Holiday Light Displays List for Southern California 2021
Christmas Lights Displays in SoCal – Your 2021 guide!
It’s Holiday Lighting displays time! hard to believe it is already the Holiday Season (time passes so quickly when you are having fun!). Whether you celebrate Christmas, Xmas, Kwanza, Festivus™ (is that trademarked by the writers of Seinfeld?), or any other tradition, the decorations everywhere hopefully are an enjoyable part of the year. The festive colors during the day, the twinkling lights in the evening make the eyes of children of all ages glow with happiness.
We’re no exception; in fact, Rubi especially loves Christmas time and seeing the decorations and lights makes her really happy and excited. We couldn’t let the Holiday Season pass without filming some of the amazing light displays that can be seen here in California. Check out our YouTube Xmas Vlog!
DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN SEE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ALL THE WAY UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR?
If you can’t get enough of the holiday season, we have good news! Many of the Holiday light displays last until early January. To make it easy to work out which public Christmas light displays are available when you read this article, we’ll list how long they are advertised as being available for in the table below with the ones that advertise a later ending date shown first (so you can see what is still available)
| Christmas Light Display | Location | Region/County | Open from** | Ending date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa’s Speedway ($) | Irwindale Speedway (Irwindale, CA) |
Los Angeles | Nov 25th 2021 | Jan 10th 2022 |
| Downtown Disney (Free) | Disneyland Resort | Los Angeles | Nov 12th 2021 | Jan 9th 2022 |
| Disneyland Festival of Holidays / Disney ¡Viva Navidad! ($$) | Disney California Adventure Park (Anaheim, CA) |
Los Angeles | Nov 12th 2021 | Jan 9th 2022 |
| Disneyland (Christmas themed) ($$) | Disneyland Park (Anaheim, CA) |
Los Angeles | Nov 12th 2021 | Jan 9th 2022 |
| Holidays at Universal Studios Hollywood ($$) | Universal Studios | Los Angeles | Nov 26th 2021 | Jan 9th 2022 |
| Festival of Lights (Free) | Mission Inn, (Riverside, CA) |
Riverside | Nov 26th 2021 | Jan 6th 2022 |
| Knotts Merry Farm ($$) | Knotts Berry Farm (Buena Park, CA) |
Los Angeles | Nov 19th 2021 | Jan 2nd 2022 |
| Holidays at Legoland ($$) | Legoland California Resort (Carlsbad, CA) |
San Diego | Nov 20th 2021 | Jan 2nd 2022 |
| SeaWorld Christmas Celebration ($$) | Sea World San Diego | San Diego | Nov 12th 2021 | Jan 2nd 2022 |
| Jungle Bells (and Aurora) ($$) | Sand Diego Zoo San Diego, CA) |
San Diego | Dec 10th 2021 | Jan 2nd 2022 |
| Skating by the Sea (and interior decorations) ($/Free) |
Hotel Del Coronado (Coronado, CA) |
San Diego | Nov 22nd 2021 | Jan 2nd 2021 |
| Seas ‘n Greetings ($) | Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (La Jolla, CA) |
San Diego | Dec 1st 2021 | Dec 31st 2021 |
| SoCal Wonderland Drive Thru ($$) | Westfield Promenade (Woodland Hills, CA) | Los Angeles | Nov 30th 2021 | Dec 31st 2021 |
| San Diego Trolley Tours ($$) | Departing Old Town Market (San Diego, CA) |
San Diego | Dec 6th 2021 | Dec 30th 2021 |
| Wild Lights ($) | Living Desert Zoo (Palm Desert, CA) |
Palm Springs (Riverside) | Nov 24th 2021
(on select days only) |
Dec 30th 2021 |
| Botanic Wonderland ($) | San Diego Botanic Gardens (Encinitas, CA) |
San Diego | Dec 4th 2021 (Select days only) |
Dec 30th 2021 |
| San Diego Bay Parade of Lights (Free) | San Diego Bay (Various viewing areas) |
San Diego | Dec 12th 2021
(Two days only) |
Dec 19th 2021 |
| Taste of December Nights ($) | Balboa Park (San Diego, CA) |
San Diego | Dec 3rd 2021 | Dec 5th 2021 |
| ** Most venues close for the 25th and sometimes other days between Christmas and New years. Please confirm that venues will still be open and whether tickets are necessary before arriving at your destination.
$ – Tickets/entry for event is in the lower range, e.g. less than $30 per person |
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