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And as a reminder, Christmas did not become a federal holiday until 1870. Today, we celebrate the holiday season with Christmas trees , yule logs and figgy pudding .
The San Jose Holiday Parade tradition began in 1981 at the opening of the Christmas in the Park display at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, in Downtown San José. In the first year the parade consisted of a couple of fire engines, City of San José vehicles and Santa. [citation needed] The next year, the parade became the Christmas in the Park Parade.
The Christmas in the Park event traces its origin to the Nativity display built by Don Lima in the 1950s in front of his Lima Family Mortuary in Willow Glen. The exhibit attracted attention and he began adding more displays, and as they grew, there were more visitors. In the 1970s, he donated the exhibits to the City of San Jose.
A vintage postcard bearing a 1947 postmark, f rom the collection of L.A. Times reporter Patt Morrison, tells the story of Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane, although the dates differ from the ...
Christmas arrived early in the home of Elisa and Matthew Hernandez. Their Christmas decorations went up on Sept. 12 in their Central El Paso home, which is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.
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Christmas lights and baubles covered the white fir tree as well as everything else at The Grove. The evening showcased artificial snowfall, bubbles, and a fireworks finale. KCBS-TV , the Los Angeles area affiliate (and West Coast flagship station) of CBS , televised The Grove Christmas Tree lighting live every year until 2020.
Given that Christmas Eve is always the night before Christmas Day, in 2023, Christmas Eve will be on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. So, the holiday lands on the tail end of the weekend.