CHRISTMAS EVE? CHECK!
From caroling to carousing: Merry ways to celebrate the season before Santa arrives
LAST-MINUTE SAVINGS
In need of last-minute holiday attire? Thankfully, stores are in the giving spirit on Christmas Eve. Lord & Taylor ( 424 Fifth Ave.; lordandtaylor.com) is offering up to 20 percent off regular, sale and clearance items on apparel, accessories, cosmetics, fragrances and more, in stores and online. If you need help squeezing into your new purchase after indulging in seasonal sweets, Spanx ( Westfield Garden State Plaza, Space L7A, Paramus, NJ; spanx.com) has you covered. Treat yourself — and someone in need — by dropping off a clothing donation for Dress for Success to any Spanx retailer on Christmas Eve, and receive 20 percent off your purchase. Once you’ve picked up a new dress, punch it up with new kicks from M. Gemi ( mgemi.com) — purchase a $200 e-gift card online and receive a $50 credit. Of course, men need to dress nice, too. John Varvatos’ ( 151 Wooster St.; johnvarvatos.com) sample sale continues through 4 p.m. Thursday, and nearly everything (excluding some outerwear) is more than 50 percent off the retail price.
— Cody Jones
EAT BOTTOMLESS PIZZA
Today marks Rossopomodoro’s ( 118 Greenwich Ave.; rossopizza.com) final evening of their 12-days-of-Christmas bottomless-pizza special. For $20 per person, diners can order as many Neapolitan pies as they can consume — from the basic marinara ($10) to the Indiavolata (Neapolitan spicy salami and mozzarella, $16). However, there is one Scrooge-y rule: The table must finish each pie before the next one goes into the oven.
— Claudine Ko
BUY THEATER TICKETS
Theater tickets make great last-minute gifts — though if you decide to buy “Hamilton” tickets now, your friends and family may have to wait until October 2016 to catch Lin-Manuel Miranda’s monster hit. If they’d rather see something this calendar year, there are still good seats for festive shows such as the Gloria Estefan jukebox extravaganza “On Your Feet!” at the Marquis Theatre ( 1535 Broadway; onyourfeetmusical.com). At a lower price point, the hilarious off-Broadway play “These Paper Bullets!” at the Atlantic Theater Company ( 330 W. 16th St.; atlantictheater.org) features catchy new songs by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. Roundabout’s Broadway revival of the classic farce “Noises Off” at the American Airlines Theatre ( 227 W. 42nd St.; roundabouttheatre.org) is still in previews, but it’s led by comedy legend Andrea Martin — she can’t be needing too much prep to really get going.
— Elisabeth Vincentelli