This Tour
Time: 11 a.m. Wednesday to Sunday. Rain or shine.
Price: $20 per guest.
Book A Tour: Contact Zerve at (212) 209-3370 or get tickets online. Tickets can be purchased just 30 minutes in advance, subject to availability.
Take the Best New York Christmas Tour
Other Tours Show You the Same Old Lights. This Tour Explains How New Yorkers Made Christmas
That's right, nearly every important holiday tradition — from Santa Claus to the Christmas Sale — was invented or popularized by New Yorkers, many of them Jewish.
Tour Tidbits: Learn Santa's Secrets
- Find out why most Protestant churches used to ignore Christmas.
- Learn how people decorated trees with rotting fruit before New Yorkers popularized glass ornaments.
- Meet a satirical political cartoonist who drew the first recognizable pictures of Santa.
Deck the Halls: Christmas Tour Sights
