Photo Gallery: South Coast Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting
The 96-foot-tall white fir shines brightly during the South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Lupeta Hernandez and her son Daniel Flores, 4-months-old, take in the lights during the South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
David Michalica, with his wife Irena, right, and daughter Sofia, 16-months-old, take in the beauty of the lights during the South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Students with the Orange County School of the Arts perform as ginger bread men during the South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Orange County School of the Arts’ Chuck Gross, directs the choir, Unplugged, during the South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Orange County School of the Arts’s Calvin Kreitner as Rudolph, performs during the South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Members of the audience enjoy the show by the Orange County School of the Arts during South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Santa and Mrs. Claus, Kendall Wallace and Zofia Weretka, and students from the Orange County School of the Arts, perform during the South Coast Plaza’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, November 21. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)