Baby, it’s cold outside!  But the holiday season is starting to heat up with light celebrations and displays — some even happen before Thanksgiving. From tree lightings throughout the city to neighborhoods with boffo decorations to department store windows of all styles, here’s our list of seasonal sights in NYC this year. Carol on!

photo: Park Slope 5th Ave. BID

Tree Lighting Ceremonies

 

Fifth Avenue Holiday Tree Lighting

On small business Saturday, crowd onto the corner of 5^th Avenue at 3^rd Street in Park Slope to sing, drink cocoa, eat cookies and watch the lighting of the neighborhood tree.

 

Sat., Nov. 29, 6:30 p.m.

5th Avenue at 3rd Street 

Park Slope

online: parkslopefifthavenuebid.com

 

photo: Filip Wolak

Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square

Hosted by the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District, the 15^th annual Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square is without a doubt New York’s largest outdoor holiday festival, with over 20…