Christmas Tree Lighting Events Around Clarkstown

After the pandemic shut everything down last year, catch as many of this year's events as you can!

At 6 p.m. Friday, join Heritage of West Nyack for a Community Holiday Tree Lighting with music, caroling, refreshments and a visit from Santa at Historic Traphagen, 131 Germonds Road in West Nyack.

Saturday, the Nanuet Tree Lighting Celebration starts at 5 p.m. on Orchard Street across from the post office. Coordinated almost entirely by the Nanuet Junior Chamber club, the event will feature tree lighting, Santa as the star attraction, entertainment and food offered by local restaurants. The Nanuet Chamber is working with several volunteers, the Nanuet Civic Association, and the Town of Clarkstown to enhance the area in time for this year's Tree Lighting Celebration with a new tree (donated by the Moldow and Ziffer families) and improved decorations.

On Dec. 16, Clarkstown residents are invited to a tree lighting event at Congers Lake Memorial Park where Santa will arrive on a fire truck. There will be a children’s concert and hot chocolate upstairs afterward.

Plus, there's still time to enter Clarkstown's Virtual Gingerbread House Decorating Contest. Get the entire family together, put those decorating skills to use, and make a gingerbread house! The contest runs through Dec. 19. E-mail photo to c.tosto@clarkstown.org. Please include name, address, and phone number. The winner will be announced the following week and will receive a prize. Be creative, have fun, and good luck!