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San Diego Reader 2017 guide to holiday fun

Bar crawl, good causes, Tijuana, Legoland, Zoo, Seaworld, Liberty Station,

Artisans transformed the SDCCU Stadium lot into Global Winter Wonderland celebrating holidays from around the world.
Artisans transformed the SDCCU Stadium lot into Global Winter Wonderland celebrating holidays from around the world.
See the Grinch, don’t be the Grinch.

A holiday tourist in my own city

Tree farms, Nativity scene, gondola and trolley rides, Christmas movies by the pool. By Siobhan Braun

Why not a holiday bar crawl?

Bike ride, Messiah sing-along, Santacon bar crawl, Vintage flea market. By Ian Anderson

Make holiday friends of enemies

Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, global winter, Baptist concert, Korea’s finest snow ice machine, the Coaster's Christmas ride. By Deirdre Lickona

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Holidays at the big attractions

Legoland, Zoo, Seaworld, Liberty Station, La Mesa Village. By Patrick Henderson

Make it a point to spread the love

Botanic Garden, Conservation Garden, Willy Wonka, pet adoption, cooking and baking, read with children. By Elizabeth Salaam

My holiday wish for you

Jive, ice skating, Santee's wondrous Christmas lights, Kwanzaa at World Beat Center. By Candice Reed

Keep those holiday dollars in town

Barrio Logan market, two kinds of Nutcracker, Ribbon Rush, Full Measure carols, Makers Arcade. By E.V. Hepworth

Winter is God's cocktail hour

Good causes at Holsem Coffee, Tin Roof, Brick Bar, Taste & Thirst, 12 Bars of Charity, and Model Railroad Museum. By Chad Deal

Spanglish Christmas

Kind bikers, vegan meals given out, posada, shopping in Pasaje Rodríguez, Santa's Red (TJ Christmas beer). By Matthew Suárez

Certain activities that mean Christmas

Snow day in Chula Vista, Holiday train rides in Campo, Nutcracker tea, USD Lessons and Carols, toy giving at Lincoln High. By Eve Kelly

Surfboard Santa

Pet parade, parade of lights on the bay, ugly sweater pub crawl, Grinch at Old Globe, ginger beer and granola at farmers markets. By Mary Beth Abate

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Artisans transformed the SDCCU Stadium lot into Global Winter Wonderland celebrating holidays from around the world.
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See the Grinch, don’t be the Grinch.

A holiday tourist in my own city

Tree farms, Nativity scene, gondola and trolley rides, Christmas movies by the pool. By Siobhan Braun

Why not a holiday bar crawl?

Bike ride, Messiah sing-along, Santacon bar crawl, Vintage flea market. By Ian Anderson

Make holiday friends of enemies

Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, global winter, Baptist concert, Korea’s finest snow ice machine, the Coaster's Christmas ride. By Deirdre Lickona

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Holidays at the big attractions

Legoland, Zoo, Seaworld, Liberty Station, La Mesa Village. By Patrick Henderson

Make it a point to spread the love

Botanic Garden, Conservation Garden, Willy Wonka, pet adoption, cooking and baking, read with children. By Elizabeth Salaam

My holiday wish for you

Jive, ice skating, Santee's wondrous Christmas lights, Kwanzaa at World Beat Center. By Candice Reed

Keep those holiday dollars in town

Barrio Logan market, two kinds of Nutcracker, Ribbon Rush, Full Measure carols, Makers Arcade. By E.V. Hepworth

Winter is God's cocktail hour

Good causes at Holsem Coffee, Tin Roof, Brick Bar, Taste & Thirst, 12 Bars of Charity, and Model Railroad Museum. By Chad Deal

Spanglish Christmas

Kind bikers, vegan meals given out, posada, shopping in Pasaje Rodríguez, Santa's Red (TJ Christmas beer). By Matthew Suárez

Certain activities that mean Christmas

Snow day in Chula Vista, Holiday train rides in Campo, Nutcracker tea, USD Lessons and Carols, toy giving at Lincoln High. By Eve Kelly

Surfboard Santa

Pet parade, parade of lights on the bay, ugly sweater pub crawl, Grinch at Old Globe, ginger beer and granola at farmers markets. By Mary Beth Abate

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