One of our favorite things to do as a family, is to get in the car, turn on the Christmas station, stop at Starbucks or McD’s for some peppermint hot chocolate, and go looking for Christmas lights. It is one of our absolute favorite Christmas traditions. It gets us in the holiday spirit, and it is doesn’t cost a cent, other than gas money. We can’t wait to do it again this year. If you’re looking for some fantastic places to watch Christmas lights, here is a list of the best neighborhoods and streets in So Cal. Enjoy!!!
Los Angeles:
- Sleepy Hollow Christmas Light Extravaganza – Torrance
- Naples Island – Long Beach
- Index Street – between Louise and White Oak – Granada Hills
- Candy Cane Lane -Lubao Ave and Oxnard Street – Woodland Hills
- Yolanda Lights – Reseda
- Christmas Tree Lane, Long Beach
Daisy Avenue between Willow Street & Pacific Coast Highway - Christmas Tree Lane – (Santa Rosa Avenue, between Woodbury Avenue and Altadena Drive) Altadena
- Candy Cane Lane – 1200 block of East Acacia Avenue – El Segundo
- St Albans Drive- St Albans Drive at Huntington Drive- San Marino
- Wakefield Court – Saugus
- Hastings Ranch – Pasadena
Orange County:
- Candy Cane Lane – El Corzo Street- Rancho Santa Margarita
- Eagle Hills Christmas Lights – Entrance is either via East Birch and South Starflower Streets or East Lambert Road and Sunflower Street – Brea
- Houston Ave – La Palma
- Fountain Valley Christmas Lights- Neighborhood of Heil and Sycamore (near Brookhurst)
- Sea Side Neighborhood – San Clemente
- North Yale Avenue – Fullerton
- Oak Knoll/Flintridge Village Neighborhoods – Ladera Ranch
- Nellie Gail in Laguna Niguel
- Eastlake Village(around the lake) – Yorba Linda
Inland Empire:
- Festival of Lights at the Mission Inn – Riverside
- Bainbridge Circle Holiday Extravaganza – Murrieta
- Candy Cane Lane – Winton rd- Corona
- Menifee Lakes Neighborhood – Menifee
- Thoroughbred Street /Sapphire – Alta Loma/Rancho Cucamonga
- Chino CA. just South of the 60 frwy on Walnut , between Mountain , and Euclid and on the Corner of Philidelphia and Monte Vista.
- Festival of Lights – Tom’s Farms – South Corona
San Diego:
- Carmel Mountain Ranch – Fairway Village/Stoney Gate Place – Carmel Valley
- Jingle Bell Hill – Pepper Dr Holiday Lights – El Cajon
- Tinseltown – Paseo Palmas Drive- Lakeside
- Candy Cane Lane – Poway
- Christmas Card Lane – Oviedio Street – Rancho Penasquitos
- Holiday Hill – Stadler Street- La Mesa
- Hotel Del Coronado – Coronado
- Sunburst Santee – Tomel Court, off Magnolia- Santee