101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in the San Fernando Valley - 2025
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Below are items that have been posted to our calendar. If you are affiliated with a business hosting a holiday event that should be on our calendar, we'd love to see it there... it's free to post! Click here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!
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Santa Sightings
Old-Time Christmas
| Multiple dates starting November 30, 2025 | Victorian Holiday at the Queen Anne Cottage - The Arboretum |
| December 14, 2025 | Castle Green Holiday Tour |
Light Displays
Holiday Theatre
| Nov 9, 2025 | Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet - Pasadena Civic Auditorium |
| Nov 22, 2025 | NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet - Pasadena Civic Auditorium |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 29, 2025 | A Christmas Carol - A Noise Within |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 15, 2025 | Winter Wonderland - Bob Baker Marionette Theater |
| Multiple dates starting on Dec. 4, 2025 | Hot Chocolate Nutcracker - Debbie Allen Dance Company |
| December 7, 2025 | Gabby’s Dollhouse Live! - Center for the Performing Arts |
| December 11, 2025 | Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland - San Jose Civic |
| December 12, 2025 | Once Upon A Nutcracker – San Jose Dance Theatre |
| Multiple Days starting Dec 13, 2025 | Valley Dance Theatre - The Nutcracker |
| December 14, 15, & 22, 2025 | My Very First Nutcracker – New Ballet |
| Dec 20, 2025 | Sensory-Friendly Winter Wonderland Show - Bob Baker Marionette Theater |
Holiday Concerts
| November 30, 2025 | Marleena Barber - Once Upon a December - The Muckenthaler Cultural Center |
| December 11, 2025 | Darden Christmas Concert - The Muckenthaler Cultural Center |
| December 12, 2025 | Holiday Candlelight - All Saints Church |
| December 5, 2025 | Leslie Odom, Jr.: The Christmas Tour - Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| December 5, 6, & 7, 2025 | Home Alone in Concert - Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| December 13, 2025 | Holiday Sing-Along - Deck the Hall Holiday Concerts - Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| December 15, 2025 | A Chanticleer Christmas - Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| December 16, 2025 | Holiday Brass - Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| December 20 & 21, 2025 | Ellington’s Nutcracker & Tchaikovsky’s “Winter Daydreams” |
| December 24, 2025 | LA County Holiday Celebration - The Music Center |
Christmas Tree Experience
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 24, 2025 | Holiday Tree Lot - Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina |
| Tina's Trees - Sherman Oaks, CA | |
| Tina's Trees - Calabases, CA |
Ice Skating
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 1, 2025 | Ice Skating Rink - Irvine Spectrum Center |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 5, 2025 | Holiday Ice Rink - Union Square |
| Open year round | Public Ice Skating - Pickwick Ice |
| Open year round | Public Ice Skating - Iceland Ice Skating |
Hanukkah
| December 14, 2025 | Hanukkah Festival - Skirball Cultural Center |
| December 21, 2025 | Celebrate Hanukkah - The Shops at Santa Anita |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| November 14 - 23, 2025 | Christmas Market - The Norwegian Church |
| November 21 - 23, 2025 | Hermosa for the Holidays - Hermosa Beach, CA |
| November 30, 2025 | Blue Friday Holiday Market - Cabrillo Marine Aquarium |
| December 7, 2025 | Uptown Village Market Holiday - Long Beach, CA |
| December 20, 2025 | Holiday Market - Dana Point Harbor |
| December 6, 2025 | Wonderland Holiday Extravaganza - Autry Museum of the American West |
| December 13 - 14, 2025 | Holiday Makers Mart - Dana Point Harbor |
New Year's Eve
| December 31, 2025 | NYE Around the World - Pretend City |
| December 31, 2025 | East Coast Countdown Celebration - Ice at Santa Monica |
| December 31, 2025 | NYELA Countdown - Grand Park |
Miscellaneous
Below are more holiday events that have been posted to our calendar by local organizations. If you are affiliated with a business hosting a holiday event that should be on our calendar, we'd love to see it there... it's free to post! Click here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!