workshop \| Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Old-Time Christmas

Multiple Dates Starting Nov 29, 2024	Christmas by Candlelight 2024 - Old Sturbridge Village
Multiple Dates starting Nov 29, 2024	A Gilded Age Christmas - Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Multiple Days Nov 29, 2024	Holiday Classic Mansion Tour 2024 \| Lyndhurst Mansion
Multiple Days Nov 30, 2024	Victorian Holidays \| Winter Getaway \| Mohonk Mountain House
Nov 29 - Dec 31, 2024	Holiday Kick-Off \| Hudson River Museum
Dec 7, 2024	Wawarsing Wassail
Multiple Dates starting Dec 4, 2024	Glenview Holiday Tour \| Hudson River Museum
Dec 7, 2024	ST. NICHOLAS DAY - NYS Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

Light Displays

Nov 15, 2024	Cross County Center / Tree Lighting Celebration
Nov 9, 2024	Tree Arrival Family Festivities - Rockefeller Center
Nov 22 - Jan 5, 2025 (select dates)	Holiday Lights 2024 - Bronx Zoo
Multiple Dates starting Nov 16, 2024	Holiday Train Show® \| New York Botanical Garden
Nov 23, 2024	The Lighting at Ridge Hill - Ridge Hill
Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2024	Winter Wonderland
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 23, 2024	Orchard of Lights at Demarest Farms - Holiday Hayride New Jersey
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 24, 2024	Lumina A Magical Christmas Light Experience \| Salem, NY
Multiple Dates begining Nov 28	Rhinebeck, New York — The Wonderland of Lights — Drive Through Light Show
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 29, 2024	Glimmer Nights - The Farmers Museum
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 29, 2024	Bruschi Christmas
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 29, 2024	A Frosty Fest \| Holiday Light Spectacular
Multiple dates beginning Nov 23, 2024	Westchester's Winter Wonderland
Weekends starting Nov 29, 2024	Winterfest Tunnel of Lights / CT Trolley Musuem
Multiple Dates begining Nov 29, 2024	Peace, Love & Lights \| Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Dec 6, 2024	Parade of Lights - Village of Millbrook
Dec 4, 2024	Tree Lighting - Rockefeller Center
Dec 6, 2024	Holiday Lights – Nyack Chamber of Commerce
Dec 6, 2024	2024 Holiday Tree Lighting - Mount Kisco Chamber of Commerce
Multiple days starting Dec 6, 2024	Holiday Lights on the Farm : Muscoot Farm
Dec 7, 2024	Holiday Electric Lights Parade 2024 \| Town of Yorktown New York
Dec 11, 2024	City Lights, Bright Holiday Nights - Tree Lighting

Holiday Theatre

Nov 14, 2024	Sugar Skull! A Dia De Muertos Musical Adventure
Dec 7, 2024	Queen City Dance Presents The Nutcracker - Mid Hudson Civic Center inc.
Multiple dates starting Dec 13, 2024	Mr. Dickens Tells A Christmas Carol 2024 \| Lyndhurst Mansion
Dec 14, 2024	Just Dance! Winter Performance 2024 - Yorktownstage
Dec 14 & 15, 2024	Nutcracker – New Paltz Ballet Theatre
Dec 14 & 15, 2024	Into the Light at the Rosendale Theatre — The Vanaver Caravan
Dec 14 & 15, 2024	Jessica Lynn- A Very Merry Classic Christmas - Paramount Hudson Valley Theater
Dec 15, 2024	The Nutcracker Performed by New York Theatre Balletv(hour long) - \| Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 15, 2024	USMA Eisenhower Hall Theatre \| Cirque Dreams Holidaze
Dec 21, 2024	Cherish the Ladies - A Celtic Christmas \| Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 21 & 22, 2024	Nutcracker For Kids - Yorktownstage

Holiday Concerts

Dec 6, 2024	Don McLean - A Starry Starry Christmas \| Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 7, 2024	Family Concert Series: Dan + Claudia Zanes with special guest Elena Moon Park \| Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Dec 14, 2024	Laurie Berkner: A Live Holiday Concert \| Tarrytown Music Hall
Dec 14, 2024	WPDH Presents Mistletoe Jam '24 - Mid Hudson Civic Center inc.
Dec 15, 2024	Christmas With Chris Ruggiero - Yorktownstage
Dec 15, 2024	Collective Brass Holiday Concert \| Lyndhurst Mansion
Dec 21, 2024	Putnam Chorale \| Lyndhurst Mansion
Dec 27, 2024	Anthony Nunziata: My Italian Christmas! - Yorktownstage

Holiday Trains

Select Dates Nov 16 - Jan 20, 2025	Holiday Train Show - New York Botanical Garden
Weekends starting Nov 16 - Dec 8, 2024	Holiday Market and Train Show - Greenburgh Nature Center
Multiple dates starting Nov 17, 2024	THE GREAT HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW!

