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Discover fun family-oriented Southern California holiday activities! Updated January 16, 2008. Related Info--- HOME :: Latest News :: SoCal Holiday Activities Halloween Fun :: SoCal Christmas Events/Attractions ::
Southern California Holiday Activities
Are you looking for some holiday fun in Southern California?
There are a number of SoCal holiday pages on this website covering major holidays such as Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas and New Year's. You'll find details about events, decorations, costumes, etc, in the sections below on this page.
Photo note: A cute churro stand decorated with pictures of colorful yellow, orange and white candy corn is part of the Halloween holiday celebration at Disney's California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California. For those unfamiliar with what "churros" are, they're a long stick-shaped feathery-light piece of fried dough topped with sugar and cinnamon. These were originally a Mexican dessert treat...which the white, black and Asian residents of California quickly came to enjoy, as well!
If you'd like to try making churros at home, here's a tasty churro recipe from the
www.cooking-mexican-recipes.com website,
and it's even got photos to accompany the churro-making instructions!
Southern California Holiday Activities:
Valentine's Day
There wasn't an updated page of Valentine's Day activities this year (2007.) There were simply not enough FAMILY-style celebrations going on in Southern California. However, you can take a peek at last year's Valentine's Day page if you'd like to do that. You can see for yourself how much ISN'T going on!
You may check out last year's Valentine's Day activities at the "Valentine's Day Activities at Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm" page of this website.
Southern California Holiday Activities:
Easter & Spring Break
It isn't easy to get excited about 2007 Easter/Spring Break at Disneyland. The nighttime spectacular event, "Fantasmic" won't be playing this year. Other minor entertainment will try to fill the void, but it can't, really. (On the other hand, Disney's Electrical Parade WILL be playing nightly at Disneyland's sister park, The Disney California Adventure.) But, all in all, there's not much new going on for Spring Break at Disneyland this year...so I didn't bother to make a new page about it. If you'd like, you may look over last year's events on the "Spring Break at Disneyland 2006" page of this website. Or, you may discover the Spring Break 2007 hours of operation for Disneyland Park on the "Disneyland Hours" page of this website.
Southern California Holiday Activities: Halloween
In response to a great interest by readers on the subject of Halloween, the Family Halloween Activities section of this website was beefed up for October, 2007. The large Halloween-topics section now consists of over a dozen pages!
Family Halloween Fun is an overview page. You'll find photos, a description of the various Halloween pages on THIS website, plus a selection of great Halloween information on OTHER websites!
The Costumes section of this website now includes the following pages---
Jack Sparrow, pt 1, assembling a Captain Jack Sparrow-style pirate costume from clothing you already own or can pick up at a thrift store Captain Jack, pt 2, includes tips for sewing or buying a pre-made pirate costume for men
Children's Animal Costumes, tips for sewing & buying
Boys Superhero Costumes, tips for sewing or buying
Children's Clown Costumes
Disney Princess Costumes
Pet Costumes, including tips on sewing or buying costumes for your dog or cat
Pirate costumes for kids
Witch and Vampire costumes
The Halloween & Costume Stores section of the website can give you ideas of where to find a great costume in the Los Angeles, Orange County or San Diego areas.
Disney Store Locations, a great source of high-quality Disney character costumes for kids
Halloween BuildABears, shows pictures of Halloween Build-A-Bear animals and their costumes
Party America Stores in SoCal lists locations of this popular party store which carries costumes seasonally
Party City/Los Angeles Locations, another brand of party supply stores which are famous for their autumn costume displays
Party City/other SoCal Locations
Spirit Halloween/Halloween Adventure Stores, lists 2007 locations for these popular temporary Halloween costume shops; locations vary annually, so this list will only serve for 2007, unfortunately. Both Spirit Stores and Halloween Adventure operate on-line all year long, however.
Year-round Spouthern California costume stores is the page to try if you're seeking costumes in months other than September or October. The stores on this list serve customers with supplies for other occasions, such as Christmas Santa Suits, Mardi Gras masquerade balls, Renaissance Festivals, Easter Bunny suits, and costumes for local plays & pageants put on by schools and community theaters
The Halloween Activities section talks about the popular Halloween events which run each year at major theme parks in SoCal---
Disney Halloween Celebration pages include: Disneyland Halloween Events :: Woodys Roundup pics :: Haunted Mansion pics :: Haunted Mansion, pt 2 :: Disney Pumpkins :: Disney Candy Corn :: Mickeys Halloween Parade :: Dance w/Disney Characters :: Halloween Disney Characters :: 3D Nightmare Before Christmas movie
Knotts Berry Farm pages include-- Knott's Halloween Events:: Knotts Scary Farm Pics:: Knotts Halloween Haunt Pictures, pt 2::
Six Flags Magic Mountain pages include-- 6 Flags Fright pics :: Magic Mtn pics, pt 2 ::
Southern California Holiday Activities:
Christmas & New Years
December 2007: The following archived pages updated & ready to help you make your plans for Christmas 2007
CHRISTMAS PAGES---
SoCal Christmas Activities: This page is an overview of all the other Christmas pages on this website PLUS recommended Christmas websites you may also enjoy.
Southern California Christmas Activity Calendar 2007: This page describes holiday happenings day-by-day around the various cities of Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara. You'll get info about Christmas light displays; Christmas boat parades; community festivals; and other SoCal Christmas celebrations you'll want to enjoy.
