Hello, Point Loma and Ocean Beach!
As we continue to move through 2026, the holiday season seems to be approaching faster than I can process it. Albeit, there have been few signs from mother earth to remind us Christmas is just over a month away. The Santa Ana winds continue to make mid-November feel like mid-summer.
Regardless of a lack of seasonal shifts in San Diego, Ocean Beach’s holiday spirit is sure to reverberate across the peninsula. The crooked tree has yet to make an appearance, but now until Nov. 24 you can decorate an ornament to be immortalized on this year’s tree. The Ocean Beach Community Foundation is encouraging OBceans to purchase an ornament at Vervor on Voltaire Street or at the OB Business Center on Newport Avenue and design it on-theme this year’s Holiday Parade: Jingle Jungle Boogie. If you’re struggling with ideas for this eclectic theme, think tropical jungle vibes but at a 1970s disco.
One ornament is $7, two are $13 and three are $15. Once you have finished decorating it, you can return it back to where you bought it. They’ll make sure it hangs on this year’s crooked tree.
Think you have what it takes to be part of the parade? Applications for floats are now open at the OBCF website.
Until then, though, we still have the chance to enjoy the “fall” season as we prepare for Thanksgiving in the coming weeks, whether your Christmas tree is up already or not.
Steve Anderson
Peninsula Beacon newsletter host
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