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Tuesday Dec. 16, 2025

Festival of Trees 2023 Flyer (2)

All day

Port Jefferson Festival of Trees

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Holiday

Port Jefferson Village CenterPort Jefferson

Bethesda AR Heather

All day

Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain Visits Heckscher Park Through Immersive AR Experience

Art
Free

Heckscher Museum of ArtHuntington

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Breathe Deeply web

Noon – 5 pm

Small Works Exhibition: Breathe Deeply

Alex Ferrone GalleryCutchogue

WNT-Santa-This-Saturday-2025

1 – 4 pm

Meet Santa at Willy Nilly Trading

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Poety Pot

2 – 3:30 pm

Poetry Potpourri

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

Snack Night

2:30 – 4 pm

International Snack Night

Ages: 9 and up
Family
Food & Drink
Free

Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

Global Affiars

4 – 5 pm

Global Affairs

The Nathaniel Rogers HouseBridgehampton

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