The time has come; the holiday weekend is over. Whether you can’t stop fiddling with your new gifts or are experiencing a food-coma hangover, we hope you had a wonderful time and are, unfortunately, ready to get back to work.
Kids are still on winter , and if you luckily don’t have to go into work today, here are five things you can do in New Hyde Park today:
1. Go shopping! After Christmas sales are just as good as before Christmas sales. At stores like you can experience up to 75 percent off on great stuff from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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2. Take the kids — or a friend — out to lunch. is a great place to stop in for a treat, whether it is something sweet, salty or anything in between. Panera is celebrating their new Sonoma Chicken Stew, which they guarantee will warm you right up this winter.
3. Today’s weather calls for a sunny 45 degrees. Forget waiting until New Year’s to make that “lose weight” resolution and take a brisk walk around the neighborhood now.
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4. Go check out a movie at the . The theater is showing the movies War Horse, We Bought a Zoo, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows.
5. If you are too tired to do any of the options listed above, just sit back, relax and log on to to find out what else is going on in the New Hyde Park neighborhood.