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- NYC Public Schools closed for winter break (Dec 24 - Jan 1, classes resume Jan 2)
- FREE / Ongoing: Dyker Heights Christmas Lights - spectacularly decorated houses (83rd - 86th St, 11th - 13th Ave); most up after Thanksgiving through New Year, dusk til 9 PM
- Toy Donation: Toys 4 Kids donations through Reaching-Out Community Services
- Toy Donation: at Bohemian Rose for NY Presby Children's Hospital - thru 12/18
- Toy & Winter Coats/Accessories Donation: @ BRJC thru 12/31
- Kindergarten Application open for 2019-2020 for children born in 2014 (deadline January 14)
- Mommy & Me with Miss Darlene - Christmas Party @ Play Days & Parties @ 9:30 - 11:30
- FREE - Teen Tech Time @ Dyker Library @ 3 - 4
- FREE - Kids Create @ Bay Ridge Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Chess Workshop @ Sunset Park Library @ 4 - 5
- Drop-In Karate Class for Kids & Adults @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center @ 6 - 7
- FREE - Cantonese Storytime @ McKinley Park Library @ 10:30 - 11:30
- FREE - Around the World Through Folk Tales @ Bay Ridge Library @ 11:30 - 12:30
- FREE - The Dyker Singers Christmas Concert @ Dyker Library @ 3 - 4
- FREE - Makerbot DIY @ Bay Ridge Library @ 3 - 4
- FREE - Knitting @ Sunset Park Library @ 3 - 5
- FREE - Library Lab @ Sunset Park Library @ 3:30 - 4:30
- FREE - Teen Tech Time @ McKinley Park Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Game On! @ McKinley Park Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Tot Shabbat @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center @ 5:30 - 6:30
- Parents Night Out Drop-off: "Grinch Stole Christmas" @ Bounce U @ 5:30 - 8
- FREE - Winter Session Learn to Swim Lottery Registration opens (ends 12/29)
- FREE - Saturday Storytime @ McKinley Park Library @ 10 - 10:30
- FREE - Saturday Storytime! @ Sunset Park Library @ 10:30 - 11
- FREE - Saturday Storytime @ Bay Ridge Library @ 11 - 11:30
- FREE - WonderSpark Puppets @ Beyond at Liberty View @ 11 - 12
- FREE - Photos with Santa (1st come 1st served) @ Art Fun Studio @ 11 - 3
- FREE - Holiday Family Movie Time: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! @ McKinley Park Library @ 12 - 2
- "Mistletoe Rudolph" Little Brushes @ Pinot's Palette @ 12 - 2
- FREE - Family DJ Dance Party - Salsa Sounds for Kids @ 274 36th St @ 12:30
- Roll-A-Rama Family Skate @ Industry City @ 1 - 4
- FREE - Saturday Storytime @ Dyker Library @ 2:30 - 3:30
- FREE - Little Scientists @ Sunset Park Library @ 2:30 - 3:30
- FREE - Build with Lego and Duplo @ Sunset Park Library @ 2:30 - 3:30
- FREE - Saturday Storytime: Cantonese Storytime @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 3 - 4
- FREE - Vendor & Craft Holiday Fair @ Redeemer St. John's Lutheran Church @ 12 - 7 (Santa pix @ 5 - 7)
- Parents Survival Night Drop-Off "Glow in the Dark" @ The Little Gym @ 5 - 8
- Drop-In Karate Class for Kids & Adults @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center @ 9:30 - 11
- FREE - Horse & Carriage Ride with Santa @ Skinflints @ 1 - 4
- NYC Public Schools closed for winter break (Dec 24 - Jan 1)
- MERRY CHRISTMAS!! (Alternate Side Parking Suspended)
- NYC Public Schools closed for winter break (Dec 24 - Jan 1)
- (ON BREAK til 12/26) - Open Play BRBM Special @ Play Days & Parties
- (ON BREAK til JAN 8) - BYOBaby Play Date @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center
- NYC Public Schools closed for winter break (Dec 24 - Jan 1)
- (ON BREAK til JAN 5) Lavender Blues @ Dimensions on Stage
- FREE - Story Craft @ Sunset Park Library @ 10:30 - 11:30
- FREE - La Hora Mágica de los Pequeños @ Sunset Park Library @ 1:30 - 2:30
- FREE - Library Lab: Roller Coaster Challenge! @ McKinley Park Library @ 3 - 4