Holiday events: Parades, tree lightings and more celebrate Christmas
Nov. 28
Bass Lake: Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade of Lights, 4 p.m. Pines Resort, 559-692-8884, free.
Nov. 29
Visalia: Annual Lincoln Oval Park Christmas Tree Lighting, 6 p.m. 808 N. Court St., 559-713-2233, free.
Nov. 30
Parlier: Christmas tree lighting and parade, 3 p.m. Fresno and J streets, 559-646-3837.
Visalia: 70th annual Candy Cane Lane Parade, 7 p.m. Main Street, downtown.
Dec. 2
Visalia: Holiday Cheer with Santa Claus, 5-7 p.m., Kaweah Delta Medical Center, 400 W. Mineral King, 559-624-2463.
Dec. 3
Madera: Candlelight Christmas Parade, 6 p.m. downtown Madera.
Reedley: Electrical Christmas Parade, 7:30 p.m., downtown, 559-638-5484.
Dec. 4
Selma: Holiday Street Faire & Santa Arrival, 5 p.m., downtown, 559-891-2235.
Tulare: 60th Children's Christmas Parade, 6 p.m., downtown Tulare.
Dec. 5
Chowchilla: Lions Club 48th annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, 5:30 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park, Robertson Boulevard and Sixth Street.
Clovis: Children’s Electric Christmas Parade, 6:30 p.m., Old Town Clovis, 559-575-4311.
Exeter: Spirit of the Holidays, 4-7 p.m., Veterans Memorial Building, 324 N. Kaweah Ave., www.exeterkiwanis.org.
Fowler: Christmas Tree Lighting and pictures with Santa, 2 p.m., downtown, 559-834-5486.
Fresno: 86th annual Downtown Fresno Christmas Parade, 11 a.m., begins at Fulton and Calaveras streets.
Fresno: Breakfast with Santa, 8-10 a.m., Fresno Chaffee Zoo, 894 W. Belmont Ave., 559-498-5910. $25, $18 ages 2-11; members: $20, $15 ages 2-11.
Kingsburg: Santa Lucia Festival, 10 a.m., Swedish Village, 1475 Draper St.; Festival of Lights parade, 5:30 p.m., 559-897-2925.
Lemoore: Chamber of Commerce parade, 6 p.m., downtown, 559-924-6401.
Oakhurst: Community Christmas Tree Lighting, 5 p.m., Century 21 Ditton Realty, 40307 Highway 41, 559-642-0313.
Sanger: 32nd annual Tree Lighting, 6:30 p.m., Seventh and N streets, 559-875-4575.
Sanger: 68th annual Nation’s Christmas Tree City Toyland Parade, 11 a.m., Seventh and N streets, 559-875-4575.
Dec. 13
Kings Canyon National Park: 90th annual Trek to the Nation’s Christmas Tree, nondenominational Christmas message at 2:30 p.m., charter bus trips available from Sanger, 559-875-4575.
Fresno: Christmas at Kearney, noon-2 p.m., Kearney Mansion Museum, 7160 W. Kearney Blvd., 559-441-0862, $10, $8 seniors, $6 children and students. Public guided tours of the home: 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Dec. 4; Dec. 6; Dec. 11-12; Dec. 18-20, Dec. 26-27.
Ongoing
Fresno: Christmas Tree Lane in Old Fig Garden, Dec. 2-25, 6-10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, 6-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, www.christmastreelane.com. Walk Nights, Dec. 2 and Dec. 8, Tree Fresno provides bus service from Fig Garden Village, $7 (children on adult’s laps ride free).
Fresno: Holiday Fun in the Tower, 6 p.m. Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19. Santa will visit Dec. 5, 12 and 19. Tower District, Olive and Wishon avenues, 559-497-8362, www.towerdistrict.org.
Fresno: Zoo Lights, 5-8 p.m. Nov. 27-29, Dec. 4-6, Dec. 11-13, Dec. 18-23, Dec. 26-30, Fresno Chaffee Zoo, 894 W. Belmont Ave., 559-498-5910, www.fresnochaffeezoo.org, $8, $6 ages 2-11; members: $6, $4 ages 2-11.
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This story was originally published November 25, 2015 at 11:59 AM with the headline "Holiday events: Parades, tree lightings and more celebrate Christmas."