SHAKE UP THE HOLIDAYS
Tr y trains, ornament-making, puppet shows and more for post-turkey adventures that are sure to get you into the spirit of the season
THE Thanksgiving meal is over, and the Black Friday rush has calmed, but your family is . . . still here. Luckily, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in New York, so get everyone out of the house and check out some of the holiday happenings around town.
MT-YAY!
Blast to the past aboard a vintage R1 subway train from the 1930s on the New York Transit Museum’s Holiday Nostalgia Rides. A MetroCard swipe has never been
so merry! Sundays through Dec. 29; rides depart from Second Avenue stop on the uptown F line at select times from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; full schedule at NYTransitMuseum.org/HolidayNostalgiaRides
CHOO-CHOO CHEER
The New York Botanical Garden’s annual Holiday Train Show gets an upgrade this year with improvements to its miniature Central Park, including new models of the Dairy, Bethesda Terrace and Belvedere Castle. “I’m enamored with the Naumburg Bandshell,” says Karen Daubmann, associate vice president for exhibitions and public engagement. “I love that it is created out of a gourd!” Through Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. most days; $30 this weekend for adults, $28 for seniors and students, $18 for kids, free for kids under 2; 2900 Southern Blvd., The Bronx; NYBG.org
GOT SNOW STRINGS?
Kids will melt for a performance of the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s “Yeti, Set, Snow!” about an abominable snowman who doesn’t like, um, snow. Through Feb. 23, various times; $8 for kids, $12 for adults; West 79th Street and West Drive inside Central Park; CityParksFoundation.org
CRAFT SERVICE
Channel your inner Martha Stewart with an adults-only Atelier by Héna class, in which you’ll learn how to make a sweet Christmas ornament with fine leather detail. Saturday classes at 10 and 11 a.m., 1 and 2 p.m., as well as other days in December; $65; 325 W. 38th St., 10th floor; AtelierByHena.com RUN, RUN, RUDOLPH Burn off that second slice of pumpkin pie at the NYCRuns Cocoa Classic 5K & 10K, where finishers will be rewarded with | piping hot chocolate. Sunday at 9 a.m., registration begins at 7:30; $50; 108th Street at Riverside Drive; NYCRuns.com WALK OF THE TOWN Stretch those legs with a free holiday walking tour of the Flatiron District. Attendees will learn about Madison Square Park’s Star of Hope, as well as the home where Clement Clarke Moore wrote his beloved poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas.” Sundays at 11 a.m. through Dec. 22; Meet at the front of the Flatiron Building on 23rd Street, just east of Fifth Avenue; FlatironDistrict.NYC THE ONE WITH TRIVIA Calling all “Friends” fanatics! Test your knowledge of the sitcom’s holiday episodes in an afternoon of trivia at McGarry’s Pub. It’s free to participate, but attendees are expected to order some grub and drinks. Sunday, 1 to 2:30 p.m.; 417 Ninth Ave.; TriviaAD.com
HORSE AROUND
Transport the family back to the 19th century for the Lefferts Historic House’s Winter on a Flatbush Farm event, where little ones can meet “Saint Nicholas” on horseback, taste Dutch doughnuts and help make sauerkraut and churn butter. Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m.; $3 suggested donation; 452 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn; ProspectPark.org
O CHRISTMAS TREE
The iconic evergreen in Rockefeller Center won’t be lit until Wednesday, but Bayside is ready to give its tree a glow-up this weekend. The community event features a soap-suds snow machine and is preceded by a lively children’s parade. Parade begins Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at 36th Avenue and Bell Boulevard; tree lighting follows on 41st Avenue near the Bayside LIRR station