* updated for December 2019
Grab your kids, put them in their pajamas, prepare a thermos filled with hot chocolate and holiday cookies and take a road trip to check out some of San Gabriel Valley's best holiday light shows. If you know of a holiday light display you think our readers will enjoy, please email me at kathye@macaronikid.com.
** We do not check out every light display, and we do not endorse each event.**
Los Angeles County:
Arcadia
Moonlight Forest - Magical Lantern Art Festival
Azusa
Burbank
City of Industry
Covina
Diamond Bar
El Segundo
Glendora
La Canada Flintridge
Descanso Gardens: Festival of Lights
La Verne
Long Beach
A Beachy Display: Naples Island, Long Beach
Aquarium Holiday at Aquarium of the Pacific
Los Angeles
Pershing Square Holiday Rink
DownTown LA Walking Tour - The cost is $17 per adult, children 13 and under are free.
Los Angeles Zoo
The Grove
Marina Del Rey
Marina del Rey Boat Parade
The Marina's boat parade celebrates offers LA's most centrally located collection of floating light displays, preceded by fireworks over the water.
Pasadena
Snow White Christmas
Christmas Star: Altadena Drive & Glen Canyon Road, Altadena. A large star tops an electric Christmas tree overlooking Eaton Canyon.
Star of Palawoo: Above Loma Alta west of Marengo, Altadena.
Christmas Tree Lane: Santa Rosa Avenue, Altadena. One mile of giant deodar trees are festooned by volunteers every year. Stars of David mark the entries.
Balian House: Mendocino Lane & Glenview Terrace, just east of N. Allen Avenue, Altadena. This is one of the most elaborate, eclectic displays around!
Bungalow Heaven neighborhood: 1000 block of N. Michigan Avenue (Ferris wheel, Santa's covered wagon, and comic characters on the roof) and 900 block of N. Michigan Avenue, Pasadena (Electric trees, candy canes, cascading lights)
East Pasadena: Las Lunas Street just west of N. Allen Avenue, Pasadena. Angels, choir boys, and a playhouse to peek in, and Monte Vista Street just west of N. Allen Avenue, Pasadena.
Upper Hastings Ranch: Enter from E. Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena. Each Street has a theme for the parking area, and many homes have beautiful displays in addition.
A Majestic Stroll: Saint Albans Road, San Marino
Pomona
Harvest Festival
Walnut
Lights of Miracle Hill
West Covina
Inland Empire:
Inland Empire Neighborhoods Lights
Chino
Chino Hills
Ontario
Rancho Cucamonga
Orange County:
Aliso Viejo
King Elder Lane
Glenwood Community
43 Woodswallow Lane
Anaheim Hills
Bel Air Neighborhood (Riverview & Santa Ana Canyon Road near Weir Canyon)
Anaheim
Selfies with Santa
306 Barryknoll Street
151 S. Jeanine Way
2118 W. Minerva Avenue
Symphony St.
2435 E North Redwood Dr, Anaheim, CA 92806
Balboa Island
327 Sapphire Avenue
Brea
Brea Eagle Hills Christmas Lights
515 Cedar Avenue
Birch Street (Kraemer & Birch)
Shadetree Circle (Lambert & Wandering)
Buena Park
8073 Calendula Drive
Codo De Caza
Gooseberry Court
Costa Mesa
Winterfest OC at OC Fair
3150 Bear Street
467 East 19th Street
Lilac & Santa Ana Avenue
77 Fair Drive (City Hall) – Peanut’s House
Cypress
5208 Cumberland Drive
Dana Point
Monarch Beach Homes
Fountain Valley
Brookhurst & Heil
18323 Stanislaus Street (Light Music Show, entire roof decorated)
Fullerton
Christmas Blvd at EvFree Church
Holiday Festival
Woods and Amerige
Mountain View Avenue & Fullerton Creek Road
Sparkle Ball Street, North Yale (500 Block)
Garden Grove
6531, 6541, 5521 Belgrave Avenue
12112 Wutzke Street
Huntington Beach
La Cresta Drive
La Habra
La Mirada
Ladera Ranch
Bramford Street
Shively Street
Laguna Hills
Mawson Drive
25276 Orellano Way
23561 Marsala
Laguna Niguel
Nellie Gail Road
Elder Court
5 Tunis
Lake Forest
22981 Belquest Drive
Ashbrook Street
Buckwood Street
25982 Dundee Drive
24952 Greenbay Drive
Parkwood Street
Rimrock Street, Peachwood & Tamarisk (Trabuco Canyon & Lake Forest Drive)
Rushford Drive
25141 Steinway Circle
22472 Sunlight Creek Ave
La Palma
Houston Avenue
Tiara Lane
Mission Viejo
23446 Bolivar Street
Bough Avenue (Nightmare Before Christmas House)
27093 Pinario
Via Amistoso Street
21602 Criptana
Newport Beach
El Paseo Street on Lido Peninsula
Harbor Island Drive
Saphire Avenue
Orange
OC Zoo
451 N. Citrus Street
1431 North Shaffer Street
Locust & Glassell
Pine Street
1907 N. Ridgewood
7633 E. Saddlehill Trail
2532 El Sereno Drive
1767 N. Lindenholz Street
463 N. Emerald Drive
Placentia
444 Normany (“Frozen” House)
718 Hibiscus Way
Rancho Santa Margarita
22 El Corazon
20 El Corzo (Candy Cane Land)
11 Twilight Lane
16 Calle Liberacion
San Clemente
2931 Calle Heraldo
Talega Seaside Neighborhood
Talega Stella Mare Neighborhood
Santa Ana
Santa Ana Zoo
12872 Loretta Drive
18th & Bristol Street
2002 W. Elder Ave
Trabuco Canyon
Wagon Wheel Neighborhood
23 Kingfisher Court
Tustin
Red Hill Avenue & Olwyn Drive
2351 Caper Tree Drive
1151 Windsor Lane
Westminster
Bolsa Chica & Westminster Boulevard and Northwestern & Bolsa Chica
5755 Westminster Boulevard
6212 Larchwood Drive
Yorba Linda
5474 Berryhill Drive
Buena Vista at Lakeview
East Lake Village (Village Center Drive & Avenida De Las Polmas)
18665 & 18974 Seabiscuit
4712 Via Del Rancho
20630 Vista Del Sol
5325 Village Center Dr
5545 Blue Ridge
San Bernardino County:
Mission Inn - 27th Annual Festival of Lights
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