Christmas-In-The-Park; San José, CA Review

Must visit park. Lot of fun. We really enjoyed.

Located in down town San Jose. Full of lightnings, rides. Lot of attractions for every age group. Any one can enjoy. Many food stalls too.

Mostly all rides are cash only. Make sure you have sufficient cash. There are ATM s too. But we never used.

We visited yesterday. Park was decorated with around 1000 Christmas trees. Lot of small attractions. Rides. And so much lightning. A tallest christmas tree was main attraction. May be 20 feet.

There is VTA station. I am not sure about parking in this place. You can use light rail. We went by Uber and returned by VTA.

Now a days very crowded. Please take care of your little one. You must go and enjoy. I think only 2 days left. Till 25th December only. Not sure.

And yes. Free entry.

i love this but when half the trees are memorial trees for dead people it is depressing

Nicely enjoyed with good friends after a visit to the Tech Museum, parked on the parkside and had to battle either the traffic or the huge puddle near the curb

A fun filled place to go to in San Jose in December. Lots of rides for kids of all ages, lights and decorations, models, miniatures, and of course food stalls where you can get funnel cakes and such. There is no entrance fee and nearby parking is available.

Weekends are pretty crowded but weekday evenings are very light and ideal time to go. You can easily spend a few hours here.

Just saying that you might be a Grinch if you're not even slightly interested in getting the Christmas tree up after strolling through this cute community display. Give yourself at the very least a half hour to take it in.

Came down from south san Francisco. Parking lots were confusing to find. But once in the lot, plenty of parking in the upper levels.cost me $7 to park all day. The park had tons of decorative Christmas trees . But it was hard to enjoy them because the the amount of people walking. The park was dirty with overflowing trash cans and food wrappers scattered on the floor. I think this will be a one time visit. Wasn't impressed.

I think we came too early (11:00 am) on Saturday. Not much was open. Probably better to come at night with the lights.

Very nice park arrangement can be visited as a family

For it being the first year that this had been done it was very well planned!!!! Awesome!!!

Super crowded... Horrible...can't even enjoy walking.

A cute experience during covid times and I appreciate them still hosting this and all the effort put in. However, there wasn't the snow tunnel as advertised. The line is really long with some very angry people in line.

Lots of people lots of lights, great for snacks and pictures.

It's a family tradition. We go every year at least 2 days a week
I enjoy the hot chocolate. I look forward to it..

Directions kind of confusing, but once you get there, good drive thru experience is pretty good. Hopefully we get back to the normal setup next year!

It is amazing My son loves to see Santa Claus and loves to Run all over the park and at like 9PM we go to the Ice Rink and It gets really fun so I love this plus it is amazing

Wonderful experience. I hope they do it again next year.

Display was beautiful...but there was over 90 minutes wait to enter.... there was a long line with many cars going around and cutting in...scary as I felt there were drivers who could have caused accidents..

All is good except for bathrooms, omg them no paper and no light once is dark. So take your paper and flash light. Plus didnt notice no bathrooms by games and rides , accross the street so becareful lol

Love the snowman hot chocolate. Great place to take the kids for the holiday.

Loved the lights and decorations. Makes one feel young again. Wonderful annual tradition.

We visit every year with the family and it never gets old; a great Christmas tradition. Features a carnival for the kids and is in San Jose DT, we usually park in the Marriot hotel

Very beautiful and festive. Good to go with the family.

Lights, fun activities, elite decor..
What not to love about it..
Eagerly waiting for next holiday season..

Pretty awesome, love all the trees and the line wasnt too bad for seeing santa. Lots for the kids to do and see!

I always love coming here for the Christmas tree decorations. Especially I love it because of there hot chocolate! It s a must for this place. Really bummed that they closed on the day of Christmas 2018 it s usually open until January. I always spend an hour here. Will be returning in December 2019!!! There was a Christmas tree of coco my favorite!

Wonderful atmosphere! I recommend going in the evening to see the lights. Also, try to go on a weekday. Weekends are packed. This year they have set a world record for having the most illuminated Christmas trees in one location, 600! We parked in the San Carlos garage.

Lots of fun rides hot chocolate beautiful displays and great people

On the second day of Christmas it was already closed. Quite disappointing.

This event should be nice but it is very poorly managed that it was not possible to even enter the park. I purchased a ticket on Dec 9 around 7:45. The drive-through line was more than 7 blocks and it took me more than 40 mins to move forward just 1 block. I gave up. Didn't deserve the time to wait in line for hours. My guestimation is you should expect to wait in line for at least 2.5 hours for this horrible traffic management. Hope this share is helpful when you make decision.

