{"id":396929,"date":"2025-11-22T12:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/396929\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:49:37","slug":"singers-santa-and-toy-soldiers-on-stilts-mark-10th-annual-tree-lighting-at-union-station-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/396929\/","title":{"rendered":"Singers, Santa and toy soldiers on stilts mark 10th annual tree lighting at Union Station \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trio singing group, toy soldiers on stilts, elves and the lighting of the Christmas tree inside the historic Los Angeles\u2019 Union Station kicks off the the 10th annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 21. Whittier City Councilmember Fernando Dutra, chair of the LA Metro board, flipped the switch that lit up the giant tree inside the Ticket Concourse. The free event draws hundreds of people.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Host Jasmine Simpkins welcomes Santa and Metro Board Chair Fernando...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/>\n<p>Host Jasmine Simpkins welcomes Santa and Metro Board Chair Fernando Dutra during the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Fyfe family, of Long Beach, get a photo with...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LDN-L-XMASTREE-UNIONSTATION-1121-08-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>The Fyfe family, of Long Beach, get a photo with Santa during the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Mora family, of Mission Hills, get a photo with...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LDN-L-XMASTREE-UNIONSTATION-1121-09-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>The Mora family, of Mission Hills, get a photo with Santa and his elves during the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Beverly Belles perform during the 10th annual Christmas tree...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LDN-L-XMASTREE-UNIONSTATION-1121-05-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>The Beverly Belles perform during the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"5\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Joe Guerrero, of Los Angeles, takes pictures during the 10th...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LDN-L-XMASTREE-UNIONSTATION-1121-02-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Joe Guerrero, of Los Angeles, takes pictures during the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"6\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Beverly Belles perform during the 10th annual Christmas tree...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LDN-L-XMASTREE-UNIONSTATION-1121-13-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>The Beverly Belles perform during the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"7\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Actors Dahna Lane and Miranda Seighman, of the House of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LDN-L-XMASTREE-UNIONSTATION-1121-06-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Actors Dahna Lane and Miranda Seighman, of the House of Kringle, turn into elves for the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"8\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-7\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A crowd fills the ticket concourse of Los Angeles Union...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LDN-L-XMASTREE-UNIONSTATION-1121-12-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>A crowd fills the ticket concourse of Los Angeles Union Station for their 10th annual Christmas tree lighting on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 8<\/p>\n<p>Host Jasmine Simpkins welcomes Santa and Metro Board Chair Fernando Dutra during the 10th annual Christmas tree lighting at Los Angeles Union Station on Thursday night, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The group, Beverly Belles sang Christmas and Hannukah songs. Santa made an appearance all the way from the North Pole and was mobbed by children awaiting pictures and to ask for holiday treats. Families also posed for snapshots with jolly Ole St. Nick.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trio singing group, toy soldiers on stilts, elves and the lighting of the Christmas tree inside the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":396930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,44679,2499,39405,39406,39407,7709,28579,2961,20597,224,6080,5337,50,39408,39409,27696,39410,10100,15186,52,19614],"class_list":{"0":"post-396929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-downtown-los-angeles","12":"tag-foothill-cities","13":"tag-harbor-area","14":"tag-high-desert","15":"tag-holidays","16":"tag-inland-empire","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-la-metro","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-county","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-north-beaches","24":"tag-northwest","25":"tag-palos-verdes-peninsula","26":"tag-san-fernando-valley","27":"tag-san-gabriel-valley","28":"tag-south-bay","29":"tag-top-stories","30":"tag-trains"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115593437838769497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396929","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=396929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}