Celebrate Our 103rd Annual Tree Lighting
& Sing Carols on Christmas Eve
Join Us For Holiday Festivities
For 103 years the Association has provided the annual 45-foot Christmas tree under the Arch that is lit for the season between the hours of 4 pm and 1 am.. We celebrate the winter holiday at the Washington Square Arch on two evenings in December when the Washington Square Association offers the opportunity to sing yuletide carols with neighbors and global visitors, accompanied by a lively brass band and professional singer.
Tree Lighting: Typically the first or second week of December at 6pm, check out our event page or home page for date announcements.
Christmas Eve Caroling: December 24th at 5pm. We hope to be singing together!
Donations are appreciated, but never required.
Download Our Free Holiday Caroling Book
The WSA always prints out several hundred copies of our collectible song book for the crowds that gather under the arch and we also have the song book available for you to download it here.
The Tree Lighting
At 6pm, the Rob Susman Brass Quartet and professional singer, Linseigh Green, will lead us in holiday song. The lights on the resplendent tree will be turned on to mark the beginning of festive winter evenings.
Caroling Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, at 5 pm, the Rob Susman Brass Quartet and Linseigh Green return to celebrate the holiday with carols at the Washington Square Arch. “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men” will ring out to remind us all of the true meaning of the holidays as we celebrate our community and humanity’s capacity to endure.
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More About The WSA
The Washington Square Association, Inc. founded in 1906, is the city’s oldest neighborhood and civic organization. For 119 years, it has sponsored carol singing under the arch. Other activities concern community advocacy for Washington Square and the surrounding neighborhood, the annual Washington Square Chess Exhibition, support for the Washington Square Music Festival, and the fostering of neighborhood spirit. Find out more about us.