I went at night on my bike and chilled on one of the benches for a few minutes and was very relaxing and peaceful. Except for the crazy guy screaming up to the heavens over on the grass. Hahaha nah it was cool.

We typically do Los Gatos Fantasy of lights in December but didn t get tickets in time. But Christmas in the park had many more open slots so we went here instead this year. The two are quite different and each brings something different so happy to have visited this year. Many of the displays are very old and a tad creepy but I think most kids would look forwards to seeing their favorites year after year. It was also well managed and Covid safe. Staff were able to scan the ticket through our car window.

A couple of things that would make this better: 1. find a way to reduce the queue. 2 hours wait is really too long. 2. With that in mind - access to toilets would have made a difference. 3. The sponsors names are often more prominent than the display itself.

We reserve a spot drove a hour and a half where we saw a line that it seemed like it never end first time coming to see the lights and last all we saw was the lights of all the cars horrible set up and it said to arrive 15 min before the reserve time which we did 30 min early will never ever ever come or reserve why reserve if you have to wait in a never ending line

Lots of expensive stuff but it's really nice to walk around in

Great community event, it was very welcoming, and the hot chocolate was delicious!.

If you haven't been here and you're from SJ. What's wrong you? You need to see this lil gem. It's beautiful at night despite freezing your arse off. Go have a walk with your family and friends. Its worth it...

So fun and immersive definitely worth the price. Fun lights & music, all the historic buildings and Christmas Decor loved it. Will go again. Kids loved it.

Awesome I had a great time in the Ice skating ring. LOT OF FUN!

It was nice. The only thing that annoyed me were the people who kept aggressively asking us to buy hot dogs. They were cooking them and selling them. They made the whole experience feel like a restaurant/retail experience instead of coming there to enjoy the sights and celebrate Christmas

Nicely decorated for Christmas and New Year. Whole park was covered with Christmas trees decorations and lights. There were lots of fun rides for kids and few shopping, snacks stalls.

Great family outing every year. Skating, lots of rides, stage performances and a ton of Christmas trees

Every year we enjoy Christmas in the park, this is the best thing to do during holiday season in San Jose. Kids love it, lots of fun rides.

I had a great time. We got to see Santa for FREE! Lots of displays and lights.

Amazing time with the family i never seen anything like it before

Been going there for years. I love seeing it evolve every year.

Excellent place at Christmas to go with the family and spend pleasant moments.

Not worth the time commitment. Had to wait more than 2 hrs to reach. There were no clear signs as to where the queue started.

Great place... Just people needs to learn some manners. Especially if they come from another country where they have no manners.

So crowded and they are even going to close early this season, on the 25th.

While this place is really crowded there are many fun activities to engage in. We decided to walk around and check out different Christmas trees and houses by the community and they were all very nice. Nothing was spectacular, but they did capture the holiday spirit. The crowds made it really hard to try any food without an excessive wait, but thankfully there are plenty of options around. Worth checking out if you are in the area, but I would drive far for the experience

Old decrepit decorations and money making garbage combine to produce a 15 min waste of life.

Hard to find parking near by. There were a lot of people, literally no where to stand. There are a lot of small Christmas tree, but none of them would take your breath away.

A must do for all Bay area residents with or without kids. 100% brings a smile.

WoW is all I can say. Of course, because of Covid everything is different this year. The drive thru experience was spectacular. Did not disappoint at all. Still blown away. Simply amazing. Don't miss out.

Seasonal, this if the best free activity in san jose. Always good, and a little different each year so never boring.

This has been a long time tradition in downtown San Jose. Every year they put up wonderful Christmas trees and wonderful working mechanical displays.
This is my 27 year coming out to see it. Only one of a handful of times in the day.
The only draw back I see is it has become super commercial with advertisements everywhere!!! It's my opinion that the supporting companies should have one sign with all their names on it and not their business names throughout all of the displays. Also there is some nasty smells coming from the concession area. this area should be kept clean at all times.
It's still a great place to visit but for those who have never been but it's only shell of what it used to be.

Well I'm sure there are really long lines when the sun goes down, but if you get there too early it's a bit of a disappointment (My ticket was for 430pm but we got there at 400pm and had to start early so didn't see much holiday light action). But you can see the decorated Christmas trees well.