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Holidays & Parades
Washington Square Park Holiday Tree Lighting
Date
Expected December 2026
Location
Washington Square Arch, Washington Square Park
Washington Square Arch, Fifth Avenue and Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003
Washington Square Arch, Fifth Avenue and Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003
Organized by
Washington Square Association
About this happenin
The Washington Square Association lights a 45-foot Christmas tree under the Washington Square Arch in Greenwich Village, usually in the first or second week of December at 6 p.m. A brass quartet and a professional singer lead the carols, and the association prints several hundred copies of a songbook for the crowd and offers it as a free download. Once the lights go on, the tree stays lit each night from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. through the season. The lighting is free, and donations are welcome but never required. A second sing-along follows on Christmas Eve at 5 p.m. The association is a volunteer-run neighborhood group founded in 1906, and it has sponsored carol singing under the arch for well over a century.
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Where
Washington Square Arch, Washington Square Park · Washington Square Arch, Fifth Avenue and Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003
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