{"id":336755,"date":"2025-10-27T20:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/336755\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:01:13","slug":"bryant-parks-2025-christmas-tree-lighting-is-december-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/336755\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryant Park\u2019s 2025 Christmas Tree Lighting Is December 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season in New York doesn\u2019t truly begin until the lights flicker on across the city\u2019s beloved evergreens\u2014and Bryant Park has just dropped the date for its annual glow-up. The tree lighting ceremony at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/shopping\/bryant-park-winter-village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bank of America Winter Village<\/a> will take place on Tuesday, December 2, at 5:30pm, turning Midtown\u2019s coziest corner into a full-on snow globe of skates, cocoa and cheer.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which is free and open to the public, will once again feature dazzling ice-skating performances, surprise guests and plenty of holiday sparkle. Last year\u2019s lineup included Olympic skaters and live music, and though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/attractions\/bryant-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bryant Park<\/a> is keeping this year\u2019s host under wraps for now, they promise it\u2019ll be \u201cnot-to-be-missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The massive Christmas tree anchors the rink at the Bank of America Winter Village, which opened for the season on Friday and runs through March 1, 2026. Now in its 13th year, the Winter Village remains one of the city\u2019s great cold-weather equalizers: home to New York\u2019s only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/things-to-do\/ice-skating-in-new-york-city-this-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free-admission ice rink<\/a> and more than 180 open-air holiday shops curated by Urbanspace.<\/p>\n<p>Skaters can glide under twinkling lights, grab a mulled wine or hot chocolate at The Lodge and shop for handmade gifts ranging from jewelry and knitwear to small-batch sweets. For those who prefer spectating over spinning, The Lodge\u2019s enclosed bar area is perfectly positioned to take in the rink action (and the lighting ceremony, if you arrive early enough to snag a spot).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBryant Park is proud to continue its partnership with Bank of America to bring New Yorkers and visitors their favorite destination for seasonal attractions, dining and small business merchants,\u201d the park\u2019s team said in its seasonal announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the tree lighting, the Winter Village calendar is stacked: Santa\u2019s Corner, Cozy Igloos and the much-loved Bumper Cars on Ice will return later in the season. The Holiday Shops stay open through January 4, 2026, while the rink and The Lodge keep the party going deep into winter.<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendars, sharpen your skates and get ready for one of New York\u2019s most picture-perfect nights of the year\u2014when Bryant Park\u2019s tree flips the switch and the city officially hits full holiday mode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holiday season in New York doesn\u2019t truly begin until the lights flicker on across the city\u2019s beloved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":336756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10336,405,403,18632,5226,5225,5228,5227,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-336755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-events-festivals","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-things-to-do","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115447915264211288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}