A group of old-fashioned Christmas carolers in Victorian costumes brings holiday cheer to Old Town San Diego State Historic Park.
Look what I stumbled upon yesterday during an afternoon walk through San Diego’s history-filled Old Town. Folks in Victorian costumes were roaming about, singing Christmas carols!
I learned this group is composed of Old Town San Diego State Historic Park staff and volunteers. They were having a great time spreading Christmas cheer, pausing to sing at the various museums, restaurants and shops around old San Diego’s picturesque central plaza.
I was even given a cool little book filled with Christmas carol lyrics. Thank you guys!
Merry Christmas!
Carolers smile, laugh and enjoy the day in front of a reconstructed building at Old Town San Diego’s central plaza.I was given this Caroling Lyrics Booklet. Songs include Jingle Bells, The First Noel, We Three Kings, The 12 Days of Christmas, Deck the Halls and Silent Night.The colorful group of Old Town roving carolers heads to the Cosmopolitan Hotel, which is decked out with festive wreaths.After entertaining some surprised diners, the group heads through the Cosmopolitan Hotel, much to the delight of one server!Singing traditional Christmas carols around the old fountain in the outdoor courtyard of Casa de Estudillo.Now the Christmas carolers are in the Wells Fargo History Museum next to the original 1867 Concord stagecoach! Several people listened outside the nearby door and applauded.A crowd gathered as Christmas carols were heard outside the Threads of the Past Living History Activity Center. One quilter joined in the public singing!Joyful, uplifting Christmas carols are sung as customers leave Toby’s Candle and Soap Shop.
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15 thoughts on “Singing Christmas carols in San Diego’s Old Town!”
That looks pretty cool. When my wife and I visited San Diego, we stayed close to Old Town and could walk down. It was great because it is all open and we could just hang out when we liked.
Merry Christmas to you as well, Richard! There’s nothing particularly stand-out to me about this post, I just wanted to stop by and tell you how much I enjoy all the pictures you post of my childhood haunts. Old Town was sort of my northeast boundary in my pre-car days, and Mission Bay was the north edge, and I enjoyed the yacht pond pics yesterday as well. Or maybe there is a point:
As I mentioned before, I’m a steampunk author, and my current WIP is a novel set in Victorian San Diego, more in the old red-light district of Stingaree, but Old Town plays into it. I’ve been looking at contemporary pics from the SD Historical Society, which are great for old Stingaree, as most of it is gone, but your shot of the Cosmopolitan made me realize that I can come down there (it isn’t that far from east county) and walk through the actual buildings, in many cases in their original locations.
Cue the Homer Simpson *doh!*
So thank you for this epiphany! If my book turns out some degree better, I can thank this post for reminding me that I have current access. And of course, I’ll mention you and this blog on the acknowledgements page.
So thanks again, and happy holidays from the old “Blimprider!”
Happy holidays to you, too! Check out the Old Town website event calendar for festivals. If you haven’t been to TwainFest, I bet you’d really enjoy that!
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very cool, i love this!
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That looks pretty cool. When my wife and I visited San Diego, we stayed close to Old Town and could walk down. It was great because it is all open and we could just hang out when we liked.
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And there always seems to be something unique going on!
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I have a shot of one of the costumed actors walking across the Old Town Square with a pizza in a box – lol
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We just put up the tree and we have some ornaments we bought in the tin shop in Old Town.
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How very cool!
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What a treat. Tonight is the sweet procession that i went to last year, re-enacting the journey to find a place for Mary to give birth.
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I’m thinking of either going to Las Posadas in Old Town or the Parade of Lights…or possibly neither! Some errands I gotta do first…
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Merry Christmas to you as well, Richard! There’s nothing particularly stand-out to me about this post, I just wanted to stop by and tell you how much I enjoy all the pictures you post of my childhood haunts. Old Town was sort of my northeast boundary in my pre-car days, and Mission Bay was the north edge, and I enjoyed the yacht pond pics yesterday as well. Or maybe there is a point:
As I mentioned before, I’m a steampunk author, and my current WIP is a novel set in Victorian San Diego, more in the old red-light district of Stingaree, but Old Town plays into it. I’ve been looking at contemporary pics from the SD Historical Society, which are great for old Stingaree, as most of it is gone, but your shot of the Cosmopolitan made me realize that I can come down there (it isn’t that far from east county) and walk through the actual buildings, in many cases in their original locations.
Cue the Homer Simpson *doh!*
So thank you for this epiphany! If my book turns out some degree better, I can thank this post for reminding me that I have current access. And of course, I’ll mention you and this blog on the acknowledgements page.
So thanks again, and happy holidays from the old “Blimprider!”
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Happy holidays to you, too! Check out the Old Town website event calendar for festivals. If you haven’t been to TwainFest, I bet you’d really enjoy that!
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This is fantastic!!
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It was an unexpected surprise!
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I love it too!
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How delightful! What a treat! Such a wonderful way to spread the joy of the Holiday Season! Thank you for sharing this, Richard! Cheers!
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