Christmas at the San Clemente Outlets

“Sleigh bells ring are you listening?”

(This post was in partnership with Outlets at San Clemente, but all opinions and photos are mine)

Looking for a fun, FREE, safe holiday activity to do with your family? I’ve got the perfect place for all my Orange County friends. The Outlets at San Clemente have come up with a plan to bring you some holiday cheer this year, because we could all use an extra dose!;)

Just off the 5 freeway in South Orange County you will find the Outlets at San Clemente. We have loved coming here ever since they opened a few years ago, but this season they have really come up with a great plan.

First off, they brought in the world’s tallest Christmas tree, standing at 125 feet tall with over 18,000 multi-colored lights and 10,000 bows and ornaments! It’s a white fir tree from Mt. Shasta with a 24-inch trunk and measures 34 feet from branch tip to branch tip.

The entire complex is decorated with lights, huge ornaments, garland and even reindeer too! Santa’s helpers move and ring their jingle bells as you walk by and Rudolph’s nose even lights up.

There are nightly snow falls that happen all through the holiday season starting November 27th. The dates for snow fall are below…

• Friday, November 27 at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm
• Saturday, November 28 at 6pm and 7pm
• Sunday, November 29 at 6pm and 7pm
• Saturday, December 5 at 6pm and 7pm
• Sunday, December 6 at 6pm and 7pm
• Saturday, December 12 at 6pm and 7pm
• Sunday, December 13 at 6pm and 7pm
• Saturday, December 19 to Wednesday, December 23 at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm

The Outlets will also be hosting Santa for a safe, socially distanced photo experience every weekend as well. Santa will be located inside his North Pole Train Depot, with distance from shoppers, who can still see Santa and take a photo. The dates for Santa are below…

Image by OC Register

• Friday, November 27 to Sunday, November 29 from 12pm to 6pm
• Saturday, December 5 to Sunday, December 6 from 12pm to 6pm
• Saturday, December 12 to Sunday, December 13 from 12pm to 6pm
• Saturday, December 19 to Wednesday, December 23 from 12pm to 6pm

The part that my kids actually loved the most was a holiday themed scavenger hunt, completely free, with prizes at the end. If you go to customer service they will give you a map with stickers, you then go around looking in the shop windows for little signs to match up the stickers. Once you have them all you can return to guest services to get coupons for a free pretzel from Annie’s Pretzels and a free dessert from Blaze Pizza. This was a total win for our family!

New shops & restaurants at the Outlets include a Lululemon Pop-Up and UGG plus Chick-Fil_A and Asada Cantina + Kitchen (which you will want to put your name in early because there was quite a wait when we tried to eat there).

Outlets at San Clemente is also offering 25 Days of Savings now through November 25 so guests can get a head start on Christmas shopping with exclusive deals. View the savings HERE.

Looking for more holiday activities to do at home, check out this post HERE.