Hands On Holidays

Dec 8, 2024	Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Make Your Own Snow Globe
Nov 23, 2024	Natural Holiday Ornaments – Friends of Lasdon Park & Arboretum
Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2024	Family Science Workshop: Nebula-in-a-Bubble Holiday Ornament \| Hudson River Museum
Dec 22, 2024	Gifts for Wildlife - Teatown

Christmas Tree Experience

Opening Nov 23, 2024	Wonderland Farm
Opening Day is Nov 23, 2024	Pierson's Farm
Opening Nov 25, 2024	Christmas Tree Farm
Opening Nov 25, 2024	Battenfeld Christmas Tree Farm
Opening Nov 29, 2024	Evergreen Christmas Tree Farm - Welcome!
Opening Nov, 2024 (Reservations Required)	Emmerich Tree Farm
Opening Day is Nov 29, 2024	Christmas Trees - Wright Family Farm
Opening Day is Nov 30, 2024	Christmas Trees – Wilkens Fruit & Fir Farm

Ice Skating

Opening Day Nov 2, 2024	Ice skating at Bear Mountain Rink
Multiple dates Starting Nov 14, 2024	Cross County Center / Pop-up Ice Skating Rink
Open now - Check website	IceTime Sports Complex Public Skate

Hanukkah

Dec 12, 2024	Nefesh Mountain: A Hanukkah Celebration at Caramoor
Dec 15, 2024	Chanukah Concert with the Maccabeats - ChabadBedford.com
Dec 25 - Jan 2, 2024	Hanukkah Celebration \| Mohonk
Dec 26, 2024	Cross County Center / Menorah Lighting
Dec 29, 2024	Menorah Lighting at Ridge Hill - Ridge Hill
Jan 1, 2025	Chanukah Menorah Lightings - Last Night - ChabadBedford.com

Kwanzaa

Dec 21, 2024	Kwanzaa 2024 - Hudson Hall
Dec 30, 2024	Kwanzaa celebration on Friday, Hudson Valley One

Shopping & Craft Fairs & Festivals

Nov 9-10, 2024	HOLIDAY HOUSE 2024 – OLD AUSTERLITZ Austerlitz Historical Society
Multiple Dates Starting Nov 15, 2024	Cross County Center / Holiday Food Truck Market
Nov 16, 2024	WSHV 2024 Craft Fair
Nov 16 & 17, 2024	Taveling Holiday Makers MarketPalisades Center \| West Nyack, NY
Nov 16 & 17, 2024	Christkindl – Germania
Nov 23, 2024	HV Hullabaloo Holiday Market
Nov 23, 2024	Holiday Bazaar & Food Truck
Nov 29, 30 & Dec 1, 2024	Holiday Market \| Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024	Holiday Bricktacular \| LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester
Nov 30, 2024	Holiday Market / Muscoot Farm
Multiple dates starting Nov 30, 2024	Holiday Classic Mansion Tour 2024 \| Lyndhurst Mansion
Dec 7, 2024	Winter Craft Fair - Mid Hudson Civic Center inc.
Dec 8, 2024	HUDSON VALLEY CHRISTKINDLMARKET

New Year's Eve/Day

Dec 31, 2024	White Plains New Year’s Eve Family Spectacular
Dec 31, 2024	NEW YEAR'S @ NOON - Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum
Dec 31, 2024	NYE Millbrook - Village of Millbrook
Dec 31, 2024	New Year's Eve Dinner & Dance 2025 - The Ashokan Center

Miscellaneous

Multiple dates starting in Nov, 2024	Winter Fun Park - Rocking Horse Ranch Resort
Multiple Dates starting Nov 16, 2024	Holiday Train Show® \| New York Botanical Garden
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024	Holiday Spirit Festival
Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2024	Winter Wonderland
Multiple Days Starting Nov 29, 2024	Winterfest - Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort
Dec 6, 2024	Uptown Kingston Snowflake Festival
Dec 7, 2024	Winter Walk at Hudson Hall - Hudson Hall
Dec 21, 2024	Beary Merry Holiday Trailside Museums and Zoo
Dec 23, 2024	On The Big Screen: It's A Wonderful Life (1946) \| Tarrytown Music Hall