Holiday Happenings
Los Angeles is known for its multitude of holiday events and activities. Join in on the festivities with the help of Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills' curated City Guide featuring where you can see the most beautiful holiday displays, to insider shopping tips, to events you will find only in L.A.
Where to see the best holiday lights and Christmas trees in Los Angeles
A Hollywood Christmas at The Grove
Decorated with more than 15,000 lights and 10,000 festive ornaments, The Grove’s Christmas tree is more than 100 feet high, making it the largest in Southern California. Take in the spectacular sites of this festive display, and spend some time shopping for holiday gifts at the numerous boutiques located at this outdoor shopping destination. Make it an extra memorable trip, and swing by Santa’s House for a photo!
Rodeo Drive Holiday Lights
A spectacular shimmering glow of nearly 150,000 lights will brighten up Rodeo Drive this holiday season. Lining the median of Rodeo Drive between Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards will be Baccarat chandeliers, brilliantly lit birch trees, 42 iridescent palm trees, and hundreds of vibrant red poinsettias. Picturesque holiday banners of chandeliers will be displayed along the street.
The best places to go ice skating this holiday season in Los Angeles
Downtown on Ice
Framed by skyscrapers and adorned with festive holiday lights, Downtown on Ice is the original Los Angeles outdoor ice rink, featuring a 4,500 square-foot rink of real ice that’s set up on Pershing Square. The rink opens November 17, 2017 through January 15, 2018.
ICE at Santa Monica
Every holiday season, Downtown Santa Monica brings a little ice skating to the beach-side community and transforms the corner of 5th Street and Arizona Avenue into ICE at Santa Monica, a premier outdoor ice skating rink. The 8,000 square foot rink by the beach offers residents and visitors a little taste of winter without the bite, and is open November 2017 through January 2018.
The best places to shop this holiday season in Los Angeles
The Grove
A shopper’s delight, The Grove offers the very best of fashion, beauty, and home goods all in one place. Find the perfect gifts for everyone on your holiday list at the destination’s numerous retailers including Apple, J. Crew, Nordstrom, Madewell, Topshop and Swarovski.
Westfield Century City
The newly renovated Westfield Century City, formerly known as Century Square Shopping Center, is a two-level, 900,000-square-foot outdoor shopping mall in the Century City commercial with more than 100 distinctive stores set to open this year. This shopping center is set to be Southern California’s premier fashion and food destination, reflecting the diverse styles and tastes of Los Angeles.
Melrose Avenue
Lined with some of the best vintage and shopping boutiques, Melrose Avenue is not to be missed when shopping in LA. Get your hands on fashion’s most coveted finds at stores such as Decades and Resurrection. Purchase
one-of-a-kind pieces from designers like Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Vera Wang. And find your new go-to look at favorites such as Marc Jacobs and Helmut Lang.
Rodeo Drive
With more than 100 high end luxury retailers lining the famed street, Rodeo Drive features world-renowned shopping in Beverly Hills.
Santa Monica Promenade
Just blocks away from the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica Place and the 3rd Street Promenade turn into a complete winter wonderland. With carolers, twinkling lights, Santa’s Holiday House, a large Menorah, and towering holiday tree, you can pop into stores ranging from Barneys New York to Tiffany & Co. and the Disney Store.
The best events to experience this holiday season in Los Angeles
Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade
On Sunday, November 26, 2017, Tinseltown will take to the streets of Hollywood for the 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade beginning at 5:00 pm. See some of your favorite cartoon characters paraded down the streets
as giant balloons, followed by marching bands, with appearances from numerous film and television celebrities.
Disneyland Park
The “Happiest Place on Earth” just got merrier! Festive garlands, cheerful wreaths and thousands of white and colored lights illuminate the night sky. A towering 60-foot Christmas tree, festooned with more than 70,000 lights and 2,000 custom-made ornaments reaches for the sky.
Holiday Spectacular by Jeff Leatham at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
Immerse yourself in the glamour of the holiday season with Jeff Leatham’s annual holiday display in the lobby of Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. We invite you to visit the Hotel, take photos and share your pictures of Jeff’s annual holiday display with us on social media by tagging @JeffLeatham and @FSLosAngeles.
Dining Events and Promotions
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