{"id":18642,"date":"2014-12-19T04:01:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T12:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=18642"},"modified":"2014-12-19T04:01:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T12:01:52","slug":"holiday-bonfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/holiday-bonfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Bonfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/christbonfire.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In many regions of California bonfires are prohibited, but in New Orleans on\u00a0Christmas Eve\u00a0a\u00a0100-year tradition takes place\u00a0along the levee. Over\u00a0100\u00a0bonfire structures made of wood and firecrackers\u00a0are covered with\u00a0kerosene, then all are ignited simultaneously to welcome the arrival of Papa Noel. California&#8217;s bonfire\u00a0festivals are less dramatic but hold special meaning, nevertheless. On Dec. 19, 2014, the townsfolk in San Juan Bautista gather at Annual Holiday Bonfire \/ Hayden Christmas Celebration beginning at sunset. The annual bonfire is a tribute to the Hayden Family. During the depression era, the family\u00a0pooled their money to help buy candies, toys and oranges for the community children. They erected a bonfire to bring together the people in town, and celebrated with games and songs while keeping warm. Another annual bonfire tradition after Christmas takes place in\u00a0Solvang where they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/trees\/solvang-julefest-tree-lighting.html\">burn their Christmas trees<\/a> in a big bonfire in January. \u00a0 In addition to the\u00a0San Juan Bautista\u00a0bonfire event, other celebrations\u00a0this week include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LINDSAY <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/lindsay-holiday-lights-parade.html\">Parade 0f Lights<\/a> December 19, 2014, 6 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/charlie-brown-concert-benoit.html\">David Benoit Charlie Brown Christmas<\/a> Concert at the Carpenter Center with All American Boys Chorus Dec. 20<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/sing-alongs.html\">Music Center Holiday Sing-Along<\/a> Dec. 19, 2014<\/li>\n<li>MODESTO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/nativity\/modesto.html\">Living Nativity<\/a> Dec. 19-21, 2014<\/li>\n<li>NEVADA CITY \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/nevada-city-donations-day-parade.html\">Donation Day Parade<\/a> December 19, 2014 10 a.m. to Noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many regions of California bonfires are prohibited, but in New Orleans on\u00a0Christmas Eve\u00a0a\u00a0100-year tradition takes place\u00a0along the levee. Over\u00a0100\u00a0bonfire structures made of wood and firecrackers\u00a0are covered with\u00a0kerosene, then all are ignited simultaneously to welcome the arrival of Papa Noel. California&#8217;s bonfire\u00a0festivals are less dramatic but hold special meaning, nevertheless. On Dec. 19, 2014, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/18642"}],"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=18642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}