Still in a holiday mood? That’s OK, because technically the Christmas season runs the next twelve days until January 6, when the Christian world celebrates Epiphany, or the Feast of the Magi. So, if you’re looking for something to do this second night of Christmas (or the third or fourth, for that matter), why not take a drive up to Altadena’s Balian Mansion, where the lights are still burning bright?
Since 1955, the ice cream family has decorated virtually every nook and cranny of their 3 1/2-acre estate with Nativity scenes, angels, choir singers, Santa, reindeer, elves and more than 10,000 colored lights. The annual extravaganza draws visitors (and sometimes carolers) from throughout the Los Angeles basin. You’ll find the house near the intersection of Glenview Terrace and Mendocino Lane.
While you’re in the area, there’s also nearby Christmas Tree Lane — several blocks of towering Italian Cedars similarly decked out for the holidays. In fact, the drive between Woodbury and Santa Rosa Avenues is the oldest such Holiday display in the U.S., earning it not only California Landmark status, but a place on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Many weddings during christmas are decorated virtually every nook and cranny of their 3 1/2-acre estate with Nativity scenes, angels, choir singers, Santa, reindeer, elves and more than 10,000 colored lights.