Holiday Attraction Action

When: Nov. 14, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026
SeaWorld's Christmas Celebration is a holiday waiting to be made, with seasonal shopping, festive food and drinks, and stunning live shows.

When: Nov. 15, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026
At Winter Wonder Beachside enjoy festive rides and attractions including the iconic Giant Dipper Roller Coaster, your favorite oversized sculptures or sip on holiday-inspired drinks while you stroll through the Midway under a million lights!

When: Nov. 14, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026
Lightscape, a unique immersive experience at the San Diego Botanic Garden will guide visitors through a festive world of wonder with over one million twinkling lights in various attractions that come alive at night with color, imagination and sound.

When: Nov. 28 - Dec. 30, 2025

USS Midway Museum’s Jingle Jets will provide visitors with a holiday-themed experience throughout the ship’s flight deck, hangar deck and 2nd deck to include an extensive and spectacular holiday lights displays, holiday decorations, Christmas trees, and Santa Claus meet & greet to create a shipboard winter wonderland.

When: Select dates, Dec. 5-23, 2025

Holiday Wonderland is returning to Gallagher Square at Petco Park! The fifth annual Holiday Wonderland features magical Christmas lighting displays, rides, games, photo opportunities with Santa and other holiday characters, a beautifully decorated 40-foot Christmas tree and holiday craft-making. These activities are all included in the price of admission! Festive foodies can indulge in their holiday cravings with food and drinks available for purchase, and guests can purchase the perfect holiday gifts and stocking stuffers for everyone on their lists from one of the local artisanal shops. Tickets start at $18 for kids and $25 for adults (depending on date/time). The event opens at 4 p.m. each day.

When: Nov. 22, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026
It's time for Holidays at LEGOLAND®, where the park is bursting with holiday cheer and festive décor! Your favorite holiday characters Santa, the Toy Solider and Gingerbread Man are back and ready for socially distanced meet-and-greets. Head over to Fun Town where there's a 30-foot, fully decorated LEGO® Christmas tree with over 400 LEGO ornaments. And as the day winds down, the tree gets a-twinklin' to holiday tunes at the Holiday Light Show.

When: Nov. 28 - Dec. 21, 2025
Once onboard the North Pole Limited, Santa's elves will sing our favorite Christmas carols, read a popular Christmas story to all of our young ones, and pass out cookies and hot chocolate to all passengers. The North Pole Limited, operated by the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, will stop at Santa's Workshop to pick up Santa and Mrs. Claus, who visit with all the passengers as the train chugs back to the Campo Depot.

When: Nov. 28, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026
See the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in a whole new light during Wild Holidays! Take a holiday expedition of light and travel through places that glow and twinkle with holiday cheer. Holiday tunes set the mood, and seasonal food treats tempt you throughout your journey.

When: Dec. 5-6, 2025
Back again is the City of San Diego's largest free holiday festival in beautiful Balboa Park, December Nights. The family friendly event brings San Diegans together to enjoy the lights, the sounds, the attractions and of course, the amazing food.

When: Dec. 19, 2025 - Jan. 4, 2026
Familiar holiday traditions take on a wild twist at the Zoo's Jungle Bells celebration. The Zoo will be aglow with holiday cheer and decorations, with music filling the air, joyful roaming entertainers, and special food items and sweets available. During Jungle Bells festivities, the Zoo will close at 8 p.m.