Santa Clara Holiday Tree Lighting & Celebration at Central Park

About this adventure

The City of Santa Clara's annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration at Central Park brings the community together for a festive holiday evening around the Central Park Pavilion. Families gather to marvel at the lighting of Santa Clara's towering 90-foot redwood holiday tree, illuminated with thousands of multi-colored LED lights. The festival features live ice carving demonstrations where skilled sculptors transform giant blocks of ice into winter animals, choral performances by local school choirs, and cheerful holiday dance routines. Children can meet Santa and Mrs. Claus inside the holiday tent, make take-home holiday crafts, and enjoy complimentary cookies and hot cocoa. Family Experience & Accessibility: • Stroller Accessibility: Central Park's paved lakeside paths and wide concrete plaza around the pavilion provide easy stroller and wagon passage. • Nursing & Rest Spots: Family restrooms equipped with baby changing counters located at the Central Park Community Center and pavilion building. • Age Suitability: Perfect evening outing for toddlers, elementary school kids, teens, and multi-generational families. • Sensory Tips: Ice carving exhibits generate brief power tool sounds; outdoor park setting provides plenty of wide lawn space for children sensitive to noise.