{"id":87898,"date":"2025-12-18T11:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=87898"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:42:52","slug":"the-citys-brightest-christmas-display","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/the-citys-brightest-christmas-display","title":{"rendered":"The city’s brightest Christmas display"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Christmas is just a week away, but you still have time to cram in some last-minute holiday fun (like Buddy the Elf crammed cookies into the VCR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Long Beach’s best Christmas displays is nestled on Falcon Avenue in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood. Last year, I wrote about how it began with around 5,000 lights but expanded to over 100,000 lights<\/a> synced to music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, one of the homeowners, Joe, emailed to let me know the show hit a growth spurt once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It now features “more lights, new props and characters” along with some “experimental features we’re having a lot of fun with,” Joe wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you find yourself in the neighborhood or you’re looking for somewhere to soak in the holiday spirit, consider paying the Lights on Falcon<\/a> a visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A family-run cafe with hand-crafted drinks carries a coffee legacy from Honduras<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Long Beach\u2019s premier tiki bar, The Bamboo Club, is being sold<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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This cafecito is from Fourth Street’s newest restaurant, which specializes in breakfast burritos. Watch here<\/a> to see more from their menu or read our feature<\/a> on the two men who started it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Theater News: Holiday magic continues on stages near you this weekend, including \u2018The Long Beach Nutcracker\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including the Naples boat parade and other last-minute Christmas activities<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where to see more than 100,000 lights packed onto one house \u2014 and other holiday tips in our weekly Eat. See. Do. newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":87912,"template":"","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","disable_auto_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32198],"tags":[],"newspack_nl_advertiser":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-87898","newspack_nl_cpt","type-newspack_nl_cpt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletters","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/87898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/87898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87913,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/87898\/revisions\/87913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87898"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=87898"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=87898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}