A new annual community tradition at Yorba Linda’s Town Center fountain plaza — the city hosts an evening tree-lighting ceremony at the open-air shopping center’s central plaza, with balloon-twisting for kids, ornament-crafting stations, festive entertainment, and the tree-lighting moment in the evening. Free, family, and the season’s official Town Center kickoff.
The Yorba Linda Town Center Tree Lighting is a new annual community tradition launched by the City of Yorba Linda at the fountain plaza of Yorba Linda Town Center — the open-air shopping, dining, and entertainment center anchoring Yorba Linda Boulevard between Imperial Highway and Lakeview Avenue.
The early-December evening opens with pre-ceremony entertainment, balloon-twisting for kids (free balloon animals), and ornament-crafting stations spread across the plaza. The tree-lighting moment itself comes in the evening at the central fountain plaza — the season’s official kickoff of the Town Center holiday character that continues across the season with the venue’s restaurants and shops decked through Christmas Eve.
For families across Yorba Linda — the East Lake Village blocks, the equestrian-trail neighborhoods, the foothill residential ranges — and the surrounding north Orange County communities (Anaheim Hills, Brea, Placentia), this is the city’s newest holiday gathering and a complement to the long-running Holiday on Main Street community festival in Old Town and the Stars, Stripes & Christmas Lights evening at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
This is a new community tradition — recently launched and expected to return each holiday season as the city’s official Town Center kickoff.
At Yorba Linda Town Center, 18421 Yorba Linda Boulevard — the open-air shopping center’s central plaza, between the dining row and the entertainment anchor. The fountain is the visual centerpiece; the tree-lighting setup builds around it.
No — they’re distinct evenings at distinct landmarks. Holiday on Main Street is the 34-year community tradition along historic Main Street in Old Town Yorba Linda. The Town Center Tree Lighting is the new city-launched evening at the Town Center fountain plaza on Yorba Linda Boulevard. Many Yorba Linda families do both.
Yes — the tree-lighting ceremony, balloon-twisting, ornament-crafting, and pre-ceremony entertainment are all free to attend. Optional purchases at the Town Center’s shops, restaurants, and crafting stations are paid separately.
Free at the Yorba Linda Town Center Public Parking Structure at 18423 Arroyo Street — the four-level garage serves the Town Center, the Main Street District, and the surrounding blocks. The closer levels fill first; the upper levels are typically open.
The city recently launched the Town Center Tree Lighting as a new community tradition — framed in the city’s press release as ‘a new community tradition.’ Expected to return each holiday season as the Town Center’s official kickoff.
Yorba Linda Town Center at 18421 Yorba Linda Boulevard is the city’s open-air shopping, dining, and entertainment center — anchored by a Regal Cinemas, a Bristol Farms, and a mix of restaurants and boutiques. The center sits along Yorba Linda Boulevard between Imperial Highway and Lakeview Avenue, with a central fountain plaza designed as the venue’s pedestrian heart. The center is a few minutes east of the historic Main Street District, which holds the city’s Holiday on Main Street community tradition.
The City of Yorba Linda’s official annual decorating contest and Holiday Lights Map — in its fourth year — invites residents to enter their decorated homes, then publishes a public interactive map highlighting the season’s decorated entries citywide. Free, self-paced, walkable or drivable, and the city’s official kickoff to its residential holiday character.
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Yorba Linda’s 34-year community tradition along historic Main Street — Holiday on Main Street brings a Choo Choo train, petting zoo, photos with Santa, balloon artist, live music, drinks lounge, artisan shopping, and a youth talent show to Old Town for an evening of small-town holiday cheer.
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An entire Yorba Linda neighborhood lights up around East Lake Village — synchronized homes, illuminated lakeside paths, and family holiday spirit, free to walk through December. Confirm this season’s display dates on the community Facebook page.
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Yorba Linda’s distinctive holiday event — patriotic Americana decor, a ceremonial tree lighting on the Nixon Library grounds, photos with Santa, his reindeer, and a candlelit stroll through the museum’s gardens.
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