December Nights Balboa Park San Diego

December Nights will be held at Balboa Park, San Diego on Friday, December 7, 2007 and Saturday, December 8, 2007. December Nights are the beginning of the festive season this time of the year. In 2007, December Nights will complete 30 years. The timing to celebrate is 5:00p.m to 10:00p.m on Friday and noon to 10:00p.m on Saturday. Museums in the park will remain open on both the evenings from 5 PM to 9 PM free of cost. Melodramatic and musical entertainment, dazzling lights and excellent food throughout the Park are of great attraction in this event.

December Nights attract almost 300,000 visitors in these two days. This is considered as the largest festival of free community in San Diego. There are external stages outside and some events are arranged inside the tents. Balboa Park hosts many visitors throughout the year. This place that arranges for December Nights has every information ready to satisfy the visitors. Recreational activities, dining, transportation and many more facilities are there for the people who go there for entertainment.

San Diego adorns itself throughout the year for December Nights. The holiday season is really cheerful there. It does not differ from any other snowy town. However, the city does not experience snowfall in the time of December Nights. The community in San Diego enjoys the festive gifts in the season. In 2007, the presenting sponsor is Barona. Though December Nights were on the brink of cancellation a few years back, this year, it is going to be a family event.

December Nights activities are full of color and vigor. It is said as Christmas on the Prado. House of Pacific Relations Cottages organizes the International Christmas Festival, where arrangements of various cuisines from all over the world are made. Different entertaining activities include shopping gifts from museum stores and from the artisans of Spanish villages, dance and music performances arranged by San Diego Junior Theatre, Santa Lucia procession Civic Youth ballet of San Diego and many more.

International Cottage Christmas Festival is the best part of December Nights. Visitors are fully satisfied by dance, crafts, authentic music and other traditional items from 30 plus countries. Foods that pamper your taste buds include hummus and falafel from Palestine, bratwurst from Austria and Germany, fried plantains from Panama and Paella from Spain. You can enjoy stage shows at short intervals. Your eyes will be soothed by the vibrant color of costumes the people wear at the festive time.

Finest restaurants at the Plaza de Panama with expanded beverage and dining area will offer you for gastronomic pleasure. PRP Wine International and Karl Strauss Brewery are present to provide you with beers and wines of great quality. The covering of Center Plaza by Holiday Light Canopy and colorful lights will surely brighten your mind at December Nights. Palisades Midway, Cascades Holiday Marketplace, puppet shows at Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theatre, is there to quench your thirst of visual admiration. Balboapark