{"id":14546,"date":"2013-12-01T22:29:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T06:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=14546"},"modified":"2013-12-01T22:29:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T06:29:38","slug":"old-west-holiday-in-julian-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/old-west-holiday-in-julian-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Old West Holiday in Julian, Ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/visjuli.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more to Julian than mom&#8217;s apple pie. Though apples steal the show in the autumn at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/apple-time-in-california\/\">Julian Apple Days<\/a> featuring delicious fruit pies, apple cider and even a special apple wine, the winter has its own special beauty. This gold rush-era town (and historic landmark) nestled in the beautiful Cuyamaca mountains at around 4,226 elevation, was founded after the first and only few flecks of gold were discovered in 1869.<\/p>\n<p>Approx. 60 miles from San Diego&#8217;s famed beaches and over 1 million residents, Julian has barely grown or changed during the past 150 years or so, and today has a little more than 1,000 residents! \u00a0What visitors love best about Julian is the historic buildings, quaint shops, comfy cafes, and locals who embrace simple ways. It&#8217;s a wonderful life up in the mountains of San Diego County!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holiday fun in Julian<\/strong> (see julianca.com)<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every Saturday After Thanksgiving &amp; Before Christmas: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/nativity\/julian.html\">Living Nativity<\/a> at Julian Cider Mill<\/li>\n<li>December 8-16, 2013: Town Hall Crafters Craft Show \u00a0call (760) 765-1857<\/li>\n<li>December 6 (1st Friday): Community Christmas with Santa 5 to 8 p.m. at Town Hall<\/li>\n<li>December 8: Breakfast with Santa at the Pine Hills Lodge, pinehillslodge.com<\/li>\n<li>December 13: Holiday Home Tour of country homes<\/li>\n<li>December 15: Julian Community Choir Handel&#8217;s Messiah at \u00a0Town Hall<\/li>\n<li>December 16-31: Town Hall Market &amp; Arts features local artisans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s more to Julian than mom&#8217;s apple pie. Though apples steal the show in the autumn at Julian Apple Days featuring delicious fruit pies, apple cider and even a special apple wine, the winter has its own special beauty. This gold rush-era town (and historic landmark) nestled in the beautiful Cuyamaca mountains at around 4,226 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14546"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}