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Waterdrinker Farm - 10:00 AM
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Fink's Farn - 10:00 AM
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Planting Fields Foundation's Education Center at the Historic Laundry Building - various times Pick
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Planting Fields Foundation Education Center at the historic Laundry Building - 10:00 AM Pick
Planting Fields Foundation Education Center at the historic Laundry Building - 10:00 AM Pick
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Long Island Aquarium - 9:00 AM
Long Island Aquarium - 9:00 AM
Deep Sea at The Suffolk County Farm & Education Center
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Natural Sensory Workshops at Planting Fields
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Planting Fields Foundation Education Center at the historic Laundry Building - 10:00 AM Pick
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Long Island Weekend Events, December 18 & 19: Old Time Holidays, Solstice Stories, Holiday Lights and More!
12/16/10
- By jennifer
Leaf covered lawns have given way to snow dusted yards. There's one more week before Christmas and the New Year take center stage. But there's plenty of celebrating to do this weekend. Head to Old Bethpage Village Restoration for a step back in time with their beautiful candlelight displays or celebrate the winter solstice amidst nature. Your children are sure to enjoy the festivities with lights and trains - ah, to be a kid again! And don't forget to check out our Holiday Guide and Holiday Shows, as well!
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Old Bethpage Village Restoration
1303 Round Swamp Road
Old Bethpage
516.572.8400
516.572.8400
Saturday, December 18th and Sunday, December 19th, 5PM-9:30PM
Sunday, December 26th through Thursday, December 30th, 5PM-9:30PM
Tickets are $10.
This Saturday, opening night of Old Bethpage’s Candlelight Evenings, features a Christmas Tree lighting at 5:30PM. Take a stroll throughout the village, peering into 19th Century buildings illuminated with candles and festively decorated in authentic style. Candlelight Evenings is the last opportunity to visit the Village Restoration until spring! There’s music, entertainment and an all around feeling that makes you really believe that it IS beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Sweetbriar Nature Center
62 Eckernkamp Drive
Smithtown
631.979.6344
Saturday, December 18th, 12PM-4PM
Admission is $6.
Give a hearty welcome to the next season and bid farewell to fall (although it seems like autumn is a distant memory already!) Join some terrific storytellers as they talk about the season to come. Little ones can even tell their own tale at the story tree. Crafts will be made and refreshments served. Stay late so that you can walk to the river and watch the sun set.
Long Island Children's Museum
11 Davis Avenue
Garden City
516.224.5800
516.224.5800
Saturday, December 18th, 3PM
Ages 5 and up.
$3 in addition to museum admission.
In this season of lights, what better way to celebrate by allowing your kids to learn how to make their own candle. In this candle design workshop, the children will use beeswax to create their own symbol hope and life for their holiday celebration.
Stony Brook Village
Educational and Cultural Center
97P Main Street
Stony Brook
Sunday, December 19th, 12PM-4PM
Wednesday, December 22nd and Thursday, December 23rd, 9AM-5PM
Monday, December 27th through Thursday, December 30th, 9AM-5PM
This event is FREE.
There’s something so magical about miniature trains during the holidays (cue Polar Express music). Bring your little engineers to see the annual display in the village of Stony Brook and let their imaginations run away (to the North Pole) with them.
631-854-5579
Sunday, December 19
Sunday, December 19
6PM
Wear pjs, bring your favorite stuffed animal, pillow and blanket and get comfortable. The planetarium is bringing bedtime classics to the dome. Sounds dreamy. $6/person. Reservations strongly suggested.
Wear pjs, bring your favorite stuffed animal, pillow and blanket and get comfortable. The planetarium is bringing bedtime classics to the dome. Sounds dreamy. $6/person. Reservations strongly suggested.
Gingerbread House Workshop
Port Jefferson Village Center at Harborfront Park
Port Jefferson Village Center at Harborfront Park
Port Jefferson
631-543-8608
631-543-8608
Sunday, December 19
11AM-12:30PM
11AM-12:30PM
'Tis the season to build and decorate your own gingerbread house with the guidance of The Baking Coach. A cool event for the whole family. $35 per family (of up to four, five or more is an additional charge of $3 per person). Call to register, or purchase tickets online.
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