San Diego--Home for the Holidays
San Diego makes a great "Home for the Holidays". Get in the holiday spirit this year--with the multitude of holiday activities planned in San Diego. Check out the sampling of activities below:
November 22 – December 18, 2006 – Skating by the Sea – Although the temperatures feel like summer, you can still ice skate close to the waves at the Hotel del Coronado on Coronado Island. The Windsor Lawn becomes a skating rink for skating aficionados with daily sessions from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Weekends and holidays also include a matinee session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost to skate for two hours is $15 for adults and $10 for children age 10 and under. Skate rental costs an additional $5.
November 23, 2006 – Thanksgiving Day - If you want to work off the Thanksgiving feast, you can participate in a Thanksgiving Day Paddle with Hike Bike & Kayak in La Jolla, California. Kayaks launch in the waves at the end of Avenida de la Playa at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and go out to the caves in La Jolla Cove. Cost is $30 per person and reservations are recommended. Call 858-551-9510 for reservations. Amy Kangleon said they expect 20 to 30 people and “we always have a lot of fun”. www.hikebikekayak.com
November 23, 2006 to January 1, 2007 – Festival of Lights – The racetrack at the Del Mar Fairgrounds is aglow with 350 light displays from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5:30 to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The cost to drive through the displays is $13 per car up to five people and $18 per vehicle with six or more people. www.sdfair.com
December 3, 2006 – 2006 La Jolla Christmas Parade and Holiday Festival “Legends of the Season” – This annual parade begins at 1:30 p.m. and travels down Girard to Prospect. It includes traditional floats and marching bands and coincides with the Holiday Festival on Silverado Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. www.ljparade.com
December 8 & 9, 2006 – Christmas on the Promenade – Travel through Christmas Tree Alley or play in the snow in the Winter Wonderland Snow Zone located in the NTC Promenade in Point Loma. Activities run from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. www.christmasonthepromenade.org
December 9, 2006 – Pacific Beach Holiday Parade – This parade run from noon to 3 p.m. down Garnet Street between Haines and Cass Street, and features the Budweiser Clydesdales. www.pacificbeach.org
December 10 & 17, 2006 – 35th Annual San Diego Bay Parade of Lights “Aloha Holiday” - A fireworks display starts the show on both dates at 5:30 p.m. followed by the parade of brilliantly lit boats from Shelter Island past the Embarcadero and Seaport Village, ending at the Ferry Landing on Coronado at approximately 9 p.m. www.sdparadeoflights.org
December 11, 2006 – 32nd Annual Mission Bay Christmas Boat Parade - Watch 100 boats lit up like Christmas trees when they leave Quivira Basin at 7 p.m. and pass by Crown Point, Vacation Island, and Fiesta Island. The parade culminates in a fireworks display and lighting the Skytower Tree of Lights at Sea World at 9 p.m.
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Posted by: La Jolla Homes | April 23, 2008 at 03:37 PM