"December 2007 Activities by category" On this page, you can look up Southern California holiday fun by the "type of activity" rather than by the date (as on the December Calendar page.) Topics covered: Seasonal ice rinks; live stage & ice show productions; holiday boat parades; Christmas lighting displays; holiday activities for train-lovers.
Disneyland at Christmas, 2007: Discover the various holiday celebrations you won't want to miss at Disneyland Park and its "sister" theme park, Disney's California Adventure. From this "Disneyland Christmas Overview" page, you'll be led to see detailed pages about the Disneyland Resort Christmas events, attractions & activities---each page just brimming with Disneyland theme park Christmas pics! These pages include the following:
- Haunted Mansion pictures, part 1 (exterior): Jack Skellington and the Nightmare Before Christmas gang have taken over the Haunted Mansion and are trying their best to help you celebrate the season. Poor Jack! He just doesn't realize that you don't like scary Christmas presents or wreaths decorated with skulls!
- Holiday Haunted Mansion pictures, part 2 (interior): Part one shows pictures of the mansion's exterior; part 2 has photos of what you'll find inside. Jack Skellington has decorated a Christmas tree with Halloween Jack-o-lanterns, among other mistakes. Poor Jack; he just doesn't "get" Christmas!
- Disney Christmas Parade, part 1: View photos of Disneyland's spectacular nighttime pageant, the 2007 "Believe in Holiday Magic" parade.
- Disney Holiday Parade, pt 2: With a parade as popular and as fun-filled as the Disneyland Christmas parade, pictures brimmed over one page & spilled onto a second one!
- Disney Fireworks & Snow: If you're "dreaming of a white Christmas," be assured that it DOES snow in Southern California! Head to Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, and you'll witness plenty of snowfall, as you'll see in these pics
- Santa's Beach Blast: What's a California Christmas without a Surfin' Santa? Come drink in the beach-themed atmosphere at Disney California Adventure Park's "Santa's Beach Blast," complete with retro surf music and visits by Christmas Mickey & Minnie Mouse! It's totally awesome, dude!
- Santa's Reindeer Roundup: You can meet Santa Claus at Disneyland Park, too...and this Santa is more traditional. He wears a red suit, and has his reindeer parked outside his house in the corral! Kids can see a show, meet Christmas Chip 'n Dale and Pluto characters, and do fun Christmas Crafts!
- Small World Holiday: "It's a Small World" is prettiest of all during the Christmas Holidays, bedecked with bounteous amounts of decorations and colorful lights. See pictures of the Small World's holiday version on this page!
- Disneyland at Christmas, 2005: Disneyland's 50th Anniversary wasn't long ago, but it's something we'll never want to forget! Come reminisce about the fun Christmas when spotting golden ride cars and hunting for "hidden 50's" ALMOST made us forget about the holiday happenings!
SeaWorld Christmas: Shamu the killer whale celebrates Christmas in his own way...with a special nighttime show! Hear favorite Christmas carols play as Shamu & friends swim to the music. Not to be outdone, Clyde & Seamore have their own Christmas show, as well!
Knott's Berry Farm at Christmas, 2007 On this page, you'll discover info about the Knott's annual Toys for Tots gift-donation program (your toy donation in exchange for free entry to the theme park!), plus info on the Christmas Crafts Fair Village, the Snoopy Ice Skating Show, the new Knott's Christmas Parade, and other Knott's holiday events.
Griffith Park Christmas Activities, 2007 See photos and discover info about 2 popular seasonal activities at Griffith Park in Los Angeles---the Griffeth Park-DWP Holiday Lights Festival (free) and the Train Ride to Santa's House at Travel Town (fee charged.)
The Del Mar Holiday Lights: What a lovely Christmas tradition is held in San Diego County each year---a spectacular lighting display at the Del Mar County Fairgrounds! See photos...then make your plans to attend.
Hollywood Santa Parade: This annual parade will be 77 years old for Christmas 2008. It first went by the name "Santa Claus Lane Parade," and inspired Gene Autry to pen the now-famous words, "Here comes Santa Claus...right down Santa Claus Lane!" Next, it was called the Hollywood Christmas Parade. And, now, it's the Hollywood Santa Parade---but it's still just plain fun!
STORE PAGES (FOR CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES)
Michael's Arts and Crafts: Are you itching to get started making holiday crafts projects? Michael's stores will have what you need to turn your ideas from daydreams to reality. Here are locations of Southern California Michael's Crafts Stores.
NEW YEARS EVE/NEW YEARS DAY---
"Countdown to New Year 2008" This page lists Southern California family activities which take place during the week between Christmas 2007 and New Year's Day 2008, including suggestions for all-ages family-style New Year's Eve celebrations in Southern California.
"New Year's Eve at Disneyland Park: Information about spending New Year's Eve celebrating at the ultra-popular Disneyland Park, and its sister-theme park, Disney's California Adventure.
"Rose Parade 2008 This page will talk about thoughts to take under consideration when planning to attend the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.
Christmas at Knotts Berry Farm, part 2: On this page, you'll see more Knott's Christmas pictures...but not before discovering info about the annual Knotts Praise Celebration, which rings in the New Year every December 31st!
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