OUTDOORS Tours & Hikes ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING "Twas the Night Before Christmas," ...
ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING
"Twas the Night Before Christmas," Fri. at 7; "Superb Gramercy Park," Sat. at 11; "Terrific Turtle Bay," Sat. at 12:50; "Roosevelt Island," Sat. at 2:30; "Jewish LES," Sun. at 11:15; "Haunted Greenwich Village," Sun. at 1:30; "Splendid Grand Central Terminal," Sun. at 3:30; 265-2663 for res. & meeting place; $5.
BIG ONION WALKING TOURS
"Ye Olde Pre-Christmas Tour of Greenwich Village," Fri. at 1; "Christmas Day Walk in Chinatown," Sat. at 1; "9th Annual Christmas Weekend Jewish East Side Tour," Sun. at 10:30 & 1; 439-1090 for info & meeting place; $10, $8 st.
BERNIE'S NY TOURS
"Flatiron District/Ladies Mile: Retail Palaces of a Bygone Area," meets at SW corner of 6th Ave. & W. 18th St., 718-655-1883; Sat. at 2, $10.
DR. PHIL'S NY WALKS & TALKS
Licensed guide Philip Schoenberg's tours of Brooklyn & Manhattan. Tours $12 unless noted, 888-377-4455 for meeting place & info. This week, "Child-friendly Ramble: Christmas Ghost Stories for Children," Fri. at 11, $6; "Christmas Eve Ghost Stories," Fri. at 2; "Santa Claus, New Yorker," Sat. at 2; "Post-Christmas Jewish LES Talk & Walk" with free wine tasting, Sun. at 11 & 2; "Maritime NY: From S. St. Seaport to Staten Island," Mon. at 2.
FOODS OF NEW YORK
"A Walking & Eating Tour" explores restaurants & specialty shops; 732-636-4650 or foodtours@aol.com for res. & meeting place; Weds.-Tues. 11:30-1:30, $25 incl. lunch.
LES SHOPPING TOUR
Ninety-minute shopping tour of Orchard St. district; meet at Katz's Deli, 205 E. Houston St. (Ludlow St.); 226-9010; Sun. at 11, free [through 12/26].
lower east side CONSERVANCY
Tours incl. "19th-century Tenement" (Weds.-Fri. & Tues.) "The Confino Family Apartment" (Sat. & Sun.), "The Streets Where We Lived" (Sat. & Sun.) & special pre-millennium mini-bus tour of the Jewish LES (Sun. at 1); meet at 90 Orchard St. (betw. Broome & Delancey Sts.), 431-0233; call for times, $20, $14 st./s.c. [through 12/31].
Municipal Art Society
All tours begin at 12:30, $10, $8 st./s.c. unless noted. 935-3960 for res. & meeting place. This week: "Grand Central Terminal," Weds. at 12:30; "Millionaire's Mile: The Upper E. Side," Fri. at 12:30; "Carnegie Hill Preserved," Sun. at 11; "Times Square & How it Got That Way," Mon. at 11; "Money Matters: The Interiors of Wall St.," Tues. at 12:30.
NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
"Times Sq. & It's Signs Through Time;" meet outside Hanson's Brewery, 42nd St. (7th Ave.), 873-3400 ext.263, res. req.; Weds. at 6-7:30, $12, $10 st./s.c. [through 1/31].
STREET SMARTS NY
"Christmas in Old Chelsea," Sun. at 2; 969-8262 for meeting place; $10.
urban TRAIL CLUB
Sat. & Sun. tours & hikes. This weekend, 6-7 mile hike of "Douglaston Manor/Alley Pond & Environmental Center;" 718-274-0407, call for meeting place, time & price.
WINTER SOLSTICE MOON WALK
Celebrate the beginning of winter & look through a telescope with Central Park Conservancy; Belvedere Castle, Central Park (midpark at 81st St.), 772-0120; Thurs. 7-8:30, free.