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Saturday Dec. 20, 2025

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Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Kings Plaza Shopping Center

Various

Santa Land

Atlantic Terminal Mall

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9 – 10 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

10 am – 10 pm

Ice Skating at Roebling Rink

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10 am – 11:30 pm

Capture the Magic at IKEA Brooklyn: Santa Photos & Breakfast

IKEA BrooklynRed Hook

10 am – 5 pm

🐶 PAW Patrol Holidays at BCM

Ages: All
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

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10:30 am

Shark Beauty Women’s Champions Classic

Sports

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

12:20 Nutcracker BKCO

11 – 11:45 am

Nutcracker Notes: A Musical Adventure

Ages: 12 and under
Dance
Family
Holiday

Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

51 Bergen StreetBoerum Hill

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

Paper Flower making

11 am – 6 pm

Immerse Yourself in Chinese Culture

Kings Plaza Shopping Center

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Noon – 5 pm

Brunch 101: An Immersive Boozy Brunch Experience

Brunch 101Bushwick

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Noon – 2 pm

Boozy Ice Cream Making Class

Tipsy Scoop Brooklyn

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Noon – 2:30 pm

CAROL OF THE BELLS: KBT’S CHRISTMAS MUSICAL

Free
Music

Kingsboro Temple of SDAPark Slope

Holiday Cheers Boozy Ice Cream Making Class (1220 at 12pm)

Noon – 2 pm

Holiday “Cheers” Boozy Ice Cream Making Class (12/20 at 12pm)

Tipsy Scoop Brooklyn

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 12
Comedy
Family
Theater

The RATDUMBO

4:30 – 6 pm

Family Shabbos Party with Greenpoint Shul: The Festival of Fire and Light

The Greenpoint ShulGreenpoint

Flat market 2

6 – 10 pm

FLAT Market

NYC ResistorBoerum Hill

Brooklyn Dyker Heights Walking Christmas Lights Tour

7 pm

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

7:15 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope

7:30 – 10 pm

Night Riot – Punk and Punchlines

Comedy
Music

LittlefieldGowanus

Santa Rave

8 – 10 pm

Santa Rave

Music

Warsaw

Sunday Dec. 21

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Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Kings Plaza Shopping Center

Various

Santa Land

Atlantic Terminal Mall

JPlay!

10 am – noon

JPlay!

Ages: 4 and under
Community
Family

The Senesh SchoolCarroll Gardens

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

10 am – 10 pm

Ice Skating at Roebling Rink

JPlay!

10 am – noon

JPlay!: Big Jewish joy for our littlest community members! Come for the play, stay for the community.

Ages: 4 and under
Books & Readings
Craft & DIY
Family

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolCarroll Gardens

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