November 19, 2007
What’s open Christmas Day in New York City
 (Updated)
Plenty of places are open on Christmas Day in New York City, especially if you've got the will to be outdoors with ice skates. Some of the options:
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Christmas Day mass - celebrated at 7, 8, 9, 10:15 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
The Rink at Rockefeller Center - 8:30 a.m. to midnight
Wollman Rink in Central Park - 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Prospect Park's Wollman Rink in Brooklyn - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular - shows at noon, 3, 5:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Big Apple Circus - performances at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m.
Holiday Wonders at the Beacon Theater - 4 p.m.
Empire State Building - 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock - 8 a.m. to midnight
Jewish Museum - 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Jewish Children’s Museum - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Museum of Jewish Heritage - 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Klez for Kids at the Eldridge Street Project – noon to 2:30 p.m.
Big Onion’s 17th Annual Christmas Day Jewish East Side Tour - tours at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Ghosts of NY walking tour: Christmas Ghosts - Edgar Allan Poe and His Ghostly Neighbors of Greenwich Village at 1: 30 p.m.
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Rockefeller Center: Art Deco Masterwork
Christmas Day Holy Eucharist at Trinity Wall Street
Madame Tussauds wax museum - 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditorium - 9 a.m. to 1 a.m.
"Bending Toward The Light," a jazz nativity at Birdland - shows at 5 and 8 p.m.
Beatles tribute band “Strawberry Fields” at BB Kings Blues Club at 8 p.m.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” at the IFC Center
Charlie Chaplin’s ”City Lights” at Film Forum - 1:30, 3:25, 5:20, 7:15 and 9:10 p.m.
“Note By Note” the making of a Steinway concert grand #L1037, screens at Symphony Space- 4 p.m.
Hungarian animated film “The District” screens at The Pioneer Theater at 9 p.m.
Restaurants open Christmas Day
Rainbow Room - noon to 7 p.m.
Broadway's special holiday schedule
Update: The entry above has been changed to reflect the Empire State Building's new holiday opening time as 11 a.m. (not 8 a.m.) It will also have shortned hours on the following days: December 24 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.;) December 31 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.;) and January 1 (11 a.m. to 2 a.m.)
Earlier: What's open on Thanksgiving Day in New York City
What's open New Year's Day in NYC
November 19, 2007 12:10 PM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Midtown, Out of Manhattan, Romance, Sightsology, Sports, Tours
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