ILNY Travel Guide - 2017-2018 Winter - 30

TAKE TIME TO BE MERRY

HOLIDAY

fun & entertainment
From New York City
to Buffalo, it's the
season to be jolly!

Festivities sparkle throughout the
five boroughs, from the American
Museum of Natural History's 19-foottall illuminated barosauruses to
Brooklyn's Park Slope, where Grand
Army Plaza lights a 32-foot menorah

©Courtesy Dutchess County Tourism

In New York City, the holiday season
kicks off with Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade. Other favorite traditions
include the high-kicking Rockettes
at Radio City Music Hall's Christmas
Spectacular, the enchanting NYC
Ballet performance of The Nutcracker
at Lincoln Center, the Holiday Train
Show at the Bronx's NY Botanical
Garden and Rockefeller Center's
Christmas Tree.

STAATSBURGH STATE HISTORIC SITE,
STAATSBURGH

©Courtesy Port Jefferson

©Courtesy Gray Line New York Sightseeing Tours

ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING,
ROCKEFELLER CENTER,
MANHATTAN

ANNUAL DICKENS FESTIVAL,
VILLAGE OF PORT JEFFERSON

every night of Hanukkah. Queens
Botanical Garden presents Kris
Kringle and family fun during a Winter
Solstice Celebration. On Staten
Island, Christmas in Richmond
Town's old-fashioned fair features
carols and horse-and-carriage rides.
Visit nycgo.com for more.
On Long Island, the 15th annual
Reenactment of the Flying Santa
recreates Santa's flight over the
Fire Island Lighthouse. The Charles
Dickens Festival transforms Port
Jefferson into a merry Victorian village
with costumed characters, trolley tours
and a parade. Make reservations for
popular family fun at Old Westbury

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Gardens, hosting seasonal events
from concerts to Nanny Night,
when costumed Edwardian nannies
provide holiday music, activities,
stories and visits with Santa.
See discoverlongisland.com
Historic Hudson Valley homes,
all dressed up for the holidays,
welcome guests with colonial
treats and candle-lit tours.
Celebrate in grand Roosevelt style
at the Home of FDR National
Historic Site. Hudson's Winter
Walk on Warren Street creates a
wonderland animated by dancers,
musicians and giant puppets.
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