Enjoy a winter wonderland at the Bronx Zoo's annual event. Visitors can participate in horse-drawn carriage rides, caroling, ice-sculpting demonstrations and marshmallow roasting. The Bronx Zoo also features over 4,500 animals ranging from snow leopards and Ethiopian gelada baboons to geckos and hissing cockroaches. This annual event begins in early December and continues to the beginning of January.
Bronx Zoo
Bronx River Pkwy (at Fordham Rd)
Bronx, NY 10458
718-367-1010
At this exhibit in Queens, New York, visitors have the chance to get their pictures taken in a giant snow globe that features a lifelike projection of snow falling. Other aspects of the exhibit include learning how comets are formed and participating in an interactive ice formation. This winter exhibition begins in December and ends in early January.
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th St at 48th Ave
Queens, NY 11368
718-699-0005
Take a tour of the famous Italian-American neighborhood of Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, New York and stop for a cannoli and a cappuccino at Mona Lisa Pastry Shop and Café. Tour highlights include creative Christmas light displays such as 30 foot tall toy soldiers and Nativity scenes. Tours take place on weekends in December and all tours leave from Manhattan. Tickets are available for advance purchase online or by phone.
www.asliceofbrooklyn.com
(212) 209-3370
Watch an extravagant Christmas performance by the Radio City Rockettes featuring numerous costume changes as well as holiday music and choreographed dances. A cast and crew of hundreds produce many special effects including fireworks and a flying Santa. Performances begin as early as November and continue throughout the holiday season. Tickets are available for advance purchase online.
Radio City Music Hall
1260 Sixth Ave at 60th St
New York, New York 10020
212-307-7171
