Celebrate the holidays at PaleyLand, a five-floor immersive holiday extravaganza, including photos with Santa and holiday characters, crafts, giveaways, screenings of classic holiday favorites, hot chocolate, a magical train display, and more.

Happening inside The Paley Museum, from Thursday, November 21, 2024, to Sunday, January 5, 2025, visitors of all ages can enjoy the following activities.

There will be arts & crafts, giveaways*, plus a screening of the new Disney branded television holiday special, An Almost Christmas Story.

The arrival of Santa Claus, who will be at The Paley Museum through Sunday, December 22.

Joining Santa will be one of Santa’s helpers, Elf, from Elf: The Musical, which is currently running on Broadway through January 4. Visitors can take their photo with Elf and enter for a chance to win free tickets to see the show.

Also joining in the festivities will be a Toy Soldier who will be available for photos, arts & crafts which include creating your own elf hat, and festive screenings of classic holiday episodes curated from the Paley Archive.

Highlighting the experience is the Paley Express, a magical holiday train display that captures the spirit of the holidays and the imagination of all who make the trip to PaleyLand.

Visitors can create more holiday memories with other exciting events including:

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Saturday, December 7:

PaleyLand celebrates the acclaimed PBS KIDS® series with a fun-filled day of festive activities including photos with the Xavier Riddle mascot, meet & greets, arts & crafts, and an exclusive advance screening of a brand-new episode.

Series co-creator Chris Eliopoulos will also be hosting a special sketch-along and Q&A session in the afternoon.

Dream Productions, Saturday, December 14:

From the world of Inside Out, Dream Productions returns to Riley’s mind where directors hope to create her next hit dream! Visitors to The Paley Museum can watch four episodes from the limited series and have a chance to receive free goodies from the show.*

There will also be arts & crafts, and visitors can take a photo on a Dream Productions–inspired red carpet. Dream Productions starts streaming on Disney+ on December 11.

Snoopy, Saturday, December 21:

Everyone’s favorite beagle will be available for meet and greets and photos with visitors, Snoopy-inspired arts & crafts, and screenings of holiday episodes of Apple TV+’s award-winning series The Snoopy Show on the big screen.

Other attractions visitors to PaleyLand can enjoy include: the PaleyGX Studio featuring the hottest video games and VR titles available to the public, arts and crafts, giveaways, interactive activities, and free hot cocoa and candy canes!

Rounding out the festivities on PaleyLand’s closing weekend will be a visit from The Three Kings on Sunday, January 5, 2025.

For a full schedule of holiday activities, visit - www.paleycenter.org