{"id":393462,"date":"2025-11-21T00:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/393462\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T00:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:55:15","slug":"feeling-festive-heres-how-you-can-celebrate-the-holiday-season-in-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/393462\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling festive? Here&#8217;s how you can celebrate the Holiday Season in the Valley."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From breakfast with Santa to lights at the Phoenix Zoo, there is plenty of festive fun planned around the Valley.<\/p>\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The Holiday Season brings with it many festive events for people of all ages across the Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nMesa Merry Main Street:                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/merrymainst.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Merry Main Street<\/a> in Mesa begins Nov. 28 and runs through Jan. 10. The festivities include visits with Santa, an ice rink and live music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nChristmas at the Princess:                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christmasattheprincess.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas at the Princess<\/a> has become a holiday tradition for many Valley families. The experience at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess turns the hotel into &#8220;The North Pole&#8217;s sister city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The experience is open from Nov. 21 through Jan. 3. There will be an ice rink, visits with Santa, light displays and a Ferris wheel.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nScottsdazzle:                    <\/p>\n<p>Scottsdale plays host to a series of events as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdazzle.com\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23230334378&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADNe2Ts52iX1H09-MHdXXj44BCBNg&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAlfvIBhA6EiwAcErpyRnl0YbHn9fL3jd2R_jruEP-OLS44NW6y4L14o6wH8mSGu9U0WYq0BoCLxYQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottsdazzle festivities<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featuring things like craft classes, dining and entertainment experiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Santa will be visiting the farmer&#8217;s market on Nov. 29 and there will be a menorah lighting on Dec. 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPhoenix Zoo Lights:                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixzoo.org\/events\/zoolights\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21668507750&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADHQl1U9g1_EUuY_i0g6TrJ8L1XQ7&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAlfvIBhA6EiwAcErpyUaK7hJjq6t_V33m-JEAUs-3g8QKsXG3b_APz38HXmFsCEIZkmjEgBoCBjAQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Zoo Lights<\/a> features over two miles of tree-lined trails, dozens of life-like animal lanterns and the tallest floating tree in North America, featuring a new light show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The experience starts on Nov. 26 and runs through Jan. 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nChristmas on the Farm:                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitdhfarms.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas on the Farm<\/a> opens at DH Farms in Phoenix on Nov. 21 and runs through Dec. 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The experience features reindeer stables, Santa&#8217;s Toy Factory (where kids can make a toy or ornament for a fee), Mrs. Claus&#8217;s Kitchen with cookie decorating and sweet treats and a choreographed light show.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nDesert Farm Lights:                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertfarmlights.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Farm Lights<\/a> at the Justice Brothers Ranch in Surprise opens Nov. 21 and runs nightly until Dec. 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 18-acre experience includes a Candy Cane Maze, Jolly Train Ride, horse-drawn orchard rides (for an additional fee) and live entertainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nChandler Tumbleweed Tree Lighting:\u00a0                    <\/p>\n<p>Chandler will light the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chandleraz.gov\/events\/tumbleweed-tree-lighting-ceremony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chandler Tumbleweed Tree<\/a> in Dr. A.J. Chandler Park on Dec. 6. The event runs from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nChandler Community Menorah:                    <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitchandler.com\/events\/holiday-events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City of Chandler and the Chabad of the East Valley<\/a> will light a menorah each night of Hanukkah from Dec. 14 through Dec. 22 in Downtown Chandler.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nGlendale Glitters:                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glendaleaz.gov\/News\/Whats-New\/Glendale-Glitters-Returns-To-Downtown-Glendale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glendale Glitters<\/a> kicks off with events on Nov. 28 and Nov. 29. The light displays in Downtown Glendale will be up until Dec. 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The interactive light display and Christmas tree will be at the Glendale Civic Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From breakfast with Santa to lights at the Phoenix Zoo, there is plenty of festive fun planned around&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":393463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-393462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115584966636692096","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}