New Yorkers don’t hibernate — they decorate, caffeinate and recreate.

And despite what every cookie-cutter holiday guide would have you believe, the Big Apple’s winter wonderland is more than the same old tree-lighting, rink-skating, cocoa-sipping circuit that gets trotted out year after year.

This season, the city’s serving up a blizzard of new ways to feel festive — from a just-unveiled ice rink at the top of Central Park, to hot chocolate so couture it should come with a runway, to nostalgia-packed subway rides that make the “Polar Express” look basic and hidden-gem holiday haunts that TikTok is desperately trying to gatekeep.

So bundle up: here are unique ways to sleigh the season without doing the usual song and dance.

Sip hot chocolate like a tastemaker

Forget the powder

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