{"id":451944,"date":"2025-12-16T23:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/451944\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:30:29","slug":"let-it-snow-in-noho-drew-3000-to-enjoy-artificial-snowfall-and-free-toys-for-children-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/451944\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Let It Snow!\u2019 in NoHo drew 3,000 to enjoy artificial snowfall and free toys for children \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by Los Angeles City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/07\/31\/van-nuys-breaks-ground-on-new-tiny-home-village-with-100-shelter-beds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Councilmember Adrin Nazarian<\/a>, the Valley Plaza Park was alive on Saturday with festive decorations, a 20-foot Christmas tree, artificial snowfall and children who received free toys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled we were able to end my first year on the City Council with this celebration for the people of the East Valley,\u201d Nazarian said. \u201cIt\u2019s been such a tough year for so many people, I\u2019m glad we\u2019re able to get together and enjoy some holiday spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got over 3,000 people here, most of them kids, and we\u2019re giving away thousands of free toys to so every kid in the neighborhood can feel some Christmas joy,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you see the look on their faces as they choose their gifts and get their picture taken with Santa Claus, all the work we\u2019ve done this year feels worthwhile.\u201d<\/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\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kids line up to see Santa at the free toy...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LDN-L-SNOW-NOHO-12165.jpg\"\/>\n<p>Kids line up to see Santa at the free toy giveaway at the Valley Plaza Park with festive holiday decorations Saturday, North Hollywood Dec 13, 2025. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A lot of Christmas cookies for the kids and parents...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LDN-L-SNOW-NOHO-12163.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LDN-L-SNOW-NOHO-12163.jpg\"\/>\n<p>A lot of Christmas cookies for the kids and parents at the free toy giveaway at the Valley Plaza Park with festive holiday decorations Saturday, North Hollywood Dec 13, 2025. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cSnow\u201d falls as kids get photos with Frosty the Snowman...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LDN-L-SNOW-NOHO-12166.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LDN-L-SNOW-NOHO-12166.jpg\"\/>\n<p>\u201cSnow\u201d falls as kids get photos with Frosty the Snowman at the free toy giveaway at Valley Plaza Park Saturday, North Hollywood Dec 13, 2025.<br \/>\n(Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>Kids line up to see Santa at the free toy giveaway at the Valley Plaza Park with festive holiday decorations Saturday, North Hollywood Dec 13, 2025. (Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the sun went down at 4:43pm artificial snow began to fall, drawing children who played with the snowflakes and got pictures with Santa Claus or Frosty the Snowman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween the kids, the music and the snowflakes floating in the air, it\u2019s been a magical evening,\u201d Nazarian said. \u201cMy staff and I can\u2019t wait to do it again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hosted by Los Angeles City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, the Valley Plaza Park was alive on Saturday with festive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":451945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,245,44679,7709,2961,224,5337,50,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-451944","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-children","11":"tag-christmas","12":"tag-holidays","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115731853217890243","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451944","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=451944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}