December 2011 Festivals

The final month of 2011, Fall ends and the 22nd officially brings in the winter season.  We are starting to see festive light displays, bright decorations, and snow in some parts of California.  Gingerbread, eggnog, cranberry, peppermint, and hot cider are the many flavors available during this time of year.  Many cultures across the state celebrate the Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Christmas.  There are many diverse ways to celebrate the holidays: the traditional Christmas celebration, German, Victorian, Fiestas, etc.  all bringing in many holiday fairs,  festivals, and parades.  Celebrate this season by checking out cultural and food festivals throughout California:

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• December-February Sonoma: Olive Season Festival  
• 12/26 – 01/01 Fresno: Hmong International New Year
• 2: Grass Valley: Cornish Christmas
• 2-3 Pasadena: Holiday Food Fair
• 2-4 Pomona: Harvest $
• 2 Tiburon: Holiday Festival
• 3 Berkeley: International Holiday Bazaar
• 3 Cherry Valley: Winterfest
• 3 Graeagle: Holiday Fest
• 3-4 Indio: Tamale
• 3 Kingsburg: Santa Lucia Festival
• 3 Los Feliz: Holiday
• 3 Oxnard: Tamale
• 3-4 Sacramento:  German Christmas (Christkindlmarkt)
• 3 San Dimas: Holiday Extravaganza
• 3 Sacramento: Food Truck
• 3-4 San Francisco: Great Dickens Christmas Fair $
• 4 Fremont: Hanukkah Fair
• 4 La Jolla: Holiday
• November 19th- December 18 Lakeport: Victorian Christmas Fair
• 4 Studio City: Winter
•  7 Nevada City: Victorian Christmas
• 9 Grass Valley: Cornish Christmas
• 9-10 Pasadena: Holiday Food Fair (CANCELLED)
• 10 Auburn: Country Christmas
• 10-11 San Francisco: Great Dickens Christmas Fair $
• 11 Nevada City: Victorian Christmas
  
• 12-15 San Diego: Fiesta Navidad
• 14 Nevada City: Victorian Christmas
• 16-18 Berkeley: Holiday Street Fair
• 16 Grass Valley: Cornish Christmas
• 16-17 Pasadena: Holiday Food Fair
• 17 Auburn: Country Christmas
• 17-18 San Francisco: Great Dickens Christmas Fair $
• 18 Nevada City: Victorian Christmmas
• • 21 Nevada City: Victorian Christmas

   

• • 22-24 Berkeley: Holiday Street Fair

   

• • 26 Sausalito: Kwanzaa Celebration