The final weekend of the 12^th annual Festival of Trees to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

First place Christmas Tree winner at Festival of Trees, Joyous Time. Photo by Michele E. Buttelman.

Festival of Trees is located in a 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse in the Valencia Industrial Center at 24700 Avenue Rockefeller in Valencia. Tickets are available at the door and are $6 each for age 15 and older; $3 for ages 4 to 14 and $4 for seniors age 65+. Children age 3 and under are free.

Festival of Trees is a family-friendly event which features more than 30 elaborately decorated large Christmas trees which are available for purchase, as well as small tabletop trees, holiday wreaths, and charming one-of-a-kind gingerbread houses.

A holiday boutique at the festival features a wide-range of holiday-themed merchandise for sale.

“We have something in every corner and something for every age group,” said Chobanian. “We have a Kids Corner with six different activities for the kids.”

The Festival of Trees also features more than 120 gingerbread houses.

The first place gingerbread house features “minions” in the front yard. Photo by Michele E. Buttelman.

“The gingerbread houses this year are among the best we’ve ever had,” said Gary Condie, Boys & Girls Club of SCV Foundation board member and one of the founders of Festival of Trees in Santa Clarita. “They are some very clever themes this year.”

Chobanian said the Festival of Trees will feature several unique trees with themes that should prove to be popular with guests.
“We have a ‘Frozen’ tree, a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ tree and a ‘Star Wars’ tree this year,” she said. “We also have a ‘Jack Skeleton’ tree and the Six Flags Magic Mountain tree will have the theme, ‘Not All Superheroes Have Capes.’ It is a tribute to the military.”

A panel of community leaders judged the trees, tabletop trees and the gingerbread houses on opening day.

Winners included:

Trees: First place, Joyous Time; second place, Christmas at the Cabin; third place Golden Angels.

The Nightmare Before Christmas sculpture won Most Artistic at Festival of Trees. Photo by Michele E. Buttelman.

Tabletop trees: First place, Let’s Build a Snowman; second place, Santa I Want It All; third place, The Reason For The Season.

Most Artistic: Nightmare Before Christmas.

The first place gingerbread house featured a house that lights up and “minions” in the front yard. The second place gingerbread house showcased Snoopy sleeping atop his doghouse. The third place gingerbread house found a yeti removing the roof of the house.

A full schedule for Festival of Trees and a $1 off admission coupon can be found at www.scvbgc.org.

The Festival will run Friday, Nov. 21, noon to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 22 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 23 noon to 6 p.m. (free admission after 4 p.m.).

Festival of the Trees, to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of SCV, 24700 Avenue Rockefeller, in the Valencia Industrial Center.

Special Events (for tickets visit www.scvbgc.org)

Friday, Nov. 21 from 6 p.m. – Holiday Hocus Pocus an Evening of Magic – Part 2

Saturday, Nov. 22 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. – Magic of the Lights Gala and Tree Auction

Sunday, Nov. 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. – Silent Auction Bidboard Closing.