Christmas Card Lane
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Oviedo St off Black Mountain Rd; also enter via Twin Trails Dr & Carmel Mountain Rd, San Diego, California
When: Dec 1-31 (peak early-mid December)
Hours: Dusk-10 pm
Cost: free
~200 participating familiesgiant Christmas card cut-outsSanta and Mrs. Claus appearancesoverflow parking at Sunset Hills Elementaryneighborhood
Around 200 Rancho Peñasquitos families display gigantic hand-painted Christmas card cut-outs on their lawns, with Santa and Mrs. Claus making appearances during the season.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in San Diego is around 4:44 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:11 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 46°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 12 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 38 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Belardo Lights
- Clairemont Christmas Park
- Fairway Village 'Holiday Magic'
- Garrison Street Lights
- Inside Out Holiday Oasis Experience
- Merry-tage Court
- Mission Bay Christmas Boat Parade of Lights
- South Park Luminaria & Winter Walkabout
Make a night of it. This is stop 6 on our 20-stop San Diego lights loop — about 50.4 miles and 201 minutes of driving in total.