Seal Beach Tree Lighting
Seal Beach, CA
Seal Beach’s official tree lighting at Eisenhower Park at the base of the Seal Beach Pier — sledding for children, kids’ craft area, Santa, cocoa and carolers.
Seal Beach’s official tree lighting at Eisenhower Park at the base of the Seal Beach Pier — sledding for children, kids’ craft area, Santa, cocoa and carolers.
Seal Beach‘s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting anchors at Eisenhower Park, the small green at the base of the Seal Beach Pier where Ocean Avenue meets Main Street. The Chamber-organized evening is genuine small-beach-town — the lighting itself, real attention from Santa, and the pier as the setting.
The ceremony runs from 4 PM to 7 PM, with sledding for children, a kids’ craft area, and a visit from Santa as the community gathers for the official tree lighting. Cocoa and cookies fuel the evening, carolers move through the park, and the pier’s lit silhouette behind the tree gives the event its photographic identity. The Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce runs the program; the city participates.
For families in Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Long Beach’s east end, and the broader north OC coastal area, this is the community kickoff. Many pair it with the Annual Christmas Parade on Main Street the following weekend.
At the base of the Seal Beach Pier where Ocean Avenue meets Main Street — a small green just inland of the pier itself. The address is 1 8th Street (the closest corner).
From 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, with the tree lighting itself part of the evening program. Santa visits, sledding, crafts, and carolers run throughout.
Yes — the tree lighting, sledding, crafts, and Santa visit are all free.
No — the Annual Christmas Parade on Main Street is a separate event typically held a couple of weeks later (early December). 2,200-plus parade participants march from Ocean Avenue to PCH. Many families attend both.
Main Street beach parking fills fastest; the city lots a block or two inland are the most reliable. Many residents walk or bike in from nearby neighborhoods.
Eisenhower Park is the small green at the base of the Seal Beach Pier, where Ocean Avenue meets Main Street — the city’s defining waterfront corner. The Seal Beach Pier itself, originally built in 1906 and rebuilt several times since, extends about 1,800 feet into the Pacific and is one of the longest wooden piers in the state. Main Street runs inland from the park as the city’s walkable downtown corridor, with shops, restaurants, and the Seal Beach Pier Plaza all just steps away.
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