{"id":14688,"date":"2013-12-12T04:08:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T12:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=14688"},"modified":"2013-12-12T04:08:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T12:08:57","slug":"christmas-at-california-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/christmas-at-california-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas at the California Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/misschris.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the California missions we&#8217;ve surveyed are actually<strong> closed (to the tour-taking public) on Christmas day<\/strong>. However, there are events leading up to the religious holiday, and \u00a0for parishioners or those coming to worship on Christmas, you&#8217;ll find services and mass at many of the 21 missions in California. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/missions\/mission-christmas-events.html\">Here&#8217;s last year&#8217;s list of events<\/a>&#8211;just check websites for current info.<\/p>\n<p><strong> 2013 Christmas in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/missions\/directory.html\">California Missions\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CALIFORNIA MISSION CHRISTMAS GIFTS: Visit the mission websites for gift buying ideas such as the ceramic \u00a0nun sold at Mission San Luis Rey (middle photo above) in Oceanside, CA.<\/li>\n<li>CARMEL &#8211; Midnight mass for Christmas celebration (2nd photo from left)<\/li>\n<li>FREMONT &#8211; Mission San Jose Concerts Saturday, December 14, 2013, 8 p.m. and December 15 at 4 p.m. with Mission Peak Chamber Singers celebrating Christmas at the Mission &#8220;The Season of Song&#8221; \u2013 Hannukah songs, Christmas secular and sacred songs accompanied by harp, guitar, marimba and piano. Adults $12, Student\/Senior $10. Tickets at chambersingers.org<\/li>\n<li>LOMPOC &#8211; Mission La Purisima Concepcion daily tours except Christmas.\u00a0operated by California State Parks<\/li>\n<li>OCEANSIDE &#8211; Mission San Luis Rey is doing a New Year&#8217;s Eve retreat. Dec. 31, 2013 -Jan. 1, 2014 sanluisrey.org<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO &#8211; Mission San Diego Mission features San Diego de Alcala Choir with the Classic Brass at 37th Annual Candlelight Musical Meditation Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22, 2013, 7:30 p.m. Free will offerings accepted. missionsandiego.com<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; Tickets now on sale for the Mission Dolores Basilica Choir&#8217;s 22nd Annual Candlelight Christmas Concert on December 15, 2013 featuring Ariel Ramirez&#8217;s Navidad Nuestra. missiondolores.org<\/li>\n<li>SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO &#8211; The Great Stone Church Nativity Scene on display (left photo) \u00a0missionsjc.com<\/li>\n<li>SAN JUAN BAUTISTA &#8211; sanjuanbautistaca.com December 21 ~ Saturday Winter Solstice at The Mission at approximately 6:00am. Be at the Mission church at sunrise to witness a spectacular sunrise light coming through the window, lining up with the alter, then the isle, ending at the Tabernacle.<\/li>\n<li>SAN LUIS OBISPO &#8211; Mission San Luis Obispo hosts concerts, Las Posadas, a Concert in the Church Dec. 14, 2013 at 8 p.m., and Christmas eve &amp; Christmas Day mass. \u00a0missionsanluisobispo.org<\/li>\n<li>VENTURA &#8211; Mission San Buenaventura Christmas Mass sanbuenaventuramission.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the California missions we&#8217;ve surveyed are actually closed (to the tour-taking public) on Christmas day. However, there are events leading up to the religious holiday, and \u00a0for parishioners or those coming to worship on Christmas, you&#8217;ll find services and mass at many of the 21 missions in California. 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