Downtown San Jose's Christmas in the Park is back for a 40th year and is dazzling with holiday cheer. The annual event displays hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by community members and also features snowman hot chocolate – a coveted drink at the park's festivities.
Christmas in the Park will be on display until January 5 and lights up Cesar Chavez Park every night starting at 6 p.m.
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For the 40th year, Christmas in the Park kicked off in San Jose with hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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People take a stroll through Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose where hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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People take a stroll through Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose where hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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Hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display at Christmas in the Park. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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Hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations like Silicon Valley Pride are on display at Christmas in the Park. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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People take a stroll through Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose where hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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People line up to get the coveted snowman hot chocolate at Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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People take a stroll through Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose where hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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Among the hundreds of the trees at Christmas in the Park is one commemorating the memory of six-year-old Stephen Luciano Romero, a victim of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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People line up to get the coveted snowman hot chocolate at Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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Hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display at Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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Hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display at Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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People gather at Christmas in the Park to watch the 55-foot tree light up in downtown San Jose. (Dec. 6, 2019)
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Jennifer Gonzalez / NBC Bay Area
People take a stroll through Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose where hundreds of Christmas trees decorated by local schools and organizations are on display. (Dec. 6, 2019)
