Enjoy pancakes and photos with Santa Claus Saturday
Santa Claus pays a visit to Main Street in Newhall during Light Up Main Street on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. Ryan Painter/The Signal.

Enjoy pancakes and photos with Santa Claus Saturday

Highlands Elementary School will be hosting Pancakes and Photos with Santa Claus from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Pancakes, arts and crafts, and holiday games will be provided for…

Sensory-sensitive Santa shares joy with kids
Santa reads a letter from a young boy at a sensory friendly Milk and Cookies with Santa event at the Canyon Country Community Center Monday night. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Sensory-sensitive Santa shares joy with kids

SCV Families gathered Monday at the Canyon Country Community Center for the inaugural Sensory-Friendly Milk and Cookies with Santa event. “The event held was planned specifically for special needs children,”…

City to offer sensory-friendly holiday event for children with special needs
Santa Claus pays a visit to Main Street in Newhall during Light Up Main Street on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. Ryan Painter/The Signal.

City to offer sensory-friendly holiday event for children with special needs

Holiday events often bustle with excited children and their families as they see Santa Claus, but these environments aren’t always the friendliest to individuals with special needs. To accommodate children…

Combat Radio’s annual Christmas event gives families in need a day to remember
Combat Radio held its Christmas event on Saturday, which featured Santa Claus and pop culture characters from films.

Combat Radio’s annual Christmas event gives families in need a day to remember

The kids in line waiting to see Santa in the square behind Salt Creek Grille and the Edwards Valencia movie theater on Saturday weren’t being too impatient. Sure, the Santa…

Families tour holiday-decorated mansion at Hart Park’s ‘Cowboys and Carols’
Visitors climb the stairs of the Hart Mansion decorated for the holidays as part of the Cowboys and Carols Open House at William S. Hart Park in Newhall on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Dan Watson/The Signal

Families tour holiday-decorated mansion at Hart Park’s ‘Cowboys and Carols’

With Santa Claus seated at one end of Hart Hall and the Valencia High School Choir standing at the other end, visitors to William S. Hart Regional Park took part in the festivities at “Cowboys and Carols” on Saturday.

Castaic Lions Club Santa Float continues Christmas tradition
Jasmine Bain, 11, and Lily Bain, 3 visit with Santa Claus in Castaic on Dec. 7. The event brings in more than 1,000 pounds of food each year for less fortunate families, in addition to spreading the Christmas spirit. Austin Dave/The Signal

Castaic Lions Club Santa Float continues Christmas tradition

A little more than 31 years ago now, Castaic resident Jeff Preach moved up to the Santa Clarita Valley from Manhattan Beach and noticed around the holidays, something was missing…

Public can answer letters to North Pole as part of USPS’ Operation Santa
Patrick Reynolds holds up 52 letters to Santa from children asking for "new shoes," "clothes," and other basic necessities for Christmas. Be An Elf adopted the sad Santa letters at the Los Angeles post office, and is offering them for adoption by the public. Courtesy Photo

Public can answer letters to North Pole as part of USPS’ Operation Santa

Santa Clarita Valley residents have the unique opportunity to answer personalized letters to Santa Claus this holiday season through the United States Postal Services’ Operation Santa program. Currently in its…

Santa Claus
Newhall resident Hansford Rowe as Santa Claus in a 1960 photo taken while he worked at Miller & Rhoads in Richmond, Virginia. Courtesy photo

Santa Claus

My husband, Hansford H. Rowe and I have been residents of Santa Clarita for over 20 years. Christmas, brings back memories when he was Santa Claus for eleven years in…

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
Diane Collins, 3, tells Santa Claus what she wants for Christmas this year during the annual Lion's Club Santa Float on Castaic this month. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Editor’s note: In 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon of New York wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun asking if her friends were correct and Santa Claus…

Santa Claus is coming to Castaic
Brothers Kuno, 13, Hiro, 5, and Niko, 4, visit with Santa in Castaic during the annual Castaic Lions Club Santa Float in 2014. KATHARINE LOTZE/Signal.

Santa Claus is coming to Castaic

Saint Nick and his sleigh are making an early trip to Castaic starting this weekend. For 10 days, the Castaic Santa Float, sponsored by the Castaic Lions Club, will travel…

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