Reminder that if holiday shopping earns you or the kids a new, warm winter coat or jacket, donate your old one to the poor and homeless in NYC. 2020 is the 32nd annual New York Cares Winter Coat Drive, which has delivered more than two million warm winter coats to NYC needy over the years. This year more than ever, New Yorkers are counting on acts of warmth make it … [Read more...] about New York Cares Winter Coat Drive 2020 is Underway
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New York Cares Winter Coat Drive 2019
If holiday shopping earns you or the kids a new, warm winter coat or jacket, donate your old one to the poor and homeless in NYC. 2019 is the 31st annual New York Cares Winter Coat Drive, which has delivered more than two million warm winter coats to NYC needy over the years. As always, there are dozens of drop-off locations where you can donate a warm winter coat … [Read more...] about New York Cares Winter Coat Drive 2019
New York Cares Winter Coat Drive 2018
If holiday shopping earns you or the kids a new, warm winter coat or jacket, donate your old one to the poor and homeless in NYC. 2018 is the 30th annual New York Cares Winter Coat Drive, which expects to deliver its two millionth warm winter coat or jacket this year. As always, there are hundreds of drop-off locations in NYC, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk where … [Read more...] about New York Cares Winter Coat Drive 2018
New York Cares Winter Coat Drive 2017
If Black Friday or Cyber Week sales earn you or the kids a new, warm winter coat or jacket, donate your old one to the poor and homeless in NYC. 2017 is the 91st annual New York Cares Winter Coat Drive and there are hundreds of drop-off locations in NYC, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk where you can donate a warm winter coat or jacket you no longer want, or one the kids … [Read more...] about New York Cares Winter Coat Drive 2017
Three Bears Holiday Bash puppet show
Take the kids to the Three Bears Holiday Bash, the annual puppet variety show in Central Park that celebrates Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa in song, dance, and puppetry. Tickets are just $7 for kids, $10 for the adults they bring along - same price as last year - so this is an affordable holiday family outing. Not to mention it's lots of fun. Celebrate the all the … [Read more...] about Three Bears Holiday Bash puppet show
Jewish Museum on Christmas Day
The NYC Jewish Museum is open Christmas Day, with annual family-friendly concerts and art workshops. This year, Oran Etkin plays up-tempo African and klezmer tunes, plus music from jazz greats Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington. Performances are at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children and includes museum admission. Buy tickets here. … [Read more...] about Jewish Museum on Christmas Day
Free Times Square New Year’s Eve app
Put yourself in the middle of everything in Times Square on New Year's Eve with your smartphone, via a FREE app for both Apple and Android devices. The app lets you upload your own photos to be showcased on the jumbo Toshiba Vision screen directly below the world-famous Waterford Crystal New Year's Eve Ball. Photos will be posted on the big screen at the top of each hour, … [Read more...] about Free Times Square New Year’s Eve app
Year-Round Christmas Store in Midtown
Christmas is 365 day a year at Christmas Cottage in Midtown. Other cities have year-round Christmas stores, filled with ornaments and other seasonal items, and now NYC has one of its own. Santa Claus is always in town at Christmas Cottage, on Seventh Ave. between 56th and 57th Streets. It's like a visit to Santa's Workshop, including special ornaments celebrating New York … [Read more...] about Year-Round Christmas Store in Midtown
Send a free Hanukah e-card
Hanukah begins one week from today, at sundown Tuesday, December 16, 2014, for eight nights of special holiday foods, small gifts, and the all-important lighting of Menorah candles, through Dec. 24th, also known as Christmas Eve. Send a free Hanukah e-Card. The Chabad website also has Hanukkah recipes, including for lowfat latkes and Hanukkah cookies and treats to make … [Read more...] about Send a free Hanukah e-card
A Visit from St. Nicholas free event
Twas the night before Christmas. We all know those famous first words of A Visit from St. Nicholas, the poem written by New Yorker Clement Clarke Moore. Join fans of this timeless favorite for a FREE recitation of the poem and a reception following the reading, on Sunday, December 21st, at Church of the Intercession, Broadway and 155th St. Why there? Because Moore and his … [Read more...] about A Visit from St. Nicholas free event
