Have you ever heard of Santa’s Village?

@Aquitaine24 (12000)
San Jose, California
May 20, 2022 10:41pm CST
Have you ever heard of Santa’s Village? This used to be an amusement park in Scotts Valley, California. It is in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County. This amusement park was open from the 1950s to the 1970s, I believe, and as you would expect,It had a Notth Pole theme. I remember the television ads and the Christmas tree ride. I was there once as a kid. Many Bay Area people have fond memories of this park. It is not there anymore but the mural represents it. Have you ever been there?
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@DaddyEvil (174749)
• United States
21 May 22
When Pretty was 6 years old we went to Santa's Workshop at North Pole Colorado. It's a fun amusement park there. (I owned a vacation house in Colorado back then.)
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
24 May 22
cool
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Hana
@Babino (5756)
• Morocco
21 May 22
I have never heard of this. What is it famous for ?
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
21 May 22
This is a theme park with a North Pole/Santa Claus theme. There were more locations. I guess the Scott’s Valley location was too hard to get to .
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
22 May 22
@Babino they had rides and food.
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Hana
@Babino (5756)
• Morocco
22 May 22
@Aquitaine24 interesting !! What kind of activities are in this park ?
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56443)
• Canada
21 May 22
We have a Santa's Village in our province of Ontario. Its a nice little park, we haven't been there in years.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
21 May 22
It is nice that it’s still there.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
21 May 22
I guess they were fairly widespread.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
24 May 22
Some of the buildings. You can see the Santa Cruz mountains
Anna
@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
21 May 22
I have heard of the Santa Village in Rovaniemi (Finland) and it is beautiful, my brother visited.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
22 May 22
I should look for a picture of it.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
22 May 22
@LadyDuck that looks very nice.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
22 May 22
@Aquitaine24 Here is a photo, as it is in Finland it's cold most of the year there, more Christmas atmosphere.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (22287)
• United States
24 May 22
cool. I wasn't born then so I haven't been there.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
24 May 22
Yes, this one is from way back!
Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
27 May 22
I guess a lot of locations are still open.
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Luis Asuncion
@luisga814 (7138)
• Quezon City, Philippines
21 May 22
Wow, that's cool! Here in the Philippines, we have our own version of Santa's Village, however, it only opens from end of November until end of December.
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Michele
@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
22 May 22
So it is strictly a Christmas attraction there.
much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
21 May 22
I have never been to any of these bigger Santa's Villages (I think there was one in Lake Arrowhead at one time too). I'm sure the kids would have loved it - too bad they are no longer around.
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
21 May 22
There is a Santa’s Village in many US states and provinces. When you mentioned it the first one that came to my mind was in Brace ridge, Ontario….the second was in New Hampshire…. I’ve never been to Santa’s Village. I’m not actually a big fan of amusement parks. Waiting in line has no appeal.
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