Light ‘em Up, Fresno, It’s Christmas!🎄
Hi.
It’s really hard to see but there is a Christmas tree in the back of that old dude’s old truck. I saw him driving down Fruit earlier this month and deemed it the beginning of Christmas in Fresno.
A sweet looking old guy.
Classic old truck.
Real Christmas Tree.
It’s going to be busy as all heck the next few weeks in Fresno. Time to take some deep breaths and make the most of it. One way to make the most of it is Saturday:
Walk Nights Have Returned to Christmas Tree Lane
I am not going to question it; I will just accept it.
The rumors are true. Organizers of Fresno's Christmas Tree Lane have brought back 'walk nights'. For you Fresno newbs, this is when they do not let traffic go down Old Van Ness and they let people do something totally strange in Fresno... walk.
Last year they implied Walk Nights would never come back, but here we are.
As per tradition, there are two walk nights. For 2023 it’s:
Saturday, December 2nd.
Tuesday, December 12th.
Christmas Tree Lane starts Saturday (Dec 2nd) and is open every night thru December 25th.
The Lane opens every night at 6 PM. Closes (lights off) at 10 Sunday-Thursday, 11 PM Friday and Saturday.
More info can be found here.
Where To Park On Christmas Tree Lane Walk Nights
You just park in the neighborhood. I assume people who live in Old Fig hate Walk Nights. But they get to throw parties on Walk Nights, so, it's kinda worth it.
Some people park in Fig Garden Village and take some sort of tram or walk all the way down to Shields and then walk back. Both things are nuts with peoples.
I just find a dumb house to park in front of somewhere near Dakota, but not South of the railroad tracks.
Hopefully, the return of Walk Nights will relieve some of the pressure of regular car nights when the line to drive Christmas Tree Lane goes down Blackstone all the way to Shaw.
That is right. You basically get in line for Christmas Tree Lane at Shaw.
But hey, screw that, Walk Nights are back. I might hit up both, just because.
A nice video that Localish put together a few years ago:
Also Saturday, the Downtown Christmas Parade, it starts at 11 AM:
There is much more Fresno Christmas stuff, but we have to get through this weekend first so let’s pace ourselves.
Thank you for reading.
-Mikey The Fresnan
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HiMike, Thanks for the updates.