Santa Barbara Holiday Parade 2025 Route Map. It is preceded by a 5:00 pm tree lighting ceremony with a brief appearance by santa at the lumberyard shops courtyard. Each december, santa barbara’s christmas celebrations take to the water as hundreds of families gather to watch boats sail in the annual parade of lights at stearns wharf and the.
70,000 spectators used to line state street every christmas season to watch santa barbara’s only nighttime parade, the annual. And road closures along the route will.