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13 free events take place on Monday, December 23 in New York City.
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13 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Monday, December 23, 2019

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Editor's Picks

free events nyc Historic Greenwich Village Tour: Beats, Bohemians And Icons From The 1950's To Today
free events nyc Holiday Affair (1949): Romantic Comedy Set In Christmas
free events nyc Christmas and Holiday Lights Tour
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Workshop | Morning Meditation


Balance mind, body, and spirit in this Primordial Sound Meditation led by an instructor. Work with a personal mantra, a specific sound or vibration. Take part in a regular meditation practice that lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and strengthens the immune system.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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9:45 am
free, no reservation required

Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   Manhattan, New York, NY
10:00 am
free

Film | Catfish (2010): Filmmakers Documenting Their Friend's Online Relationship 


Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries. 87 min. Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman. Starring Nev Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost. The movie led to an MTV reality TV series, Catfish: The TV Show.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Film | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989): Christmas Comedy With Chevy Chase


The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster. Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik. Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis. It is the third installment in National Lampoon's Vacation film series, and was written by John Hughes, based on his short story in National Lampoon magazine, "Christmas '59". National Lampoon was an American humor magazine which ran from 1970 to 1998.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:00 am
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Film | Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) With Samuel L. Jackson And Jake Gyllenhaal: Spider-Man Around The World


Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever. 129 min. Director: Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:15 am
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Film | A Christmas Carol (2009): Animation With Roles Voiced By Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth And More


An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. 96 min. Director: Robert Zemeckis. Starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth. It is a film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 story of the same name.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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11:30 am
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City Walk | Historic Greenwich Village Tour: Beats, Bohemians And Icons From The 1950's To Today


Bob Dylan, Richard Pryor, Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Jacobs, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Dave Attell, Patti Smith, Joan Baez, and Truman Capote are just a few of the thousands of accomplished artists, writers, radicals, and performers who made their way through Greenwich Village. This tour, primarily focusing on the 1950s onward, visits the hangouts that have defined legendary people and the spirit of this iconic neighborhood.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
11:30 am
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Film | No Man of Her Own (1950) With Barbara Stanwyck: Blackmailed By Her Ex Lover


A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex. 98 min. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl.  No Man of Her Own was based on the Cornell Woolrich novel I Married a Dead Man.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   Manhattan, NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Holiday Affair (1949): Romantic Comedy Set In Christmas


A young widow is romanced by a sales clerk whom she inadvertently got fired. 87 min. Director: Don Hartman. Starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey. Holiday Affair was based on the story Christmas Gift by John D. Weaver
   Manhattan, New York, NY
2:00 pm
free, no reservation required

Book Club | The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcée Who Became the Duchess of Windsor


Wallis Simpson is known as the woman at the center of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century, but in this “unputdownable…lively and detailed” (The Times) biography, discover a woman wronged by history with new information revealed by the latest research and those who were close to the couple. The story that has been told repeatedly is this: The handsome, charismatic, and popular Prince Edward was expected to marry a well-bred virgin who would one day become Queen of England when he ascended the throne. But when the prince was nearly forty, he fell in love with a divorced American woman—Wallis Simpson. No one thought the relationship would last, and when the prince did become king, everyone assumed that was the end of the affair. But to the shock of the British establishment, the new king announced his intention to marry the American divorcée. Overnight, Wallis was accused of entrapping the prince in a seductive web in order to achieve her audacious ambition to be queen. After declaring that he could not rule without the woman he loved, the king abdicated, and his family banished him and his new wife from the country. The couple spent the rest of their days in exile, but happy in their devoted love for each other. Now, Anna Pasternak’s The Real Wallis Simpson tells a different story: that Wallis was the victim of the abdication, not the villain. Warm, well-mannered, and witty, Wallis was flattered by Prince Edward’s attention, but like everyone else, she never expected his infatuation to last. She never anticipated his jealous, possessive nature—and his absolute refusal to let her go.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Film | Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988): Drama With Gena Rowlands


Facing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor's help. 81 min. Director: Woody Allen. Starring Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
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6:00 pm
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Tour | Christmas and Holiday Lights Tour


See the holiday lights of midtown. Duration: Approximately 2 hours. Remember to bring your Metrocard.
   Manhattan, New York, NY
7:00 pm
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