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Today\u00a0on\u00a0Black Friday, dozens of cities throughout California are turning on the holiday lights in ceremonial fashion. Pictured is an annual, beloved 36-year tradition,\u00a0 Christmas in the Park in San Jose. It officially launches\u00a0on\u00a0the day after Thanksgiving\u00a0with the Tree Lighting Ceremony. Nearly half a million people come to see the fascinating wonderland open\u00a0till\u00a0New Year’s Day.\u00a0\u00a0Here are some lighting festivals and ceremonies<\/a> not to be missed today (rain may cancel, so check local details before going.)<\/p>\n BAKERSFIELD<\/strong>: Holiday Lights Today\u00a0on\u00a0Black Friday, dozens of cities throughout California are turning on the holiday lights in ceremonial fashion. Pictured is an annual, beloved 36-year tradition,\u00a0 Christmas in the Park in San Jose. It officially launches\u00a0on\u00a0the day after Thanksgiving\u00a0with the Tree Lighting Ceremony. Nearly half a million people come to see the fascinating wonderland open\u00a0till\u00a0New Year’s Day.\u00a0\u00a0Here are […]<\/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\/21666"}],"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=21666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDANVILLE<\/strong>: Old Oak Lighting
\nKINGSBURG<\/strong>: Christmas Lighting
\nMOUNT SHASTA<\/strong>: Tree Lighting
\nMONTEREY<\/strong>: Lighting at Cannery Row
\nNEWPORT BEACH<\/strong>: Christmas Lighting
\nPASO ROBLES<\/strong>: Paso Robles Lighting Downtown
\nPLACERVILLE<\/strong>: Placerville Festival of Lights
\n<\/b>SARATOGA<\/strong>: Tree Lighting
\nSANTA ROSA<\/strong>: Tree Lighting
\nSAN JOSE<\/strong>: Lighting at Christmas in the Park
\nSAN FRANCISCO<\/strong>: San Francisco Lighting
\nYOUNTVILLE<\/strong>: Yountville Festival of Lights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"