'Tis the season for cutting down your Christmas Tree, lighting your menorah, light parades, community tree lighting, giving back and great family fun giveaways! We've rounded up some of the best in the Hudson Valley, and you can find it all right here!
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10 Places to Donate Toys
There is no time like the holidays to help a family in need. Purchase a new toy or clean out your playrooms. Choose a place to donate toys.
Christmas Tree Farms
Whether you're Charlie Brown who thinks small trees need love too, or you have Rockefeller-type tastes, picking a tree with your family will create memories to last a lifetime.
Tree Lighting and Holiday Events
If it's a community Christmas event you are looking for, you'll find it on this list. Communities across the Hudson Valley are getting into the Holiday Spirit with their annual ceremonies, parades, even fireworks, most of which are free for the public.
Top Light Displays
There is something about the twinkling lights and magical dancing lights that brighten up the dark winter nights and put everyone into the Christmas Spirit. Hop in the car for some Christmas Light gazing through town.
Menorah Lights and Chanukah Events
Find all the biggest and best Menorahs on our Hanukkah Celebrations and Lighting events throughout the Hudson Valley.
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Get your tickets to opening weekend at Half Moon theatre
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Make and Send a Christmas List to Santa
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Visit Arlington Holiday Festival which includes Santa, Parade, Tree Lighting and Vendors
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Experience Sinterklaas in Rhinebeck
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Take a photo with Santa
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Join in the festivities of the Pine Island Tree Lighting
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Donate toys to a local charity
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Bring the kids to enjoy The Nutcracker Ballet
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Take a walk through a winter wonderland at Holiday Spirit Festival
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Cut your tree at Manza Family Farm
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Enjoy a Christmas Candlelight Tours at Hill-Hold-Museum
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Make your own Menorah at Home Depot
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Happy Hanukkah!
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Celebrate National Cocoa Day with a warm mug and cookies
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Enjoy ERDAJT’s Holiday Christmas Light Display in LaGrangeville
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Visit the largest Menorah, standing at 25ft, in the Mid-Husdon Valley
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Enjoy breakfast with Santa at Crown Maple
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Visit an enchanted forest & the glistening gardens at Frosty Fest
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Listen to a special reading of The Polar Express at the Hyde Park Station
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Visit Eggbert, a family Christmas tradition
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Book your School’s Out week at Frost Valley YMCA
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Celebrate Hanukkah with stories and crafts at Barnes and Noble
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Enjoy 90-min skating sessions at Bear Mountain State Park’s Ice Rink
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Watch “A Christmas Carol” at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
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Merry Christmas!
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Roast marshmallows in the fireplace for homemade s’mores
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Make a Mouse House at Staatsburgh Historic Site
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Celebrate National Chocolate Candy Day with making home made chocolate
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Stroll down the paths of holiday lights in bloom
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Celebrate National Bacon Day with a huge family breakfast
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Celebrate the end of the year at a family-friendly party
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Updated November 3, 2017
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