A chilly weekend is ahead with a winter chill bound to make any tough New Yorker want to stay in. However, December is a busy time with tons of spectacular weekend events taking place, so we have made sure each of the below adventures are indoors or include a hot beverage right around the corner!
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Virtual Holiday Window Adventure
Fair enough, the weekend is supposed to be chilly, so we get it. Sometimes you want to stay in, or maybe you want to ditch the crowds? Well, we found something that will bring you holiday cheer as you relax at home with your favorite hot beverage! TimeOut recently released their Winter Wonderland experience, a virtual tour of the city’s best holiday windows! Click here to start your holiday walk!
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Bar Car Holiday Train Show
New York Botanical Garden
Tickets online, $25-35
This adults only holiday train show will bring you the holiday cheer, with “Enjoy an after-hours evening at the Holiday Train Show® with ice carving demonstrations under the starlight, pop-up acts by some of NYC’s favorite street performers, and live music set in the warmth of the Pine Tree Café. The Holiday Train Show gets rolling inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and features model trains zipping over bridges and past replicas of New York landmarks made of plant parts such as nuts, bark, leaves and pine cones.” as the New York Botanical Garden highlight.
BAM Next Wave Festival
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn
Tickets online, $60-120
This perennial festival filled with theater, dance, music and film in its 31st season, and runs through the end of December. Battlefield, Letters to a Man and Songs of Lear are some of the top-rated plays. The shows vary greatly in theme, so whether you are looking for an event to enjoy for your date night, or a kid-friendly show as you spend quality time with your family, this iconic Brooklyn festival is the place to be!
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The Food Box
9AM – 5 PM
Falchi Building, Long Island City
The newly renovated Falchi Building is the home to a unique 2,000 square-foot pop-up selling artisanal foods ranging from Thai specialties to Caribbean dishes and Peruvian pastries, showcasing exactly what Queens is known for: it’s many cultures! So, if you are hungry this weekend and want to try something new, you will surely be able to find new flavors at this pop-up market! For more information, please visit the Falchi Building’s Facebook page.
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The Bulletin Holiday Market
The William Vale Hotel, Williamsburg
Saturday, Dec 10th – Sunday, Dec 11th
1PM – 9 PM
To bring Williamsburg’s retro, yet forward-thinking design to the new corners of Williamsburg, the newly opened William Vale Hotel is worth a visit, as more than sixty of New York’s best indie designers participate in this great holiday market! The event is free with RSVP, so please visit this page for more information.
Protip: Check out hotel’s rooftop, as you will see the entirety of Manhattan from the 22nd floor!