{"id":26415,"date":"2019-11-28T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26415"},"modified":"2019-11-28T20:14:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:14:37","slug":"missions-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/missions-celebrate-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"On a Mission to Celebrate a Meaningful Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RIVERSIDE, CALIF.–Each year on the Friday after Thanksgiving (which is always on a Thursday,) Duane and Kelly Roberts, owners of The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, embark on a mission to celebrate Christmas. As their gift to the public, they flip the switch<\/a> and turn on millions of lights (now estimated at 5 million!) to bring holiday cheer to the public for free.<\/p>\n

It is no small endeavor, and it doesn’t go unnoticed. Municipalities throughout Southern California load up buses of residents to see and experience this amazing (free) spectacle–truly a sight to behold! The lights go on nightly through Jan.5, 2020.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile at California’s historic missions Christmas is a little less glitzy, though certainly noteworthy.<\/p>\n

California Missions Christmas<\/a><\/h2>\n

Here are few 2019 event highlights…<\/p>\n

CARMEL: Carmel Mission Concerts Dec.7-23, 2019
\nCarmel Mission Basilica<\/p>\n

FREMONT: Mission San Jose Las Posadas Dec.15-23<\/p>\n

LOMPOC: Mission La Purisima Concepcion Founding Day\u00a0Remembrance & Concert Dec.8<\/p>\n

OCEANSIDE: Mission San Luis Rey Tree Lighting, Christmas Carols,\u00a0Concerts, and Tamales Dec.6-21<\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO: Mission San Diego de Alcala Christmas Nativity Weekend Dec.7-8<\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO: Mission Dolores Basilica Choir Candlelight Concert Dec.16<\/p>\n

SAN GABRIEL: San Gabriel Mission Posadas Dec.15-23<\/p>\n

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA: Mission San Juan Bautista Concerts and Winter Solstice Nov.30-Dec.21<\/p>\n

SAN LUIS OBISPO: Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa Holiday Choral Concert Dec.7<\/p>\n

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO: Capistrano Lights<\/a> Dec.7, 2019 – Jan.6, 2020<\/p>\n

SANTA BARBARA: Mission Santa Barbara Mission by Candlelight Sip ‘n Stroll Dec.6<\/p>\n

SANTA CLARA: Mission Santa Clara \u00a0Chanticleer Christmas Dec.19<\/p>\n

SOLVANG: Mission Santa Ines Christmas Handbell Concert and
\nLas Posadas Dec.2-23<\/p>\n

SONOMA: Sonoma Mission State Historic Park Christmas at the Park Dec.14<\/p>\n

VENTURA: Mission San Buenaventura Advent Tree Lighting and Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec.6-12<\/p>\n

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