What to do on Long Island if you don’t celebrate Christmas
Bowlmor Long Island, at 895 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, is open Christmas Day. Credit: Bowlmor Long Island
What to do with the kids on Christmas if your family doesn’t celebrate the holiday? Here are some possibilities:
Go bowling
WHEN | WHERE Opens at noon, Bowlmor Long Island, 895 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville
COST $4.49 per game, and $5.49 for shoes
INFO 631-271-1180; bowlmor.com
Come in for bowling as usual at the lanes. Kitchen is also open. Check your local bowling alleys; they may be open as well.
Visit a JCC
Friends and Family Day at Sid Jacobson JCC
WHEN | WHERE 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Sid Jacobson JCC, 300 Forest Dr., East Hills
COST $20 per family
INFO 516-484-1545; sjjcc.org
Enjoy activities with the kids, including a bagel breakfast (included), play in the gym, help with community service projects and see Professor Pickle perform in “Circus of Nothing!” at 11:15 a.m.
Family Day at the Mid-Island Y JCC
WHEN | WHERE 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Rd., Plainview
COST $5 per person, $18 per family
INFO 516-822-3535; miyjcc.org
Play ga-ga, do arts and crafts, enjoy open swim and open gym, take Zumba, play Mah-jongg (bring your own set) and more.
Play bingo and eat deli
WHEN | WHERE Noon at Zan’s Kosher Delicatessen, 135 Alexander Ave., Lake Grove
COST Pay your own lunch bill; 10 percent will be donated to Hadassah; RSVP requested
INFO 917-414-4526; jewishwithoutwalls.org
JWOW — Jewish Without Walls — has reserved the deli’s backroom for lunch ordered off the menu and activities including family-friendly Bingo for all ages with prizes. JWOW is partnering with Hadassah on the program and money raised will go to support health care in Israel and for women around the world.
Beth Whitehouse writes about families, parenting and great things to do with the kids on Long Island. She’s been a Newsday editor and shared a 1997 Newsday staff Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800.
