Celebrate Our 100th Annual Tree Lighting

Now Dec 13th Rain Date!

NYC's 2nd Longest Running Tree Lighting (And The Best!)

Join Us For Holiday Festivities

Tree Lighting: Typically the first or second week of December, check out our event page or home page for the upcoming date.

Christmas Eve Caroling: Friday, December 24th at 5pm. We hope to be singing together!

Donations are appreciated, but never required.  

We celebrate your favorite winter holiday at Washington Square two evenings in December when The Washington Square Association provides the opportunity to sing yuletide carols in downtown’s historic park. The Association provides the annual 45-foot Christmas tree under the Arch that is lit for the season between the hours of 4 pm and 1 am.

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

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

Christmas Eve, at 5 pm is the traditional time 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 virtually from our homes.

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More About The WSA

The Washington Square Association, Inc. founded in 1906, is one of the city’s oldest community organizations. For 106 years, it has sponsored carol singing under the arch. Other activities concern the continued improvement of Washington Square, the Washington Square Music Festival, and the fostering of neighborhood spirit.  Find out more about us.