Looking for the best things to do on Long Island on New Year's Eve weekend to ring in 2025? From fireworks to drone shows to balloon drops, here are our top activities to add to your list this holiday weekend.

Close out the year with some good, old-fashioned family fun. Marvel at a free holiday train display in Ridge or Babylon. Or wear your favorite pajamas and immerse yourself in a world of Grinchy mischief and holiday cheer at the Cradle of Aviation Museum.

New Year's Eve falls on a weekday, but you can pick whatever time works for your family. Ring in Noon Year’s Eve at the Long Island Explorium or Long Island Children's Museum. Or combine your celebration with a meal at the Fishes and Wishes New Year's Eve Dinner at the Long Island Aquarium, which includes meet and greets with cute animal ambassadors. 

Of course, through the new year, folks can frolic through LuminoCity's Sweet Dream illuminating display at Eisenhower Park. Bonus: Mommy Poppins readers receive 20% off tickets with code MPNY20.

Happy 2025 Long Island families, from all of us at Mommy Poppins. We can't wait to keep exploring with you in the new year.

Looking for the best things to do in New York City this New Year's Eve weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for this New Year's holiday weekend.

It's time to ring in 2025, and you don't have to stay up until midnight on Tuesday to get in on the fun. Count down to the New Year with Grammy-nominated music artist Fyütch at the NYPL, celebrate Kwanzaa at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, take a first day hike to start the year on the right foot, or watch the Coney Island Polar Bear Club members take their annual frigid dip in the Atlantic.

Looking for the best things to do in Dallas on New Year's Eve weekend to ring in 2025? Here are some events and activities to add to your list for this holiday weekend.

New Year's Eve is next week, but that doesn't mean the party hasn't already started. Head to Valley Ranch Library in Irving for Winterfest and New Year's Eve crafts, or see the Vitruvian Park Lights in Addison before they're gone on Jan. 1. If you're not quite ready to say goodbye to the holiday season, Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland will keep the vibe alive, and if you're feeling nostalgic for all things childhood, snag tickets to the opening weekend of Broadway Dallas' Peter Pan.

And, since Hanukka starts on the 25th, New Year's Eve weekend in Dallas has plenty of family-friendly events, like the 10th Annual Chanukah at Southlake Town Square, to help you celebrate!