This Week: Celebrate New Year's Eve with NYC Kids, Three Kings Day Parade, More Amazing Holiday Sights in NYC & Beyond

12/26/13 - By Raven Snook

Even though Christmas Day has come and gone, the holiday season is still in full swing in NYC and beyond. This week, we posted a slide show of over-the-top holiday houses from all of the regions we cover, even Los Angeles. And here in NYC, there's still a week left of school break to go out and try the 25 best things to do with kids over the holidays before the New Year comes.

Speaking of 2014, we have roundups of the best ways to celebrate New Year's Eve with kids in NYC, on Long Island, in New Jersey and further afield in Boston. Our Boston site also has a post on easy recipes to make with kids over break or anytime.

From all of the moms here at Mommy Poppins, we wish you and your family a fabulous New Year! Thank you for sharing 2013 with us. Here's what else we covered in NYC this week:

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Department store holiday windows and Christmas trees aren't the only must-sees in Midtown Manhattan. Check out our slide show of lesser-known seasonal sights including light shows, gingerbread houses and an amazing animatronic teddy bear village.

And of course there are plenty of awesome displays outside of NYC, too: Gawk at photos of the most amazing holiday houses from all the Mommy Poppins sites.

Why hire a babysitter? There are plenty of fun ways to ring in 2014 with kids in NYC.

The holiday season officially ends on January 6 with the coming of Three Kings Day. We've got the scoop on East Harlem's big parade and other ways to celebrate.

Our biweekly news post includes info on how to snag discounted tickets to the Rockettes' upcoming spring spectacle, new school bus woes and the sudden closure of NYC's only indoor parkour gym.

Best bets for the weekend include Kwanzaa celebrations, hands-on projects at the New York Hall of Science's ReMake the Holidays and Wildlife Ice Carving Week at the Bronx Zoo.