101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Orange County, CA - 2025
Orange County's big list of holiday events for 2025: Christmas concerts, lights, trees, nativities, and more. . . plus activities for Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Eve.
The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!
If we're missing an activity that should be on our list, please email Mindy Mangan at mindy@kidsoutandabout.com. Please make sure to include a link to the event when you email. Thank you!
Below are items that have been posted to our calendar, both virtual and in-person. If you are affiliated with a business hosting a holiday event that should be on our calendar, we'd love to see it there... it's free to post! Click here for instructions about how to add your organization to our list and easily post your events to our calendar!
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Santa Sightings
Light Displays
Living Nativities
| December 20 - 21, 2025 | The Living Nativity - Celebrating the Virgin Birth and Deity of Jesus Christ - Granite Creek |
Holiday Theatre
| Multiple dates starting on Dec. 2, 2025 | The Nutcracker Ballet - Downey Theatre |
| Multiple dates starting on Dec. 4, 2025 | The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker - The Debbie Allen Dance Company |
| December 4 - 6, 2025 | Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake |
| December 6, 2025 | Nutcracker for Kids - Segerstrom Center for the Arts |
| Multiple dates starting on Dec. 11, 2025 | American Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker - Segerstrom Center for the Arts |
| December 20 & 21, 2025 | Dance to Your Hearts Delight - Downey Theatre |
| December 23, 2025 | Fiesta Navidad - Segerstrom Center for the Arts |
| December 24, 2025 | LA County Holiday Celebration - The Music Center |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 16, 2024 | Holiday on Strings - Bob Baker Marionette Theater |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 30, 2024 | Little Women Winter Immersive Experience - Heritage Square Museum |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 30, 2024 | Nutcracker - Bob Baker Marionette Theater |
Holiday Concerts
| December 5,6 & 7, 2025 | Home Alone: in Concert - Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| December 10, 2025 | The Holidays with Canadian Brass |
| December 13, 2025 | Holiday Sing Along - Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| December 13, 2025 | Emmanuel! A Concordia Christmas |
| December 15, 2025 | Silent Night |
| December 17, 2025 | Jessica Vosk Sleigh |
| Decembeer 21 & 22, 2025 | Tis the Season |
| December 14, 2024 | Aloha Everywhere: Holiday Show - Downey Theatre |
Christmas Tree Experience
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 24, 2025 | Holiday Tree Lot - Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 29, 2024 | Tina's Trees - Calabases, CA |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 29, 2024 | Tina's Trees - Sherman Oaks, CA |
Ice Skating
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 1, 2025 | Ice Rink - Irving Spectrum Center |
| Multiple dates starting on Nov. 28, 2025 | Fire & Ice Festival with Ice Skating - Newport Dunes, CA |
Hanukkah
| December 14, 2025 | Hanukkah Festival - Skirball Cultural Center |
| December 14, 2025 | Hanukkah Celebration - Pretend City |
| December 21, 2025 | Celebrate Hanukkah - The Shops at Santa Anita |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| November 14 & 15, 2025 | Nutcracker Craft Boutique - City of Brea, CA |
| November 21, 2025 | Holiday Craft & Gift Festival |
| November 30, 2025 | Outdoor Holiday Market - Cabrillo Marine Aquarium |
| December 20, 2024 | Holiday Market - Dana Point Harbor |
| December 6, 2025 | Holiday on Main Street - Yorba Linda, CA |
| December 13, 2025 | Holiday Family Faire - Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum |
| November 16, 2024 | Hammitt's Hawaiian Holiday |
| November 30, 2024 | Los Angeles Christmas Market - Row DTLA |
| November 30, 2024 | Christmas Craft Festival - Anaheim Town Square |
| December 4, 2024 | Annual Holiday Stroll - City of Torrance, CA |
| December 7& 8, 2024 | Holiday Marketplace 2024 - Craft Contemporary |
New Year's Eve
| December 30, 2025 | Salute to Vienna New Year's Concert |
| December 31, 2025 | New Year's Eve Around the World - Pretend City Children's Museum |
| December 31, 2025 | NYELA Countdown to 2025 - Grand Park |
| January 25, 2025 | Tết (Lunar New Year) Festival - City of Santa Ana, CA |
Miscellaneous
Christmas Tree Farms
Do you cut your own Christmas tree? Here's our big list of farms where you can cut your own Christmas tree in the Orange County area.
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