Things to do in November:
- New York City Marathon - Usually the first Sunday in November.
- Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade! - On Thanksgiving Day.
- Bateaux Yacht Thanksgiving Day lunch or dinner cruises
- "Black Friday" - the day after Thanksgiving - the craziest, most crowded shopping day of the year.
- The "anti-Black Friday" protest by The Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop-Shopping
Some of the top sights and events in December:
- The Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Husic Hall, featuring The Rockettes
- George Ballanchine's The Nutcracker, by the New York City Ballet
- Department store window displays
- What is that music they play at Saks Fifth Avenue? Their own private remix of "Carol of the Bells" (4:13)
- (Thanks to lentrott for uploading it! )
- The Tree at Rockefeller Center (click on "see and do")
- Ice skating
- Holiday craft fairs
- Handel's Messiah
- The World's Largest Menorah - Every night of Chanukah, at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street
- Chanukah on Ice in Central Park's Trump Wollman Rink on 12/23/08
- Scandanavian Winter Solstice Celebration at Symphony Space
- Winter Soltice Celebration by Paul Winter at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
- Caroling with the West Village Chorale
- Annual Kwanzaa Celebration in Central Park
- Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights - November - January. Click on "what's happening"
- Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Gardens. All the mini NYC monuments are made out of plants!
- Little Italy and Chinatown "Two Community Christmas Festival", presented by Sorrento Cheese
- Home light displays in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
- Origami Christmas Tree at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
- Baroque and Neapolitan Tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- South Street Seaport's Singing Chorus Tree
- Alternative and funky Chanukah events, sponsored by Heeb Magazine
- "The Ball" - World's Largest Jewish Singles Event., every December 24th
- Christmas Eve Dinner Cruise on Bateaux yachts (scroll down)
- Tuba Christmas! (usually at Rockefeller Center)
New Year's Eve and Day
- New Year's Eve and Ball Drop in Times Square - Official website - Join 700,000 of your closest frineds on the street standing for 7 hours, with not a bathroom in sight! Expect tight security. No backpacks or beverages allowed. Have fun!
- More websites about New Year's in Times Square
- New Year's Eve Concert for Peace at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
- Showboat cruise on the Queens of Hearts, by Affairs Afloat
- New Year's Eve Midnight Run and Fireworks in Central Park
- Parties at clubs!
- More lisitngs!
