NYC Fan posted:. I'm pretty sure Santa Land in Macy's only stays open until Christmas Eve, December 24th. Once Santa is gone they close it up.
Yup- last day is Christmas eve - because if Santa was there after, he would be deluged with kids complaining that they didn't get the "Pony. Submarine. Trip to Disneyland." etc.)
Macy's now has a reservations only system to see Santa - It will give you a window of time within 30 minutes, and you can be text'd when your time arrives so you can shop and not wait too long. It's about 1 hour at peak time (afternoons) for the wait - it used to be up to 4 hours.
It's still free and the trains are maintained by Lionel.