The best of December in New York City — the month's biggest events, exhibitions and long runs in one ranked list, curated and verified by Stumblday.
Times Square, Times Square, ManhattanThe Ball descends atop One Times Square as revelers pack fenced viewing pens that stretch up 6th and 8th Avenues as far as 56th Street.
Times Square, Times Square, ManhattanThe Ball descends atop One Times Square as revelers pack fenced viewing pens that stretch up 6th and 8th Avenues as far as 56th Street.
Radio City Music Hall, Midtown, ManhattanTen Rockettes numbers and Sphere Immersive Sound fill 90 intermission-free minutes at Radio City Music Hall, across a record 230 performances.
Radio City Music Hall, Midtown, ManhattanTen Rockettes numbers and Sphere Immersive Sound fill 90 intermission-free minutes at Radio City Music Hall, across a record 230 performances.
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAll 90 City Ballet dancers, 62 musicians and 125 School of American Ballet children stage Balanchine's growing-tree spectacle at the Koch Theater.
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAll 90 City Ballet dancers, 62 musicians and 125 School of American Ballet children stage Balanchine's growing-tree spectacle at the Koch Theater.
The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, BronxNearly 200 New York landmark replicas built from palm fronds, pinecones and cinnamon sticks, with model trains looping the Haupt Conservatory.
The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, BronxNearly 200 New York landmark replicas built from palm fronds, pinecones and cinnamon sticks, with model trains looping the Haupt Conservatory.
Dyker Heights residential blocks, Dyker Heights, BrooklynHomeowners in a south Brooklyn neighborhood outdo each other with floodlit lawns and the whole thing is free to walk from the public sidewalk.
Dyker Heights residential blocks, Dyker Heights, BrooklynHomeowners in a south Brooklyn neighborhood outdo each other with floodlit lawns and the whole thing is free to walk from the public sidewalk.
New York City Center, Midtown, ManhattanRevelations, two world premieres and Forsythe's In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated in Ailey's City Center holiday run under Alicia Graf Mack.
New York City Center, Midtown, ManhattanRevelations, two world premieres and Forsythe's In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated in Ailey's City Center holiday run under Alicia Graf Mack.
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Winter Garden Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanTom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell spar as Benedick and Beatrice in Jamie Lloyd's party-pitched Shakespeare, transferred from a record London run.
Winter Garden Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanTom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell spar as Benedick and Beatrice in Jamie Lloyd's party-pitched Shakespeare, transferred from a record London run.
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanWhoopi Goldberg's own writing, directed by Whitney White, in Lincoln Center's 299-seat thrust room — closing at month's end.
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanWhoopi Goldberg's own writing, directed by Whitney White, in Lincoln Center's 299-seat thrust room — closing at month's end.
Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanThe Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys sings Handel's Messiah beneath the great carved reredos on Fifth Avenue, a New York Advent fixture.
Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Midtown, ManhattanThe Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys sings Handel's Messiah beneath the great carved reredos on Fifth Avenue, a New York Advent fixture.
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park, QueensNew York's oldest continuously farmed land switches on an after-dark holiday light walk across 47 acres of Floral Park fields.
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park, QueensNew York's oldest continuously farmed land switches on an after-dark holiday light walk across 47 acres of Floral Park fields.
Music Box Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanRosamund Pike plays a London Crown Court judge whose ordered life cracks open, in Suzie Miller's follow-up to Prima Facie, played without an interval.
Music Box Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanRosamund Pike plays a London Crown Court judge whose ordered life cracks open, in Suzie Miller's follow-up to Prima Facie, played without an interval.
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Square, ManhattanJeannette Sorrell conducts Handel's oratorio with her chorus Apollo's Singers and four soloists in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall.
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Square, ManhattanJeannette Sorrell conducts Handel's oratorio with her chorus Apollo's Singers and four soloists in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall.
The Joyce Theater, Chelsea, ManhattanThe all-male Trocks dance Swan Lake and The Dying Swan on pointe at the Joyce, deadpan tutus and all, in their Christmas-week return.
The Joyce Theater, Chelsea, ManhattanThe all-male Trocks dance Swan Lake and The Dying Swan on pointe at the Joyce, deadpan tutus and all, in their Christmas-week return.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Costume Institute's new blockbuster reframes fashion as fine art, with sculptural gowns staged alongside masterpieces from the Met's collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe Costume Institute's new blockbuster reframes fashion as fine art, with sculptural gowns staged alongside masterpieces from the Met's collection.
Hudson Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanJulia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris and Allison Janney fight over a daughter's tell-all memoir in Jon Robin Baitz's Palm Springs family drama.
Hudson Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanJulia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris and Allison Janney fight over a daughter's tell-all memoir in Jon Robin Baitz's Palm Springs family drama.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandNew York City's only living-history village goes full holiday, with costumed interpreters, horse-drawn carriages and Santa across Richmondtown.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandNew York City's only living-history village goes full holiday, with costumed interpreters, horse-drawn carriages and Santa across Richmondtown.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAngellosIoannis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsKandinsky, Franz Marc and Natalia Goncharova hang together in the Guggenheim's galleries as European abstraction takes hold.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAngellosIoannis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsKandinsky, Franz Marc and Natalia Goncharova hang together in the Guggenheim's galleries as European abstraction takes hold.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWarhol to Maurizio Cattelan, drawn from the Guggenheim collection and hung along Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda ramp.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWarhol to Maurizio Cattelan, drawn from the Guggenheim collection and hung along Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral rotunda ramp.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Costume Institute's Met Gala show pairs couture with painting and sculpture in nearly 12,000 square feet of new galleries.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanInSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Costume Institute's Met Gala show pairs couture with painting and sculpture in nearly 12,000 square feet of new galleries.
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanThe New York Philharmonic plays John Williams's score live at David Geffen Hall while the first Harry Potter film runs on a big screen above them.
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanThe New York Philharmonic plays John Williams's score live at David Geffen Hall while the first Harry Potter film runs on a big screen above them.
Imperial Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanBilly Crystal turns the house he lost in the Palisades fires into a solo memory play, written by him and directed by Scott Ellis.
Imperial Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanBilly Crystal turns the house he lost in the Palisades fires into a solo memory play, written by him and directed by Scott Ellis.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanConstantin Brancusi's rarely lent sculptures fill MoMA's entire sixth floor, rebuilt around his Paris studio at the impasse Ronsin.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanConstantin Brancusi's rarely lent sculptures fill MoMA's entire sixth floor, rebuilt around his Paris studio at the impasse Ronsin.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandNinety-minute lantern-lit tours through Richmondtown's Stephens-Black House and General Store, ending with wassail at the county courthouse.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandNinety-minute lantern-lit tours through Richmondtown's Stephens-Black House and General Store, ending with wassail at the county courthouse.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanRoughly 130 Lichtensteins, from Look Mickey to Drowning Girl, plus a recreated 96-foot Greene Street Mural on the Whitney's fifth floor.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanRoughly 130 Lichtensteins, from Look Mickey to Drowning Girl, plus a recreated 96-foot Greene Street Mural on the Whitney's fifth floor.