County Arboretum is branded as Lightscape this year and it’s a mile-long pathway of eye-popping brightness and merriment. The shimmering spectacle is set to different holiday music selections on the hour, too.
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Sparkle DTLA- The Bloc in the Downtown Financial District, has one of the most beautiful purple-lit trees in town plus an oversized Christmas ornament you can enter, and a lot more. Įnchanted: Forest of Light- Descanso Gardens’ always does the holidays right and at night it becomes pretty triptastic with illuminated art installations, luminescent trees and psychedelic botanicals, and more glowing visual wonders. Santa’s Speedway- Roll your sleigh into this NASCAR track in San Gabriel offering a two-mile light spectacular and winter wonderland that includes a 110-foot-tall tree of lights, 30 ft tall drive-thru ornaments, giant teddy bears, lit-up race cars, treats, sweets and North Pole style atmosphere. You “and your elf-loving crew” get magically shrunk down to elf size and embark on a fanciful Fairplex walk-thru. The storyline concerns Scout Elf Tiny Tinkerman who must go on a quest to build more Christmas Spirit. For them, this holiday happening should be better than even a Santa sighting. The Elf on the Shelf’s Magical Holiday Journey- Some of us find the whole “Elf on the Shelf” thing creepy, but kids today seem to love the little pointy headed guy.
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Now it’s back to a seasonal stroll and the 2/3-mile walking trail is full of yuletide accoutrements and amusements including a Christmas village, lit-up walk-unders and more. Holiday Road- King Gillette Ranch (where Nights of the Jack hosts Halloween season) is the home of Holiday Road, which due to COVID-19 was turned into a drive thru last year (like Jack was). Now they’re amidst the animals and inspired by them too, with whimsical production, added walk-thru tunnels and awesome bulb blankets in every color you can imagine. Zoo Lights – We love the furry creatures at the Zoo but during Christmas the park is something else, especially after dark and most especially for Angelenos who grew up driving through Griffith Park to see the light displays that used to be set up near the trains. Christmas attractions to get you all lit up again as 2021 comes to a close.
After a year without many public holiday happenings, 2021 looks a lot brighter when it comes to events and amusements.