29th Annual Central Park Holiday Lighting

Thu Dec 4, 2025
5:30pm ET
Age: All
Price: Free
Location:
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
212.310.6675.
inside the Park at 110th Street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues, New York, NY,
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Watch the flotilla of trees on the Harlem Meer get lit for the season at this annual Christmas tree lighting. Visitors can meet Santa and friends, sing carols on the plaza, and warm up with hot cocoa.

The event concludes with the lighting of a flotilla of trees on the Harlem Meer.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.