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This Week: Best Things to Do with NYC Kids During Holiday Break, Celebrate New Year's Eve with the Whole Family, Three Kings Day Parades
The holiday season is in full swing in NYC. Everywhere you look, there are amazing seasonal sights throughout the five boroughs, not to mention the entire country beyond.
The school break is a great time to enjoy all of those cool holiday experiences you didn't get to earlier. Santa may be gone, but Christmas trees, department store windows, decked out houses and holiday train shows stay up at least until New Year's Day.
Speaking of New Year's, we have roundups of the best ways to ring in 2015 with kids in NYC, on Long Island, in New Jersey, and further afield in Boston. Of course, you don't need to go out to enjoy the spirit of the season. If you're looking for festive, at-home family activities, be sure to check out our WeeWork Guide, which is filled with holiday crafts, recipes and projects.
Here's what else we covered in NYC this week:
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We kicked off the week with a list of 35 things to do with kids over holiday break, from the obvious (all the seasonal favorites) to the offbeat (a brand-new interactive robot exhibit and drag queen ballerinas!).
Wondering where to ring in 2015 with the kids? Our roundup of all-ages New Year's Eve celebrations includes daytime options for tots and FREE nighttime fetes, like Coney Island's first-ever fireworks spectacular.
Christmas is just the beginning of the holiday for many Hispanic families. We rounded up ways to celebrate the 12th day of Xmas, better known as Three Kings Day, from the big parade in East Harlem to smaller community fetes.
Our biweekly news post included info on a pair of brand-new Central Park Zoo residents, the closure of the beloved Cafe Edison and how getting a new NYC ID can snag teens cool culture discounts.
This week's WeeWork projects included how to make hand-stamped hankies and Christmas tree painted wrapping paper.
Best bets for the weekend include Wildlife Ice Carving Week at the Bronx Zoo, the annual Kwanzaa fest at the American Museum of Natural History and the Catskill Puppet Theater's nature fable Sister Rain and Brother Sun at Symphony Space.
