Southern California Holiday Activities

The Costumes section of this website now includes the following pages---

* 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 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 2009 locations for these popular temporary Halloween costume shops. Locations change annually, so this list will only serve for 2009...and the list of Spirit and Halloween Adventure stores won't be known until September, 2010, unfortunately. Both Spirit Halloween and Halloween Adventure operate on-line all year long, however.

* Year-round Southern 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

* Year-round Central and Northern California Costume Stores Find a list of costume shops in other areas of California which can outfit you with a great costume during all 12 months of the year!

Thanksgiving Holiday

Are you thinking about sewing or buying a Pilgrim or Native American costume? The Pilgrim Costumes page can point out the advantages of either option, and will give you some sewing pattern suggestions for men, women, girls and boys.

Or, how about a Turkey costume? Directions for a Thanksgiving turkey costume for pets can be found on our "No-Sew Turkey Costume for Pets" page. It's a project meant for beginners...and making it would be a fun family project for parents & kids to do together!

Thanksgiving Activities in Southern California: Several interesting Thanksgiving dinner suggestions can be found on the Christmas Activities Calendar page of this site (which actually begins its listing of events beginning November 1st.)

Where else but Southern California can you eat your Thanksgiving feast at a world-class zoo? Or on a retired luxury ocean liner!

Southern California Holiday Activities:

Christmas & New Years

• 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 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!

• Santa's Beach Blast: canceled for 2008 and 2009; maybe it won't be returning! Disney's California Adventure had a fun, California beach-style Christmas celebration for several years. After all, what's a California Christmas without Surfin' Santa? Alas, this beloved activity hasn't returned to DCA since Christmas 2007. But we can hope its beach-themed atmosphere, complete with retro surf music and visits by Christmas Mickey & Minnie Mouse returns some time in the future! It's totally awesome, dude!

• 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!

STORE PAGE (FOR CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES) Also see the costume & party store pages listed under the "Halloween" heading on this page.

CHRISTMAS COSTUME PAGES For other types of costumes, please see the costume pages listed under the "Halloween" heading on this page.

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