# [Downtown for the Holidays and Tree Lighting in Ridgewood](https://wknd.app/r/ggy84w/downtown-for-the-holidays-and-tree-lighting-in-ridgewood)

- When: 2026-12-04 18:00-21:00 (America/New_York)
- Scarcity: one_day
- Cadence: once
- Where: Downtown Ridgewood, East Ridgewood Avenue and North Broad Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (40.97977, -74.12044)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: free
- Category: civic
- Topics: winter-holidays, christmas
- About: Ridgewood closes East Ridgewood Avenue for its annual opening night holiday festival, with the tree lighting countdown at 6:40 pm, a Trucks on Holiday touch a truck display, s'mores fire rings, window dancers, and Santa touring the avenue in his Santa Cart. The participant page from Little Ivy Learning Center, which flies Santa in for the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce festival, confirms the 2026 date and hours.
- Source: https://www.mylittleivy.com/meetsanta.html
- Feed: [Holiday events in North Jersey](https://wknd.app/f/mzfw82/holiday-events-in-north-jersey)

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