Things to do this Holiday Season in NY’s Hudson Valley
Holiday Lights on the Farm at Muscoot Farm
Fridays & Saturdays December 2 – 17, 2022 | 5 – 8 pm
FREE! A Magical Val-Kill Christmas at Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park
Weekends in December | 2022, and, Wednesday, December 28th – Friday, December 30th
11 am, 1:30 pm & 3 pm
FREE! Wallkill Menorah Lighting at Town Hall in Middletown
Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 6:30 – 7 pm
Christmas on the Farm with Eggbert! at Devitt’s
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: November 2 – December 23, 2022 | 10 am – 5 pm
The Winter Festival at Dogwood Acres Family Farm in Middletown
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays | November 25 – December 31, 2022 | 5 – 9 pm
Holiday Lights at The Bronx Zoo
Select Dates from November 18, 2022 – January 8, 2023
Holiday Train Show® at New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx
November 19, 2022 – January 16, 2023 |
Closed Mondays, except for December 19 & 26; January 2 & 16
Closed Thanksgiving, November 24, and Christmas Day, December 25
Early Closures November 30
LUMAGICA: An Enchanted Forest in New York! at Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard
November 18 – December 30, 2022
Friday, Saturday & Sundays only through 12/11, then Open daily through 12/30/22 except for Christmas Eve, 12/24, and Christmas Day, 12/25
The Polar Express Train Ride with Catskill Mountain Railroad in Kingston
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays*: November 18 – December 28, 2022
*Also, Wednesday, 12/21, Thursday, 12/22, Friday, 12/23, Monday, 12/26, Tuesday, 12/27 & Wednesday, 12/28
Closed on Christmas Eve, Saturday, 12/24 & Christmas Day, Sunday, 12/25
Holiday House Tours at Boscobel in Garrison!
Saturdays + Sundays, November 19 – December 17, 2022
Visit Santa at Boscobel! in Garrison
SATURDAYS December 3 + 10 and SUNDAY, December 18, 2022
Gingerbread House Decorating at Pennings Farm in Warwick
Saturday, December 10, 2022 | Sunday, December 11th | Saturday, December 17th
Sunday, December 18th | 11 am. 1 pm or 3 pm
Christmas House Westchester
Open Daily from Saturday, November 19, 2022 – Saturday, January 7, 2023
Closed Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day
LUMAGICA Winter Garden at Stone Ridge Orchard! in Ulster County
Saturday, November 19 – Friday, December 23, 2022
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays | 11/19 – 12/11/22
Monday – Sunday (Daily) | 12/12 – 12/23/22
The Great Holiday Train Show! at New Castle Historical Society in Chappaqua
Weekends: November 19, 2022 – January, 8, 2023
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester | Holiday Bricktacular!
November 25, 2022 – January 1, 2023
The Wonderland of Lights! at Dutchess Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck
November 25 – December 25, 2022
Kevin McCurdy’s Holiday Spirit Festival! in Wappingers Falls
Friday, November 25 – Friday, December 23, 2022
Watt Christmas Wonderland 2022 in Goshen
Open daily: November 25 – December 30, 2022 | 6 – 9 pm
Holidays on the Hill Annual Train Show at Lasdon Park in Katonah
Thursdays – Sundays: November 26 – December 31, 2022 Closed on Christmas Day
Peace, Love & Lights 2022 at Bethel Woods!
Partial Week: November 25 – 27, December 1 – 4 & 8 – 11, 2022
Daily: December 15, 2022 – January 1, 2023
A Frosty Fest at Headless Horseman Hayride & Haunted Houses
Friday, Saturdays & Sundays: Friday, November 25 – Friday, December 23, 2022 & Thursday, December 22nd | Fridays & Thursday, 12/22: 6 – 8 pm | Saturdays & Sundays: 4:30 -8:30 pm
FREE! 13th Annual Holiday Lights in Bloom at The Orange County Arboretum in Montgomery
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: Saturday, November 26 – Friday, December 23, 2022 & Monday, December 26th | Closed Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
The Peekskill Trolley Company’s 2022 North Pole Express
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: December 1 – 24, 2022
Dickens’s “Christmas Carol” at Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow
December 4, 10-11, 17-18, 2022
A Gilded Age Christmas at Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Thursdays – Sundays: Friday, November 25 – December 31, 2022 & Daily: December 26th – 31st.
Open for timed entry, 10 am – 3 pm (Last entry at 2:30 pm)
Evening Hours: Friday, December 16th from 5 – 8 pm (Last entry at 7:30 )
Closed Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
Holiday Whodunit! at Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Sundays: December 4, 11 & 18, 2022 | 1 – 3 pm
Make a Mouse House Workshop at Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 | Wednesday, December 28th | Thursday, December 29th
10 am – 12 pm
FREE! 2022 Grand Holiday Illumination at Untermyer Gardens
Daily: December 9 , 2022 – January 1, 2023 | 4:30 – 8 pm | Opens at 5:30 pm on 12/9
Brunch with Santa at The Country Club at Otterkill
Saturday, December 10, 2022 | Saturday, December 17th | Sunday, December 18th
Sweets with Santa at The Country Club at Otterkill
Monday, December 12, 2022 | Tuesday, December 13th | Sunday, December 18th
6 – 8 pm
Holiday Whodunit! at Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Sundays: December 4, 11 & 18, 2022 | 1 – 3 pm
Make a Mouse House Workshop at Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 | Wednesday, December 28th |Thursday, December 29th
10 am – 12 pm
Warwick Home for the Holidays 2022
Weekends: December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 & 18, 2022 | 11 am – 3 pm
FREE! Polar Express + Short Film – Santa Doesn’t Need Your Help and Caroling! at Rosendale Theatre
Saturday, December 17, 2022| 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Homemade for the Holidays Fair in Montgomery
Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 12 – 4 pm
Cool Kids Club: Cookies for Santa Personalized Plate and Milk Jug at Vincent’s Eat-Paint-Love Studio in Beacon
Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 10 – 11 am
NCG Cinema *FREE* Holiday Family Film Fest in Kingston!
Elf: Friday, December 3 – Sunday, December 4, 2022
The Grinch: Friday, December 9 – Sunday, December 11, 2022
The Polar Express: Friday, December 16 – Saturday, December 24, 2022
11 am showtimes
On the Big Screen: “Elf” at Ulster County Performing Arts Center in Kingston
Friday, December 16, 2022 | 7:30 pm
The Nutcracker at the New Rose Theatre in Walden
Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7 pm | Friday, December 16th at 7 pm
Saturday, December 17th at 2 & 7 pm | Sunday, December 18th at 2 pm
Hudson Valley Philharmonic’s “Handel’s Messiah” at Bardavon in Poughkeepsie
Saturday, December 17, 2022 | 2 pm
Winter Solstice Celebration at Olana State Historic Site in Hudson
Saturday, December 17, 2022 | 1 – 5 pm
FREE! Menorah Lighting at Cross County Center in Yonkers
Monday, December 19, 2022 | 6 – 8 pm
FREE! Menorah Lighting at Market Square in Ossining
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 | 6 pm
Holiday Gingerbread Barn Building at Stony Kill Farm in Wappingers Falls
Friday, December 23, 2022 | 10:30 am -12 pm