The Holiday season has officially arrived!  Merry christmahanakwanzika to all!

Fri 15: Google Pop-Up Store with Snow Globe

110 5th Ave, 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Free
What is life but an endless search for the perfect Instagram photo? (Make sure to follow MeshBetter on Instagram…) Google PopUp stores are the perfect place to snap your shot, and this enormous snow globe will be no exception.

Fri 15: Ugly Sweater Open Bar

Irish Haven, 5721 4th Ave, Brooklyn, 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $30
Looking for a place to flash that ugly holiday sweater you bought for Craig’s holiday three years ago? The time it now, the place is here! Support women’s rugby while getting shnakkered, as only a $30, 3-hour open bar can allow.

Sat 16: Social Justice Holiday Market

Mayday Space, 176 St Nicholas Ave, Brooklyn, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Whatever you spend
Tired of spending your hard-earned money on giant corporations? This holiday market is not only formed an independent artist, a portion also goes to charitable and social justice organizations.

Sat 16: The Hip Hop Nutcracker

Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $30 – $80

Get an updated version of the holiday classic in a show that certain to make you want to jump on stage and dance along – but don’t! Let the experts do it!

Sun 17: Klezmer Hanukkah Party

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th Ave, Brooklyn, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM, $10
Feel the holiday spirit with the beautiful music of traditional klezmers!

Sun 17: Christmas Queens – NYC

Stage 48 605 W 48th St, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $50
I’m not sure that there’s anything that says Christmas more to me than the site of a gaggle of glorious queens dancing and bringing joy to all they see.

Mon 18: Moxy Hotel’s Magic Hour Rooftop

Moxy Times Square, 485 7th Ave., 4:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Free
Reading the description for this rooftop happy hour venue, with its rotating carousel, topiary garden, and sexy putt-putt, sound like a place millionaires go on dates in movies that take place in NYC but that the hoi polloi would never get to experience. But hey! Guess what! They’re letting in the unwashed masses! Grab a Maine lobster roll and a fancy cocktail and gaze at the Empire State Building as you fantasize that this is what your life will be like all the time from now on.