Join your neighbors for two beloved, family-friendly community traditions filled with lights, music, and a visit from Santa.
🌟 Tree Lighting
Sun.07Dec.
At 5:00 PM
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Malaga Cove Plaza
Time:
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Join us for an evening of festive community traditions as we celebrate the season with music, activities, and the lighting of the PVE Christmas Tree.
Tentative Schedule: 4:30–6:00 PM – Roaming Holiday Carolers 6:00–6:20 PM – Rolling Hills United Methodist Church Handbell Choir 6:20–6:30 PM – Mayor’s Welcome 6:30 PM – Tree Lighting
Activities:
Holiday cookie decorating with Girl Scout Troops 7203 & 07432
Letters to Santa hosted by PV Neighborhood Watch
Free Hot Chocolate Cart
Food available for purchase
Santa will once again tour Palos Verdes Estates with a police and fire escort, beginning in Lunada Bay and ending at the Civic Center. See the full route and estimated times below.
Parade Start
4:30 PM – Santa arrives at 520 Paseo Lunado (Near Lunada Bay Elementary School)
Part 1: Lunada Bay → Malaga Cove Plaza 5:00 PM – Parade departs520 Paseo Lunado
East on Paseo Lunado
Left (north) on PV Drive West
Continue north on PV Drive West toward Yarmouth Road
Left (west) on Yarmouth Road 5:10 PM – Continue on Yarmouth → Right (north) on Paseo Del Mar
Continue on Paseo Del Mar to PV Drive West 5:25 PM – Left (northbound) on PV Drive West 5:45–7:00 PM – Santa Meet & Greet at Malaga Cove Plaza
Part 2: Malaga Cove → Valmonte → Civic Center 7:15 PM – Parade resumes, traveling eastbound on PV Drive North
Left on Via Pavion / Valmonte Plaza
Left on Via Alcance
Left on Via Picaposte 7:35 PM – Right on Via La Selva 7:45 PM – Continue along Via La Selva 8:00 PM – End: PVE Civic Center
