Christmas Is Coming, The Trees Are Getting Lit – Mark Your Calendars

All events are free and open to the public, and we will update as more events and details are announced. Mark your calendars and bring the kids! (Dyker Heights lights go up the weekend after Thanksgiving.)

Christmas, as usual, falls on December 25th. Kwanzaa follows Christmas and takes place December 26 through January 1. Hannukah this year starts on Tuesday, December 12th at sundown and continues for 8 days.

• DOWNTOWN – This Thursday, November 16th, 5:00 pm -7:30 pm, Albee Square

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is holding its first-ever Downtown Brooklyn Gets Lit: Holiday Lighting Party. The Partnership will switch on the lights for a tree, menorah, and all along Fulton Mall. DJ Mike Doelo will play music and there will be special guest performances from Brooklyn United Marching Band, 8-year-old local DJ and Rapper Annie Red, Salsa Salsa Dance studio, and more. The event will also be followed by a salsa party in City Point.

• PARK SLOPE – Saturday, November 25th, 6:30 pm, at the corner of 5th Avenue and 4th Street

The Park Slope Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District is once again hosting its annual tree lighting ceremony with live music, puppets, Santa Claus and treats. Small Business Saturday is taking place on November 25th! Save the date and come shop on #theother5th before the tree is lit! It’s the big day to #shopsmall !

• SUNSET PARK BID & OLPH Basilica Annual Tree Lighting – Thursday, November 30,  3pm – 6pm outside Basilica (5th Avenue @ 59th Street)

Santa shows up early and sits in front of the tree, and kids are welcome to take photos with him. As the sun begins to set, children from Sunset Park’s schools and organizations ring in the season with songs on the stage.

• ATLANTIC AVENUE ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY & PARTY – Friday, December 1, 6pm-8pm, St. Cyril Church (401 Atlantic @ Bond)
  • 5 to 6 PM: Caroling Along Avenue with Brooklyn High School of the Arts
  • 6PM: Atlantic Avenue Tree Lighting Ceremony – Meet Santa! Officiated by Council Member Stephen Levin
  • 6:15 to 7:30 PM: Holiday Tree Lighting Party
• Fort Hamilton Army Base – December 1, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Fort Hamilton Tree Lighting Spectacular & Holiday Market. You must register latest the day before and have a picture ID. Details at link above.
• FORT GREENE – December 3rd, 4:30-6pm, Fort Greene Park entrance (corner of Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park)

The 4th annual tree lighting in Fort Greene Park – there will be live music, free hot cocoa and cookies from Myrtle Avenue restaurants, and Santa Claus! We’ll also be collecting toys for local toy drives.

• DUMBO HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING Ceremony on Monday, December 4th from 5-7pm in the Pearl Street Triangle

Carols, Calypso and Cocoa! Join us to ignite some holiday cheer! The DUMBO Improvement District is thrilled to sponsor the 12th Annual DUMBO Holiday Tree Lighting:

• TREE LIGHTING. SANTA CLAUS. All the way from New Jersey the North Pole, with a photo booth from our friends at Brooklyn Central.
• CALYPSO MUSIC. From Brooklyn-based steel drum band Jah Pan.
• CAROLS. Performances by the PS307 and Dock Street Middle School choirs.
• THE NUTCRACKER. Excerpts from DUMBO’s Gelsey Kirkland Dance Academy.
• HOT COCOA. Donated by Jacques Torres, DUMBO’s own Mr. Chocolate.
• SWEET TREATS. Donated by our Front Street Starbucks.
• PROJECTIONS ON THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE. Animated videos reinvent “yule logs” for the digital age.
• TOY DRIVE. Bring an unwrapped toy for a child ages 0 to 14 for the Big Brooklyn Holiday Toy Drive.

DOWNTOWN – Tuesday, December 5th, 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm,  2 MetroTech Center

Brooklyn’s Largest Tree (this year – at 55 feet) Lighting will feature live Reindeer and Santa, a performance by Brooklyn Ballet, plus holiday treats and cheer. This is the 28th-annual Light Up the Holidays @MetroTech event, Downtown Brooklyn’s official holiday season kickoff, event sponsorForest City New York announced. The event will also feature a performance from the Brooklyn Friends School and demonstration from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

BOROUGH HALL – Christmas Tree Lighting – December 5, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

MARINE PARK – Celebrate the holidays with the annual tree lighting at the historic Dutch farmhouse, the Hendrick L. Lott House on Friday, December 8, 2017, starting at 6 pm. Hosted by Senator Marty Golden and Friends of the Lott House, the festivities will feature holiday music, cookies and cocoa and in true Dutch fashion, a visit from Sinterklaas. The Lott House is located at 1940 East 36th Street between Fillmore Ave. and Ave S. in Brooklyn.

BAY RIDGE – The 5th Annual Bay Ridge 5th Avenue BID Holiday Celebration will occur on December 9, 2017 from 12 noon to 4 pm.  Free Trolley Rides with Santa and his Elf along 5th Avenue from 65th to 85 Street. The Christmas Tree Lighting will be at 4 pm.

Grand Army Plaza – THE LARGEST MENORAH – Every night of Chanukah is celebrated with live music, hot latkes, and gifts for the children. Starts at 6 pm on December 12.

via the Largest Menorah website.

BOROUGH HALL – Menorah lighting will take place at 4:30 PM on December 18.