A skydiving Santa will land on Del Beach during Hotel del Coronado's free Holiday Festival on Wednesday, Dec. 2.

The skydiver touches down at 4:30 p.m., followed by a fireworks display over the beach at 6:45 p.m., Hoodline reported. Coronado school choirs will perform in the Founders Ballroom as part of the community event at the 1500 Orange Ave. resort.

The festival is the largest free event in the hotel's six-week "Holiday Through Time" season, which runs Nov. 20 through Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027, as we reported Sept. 3. The hotel's Aug. 27 press release says reservations are required for all other holiday programming.

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Skating by the Sea, the beachfront ice rink on Windsor Lawn, returns for its 22nd year on Friday, Nov. 20 and runs through Jan. 3, 2027. General admission tickets cost $35–$45 for 90-minute sessions. Hotel guests, members, military and first responders get $5 off. A portion of proceeds benefits Make-A-Wish San Diego.

The Crown Room's ticketed holiday dining lineup includes a Thanksgiving buffet on Thursday, Nov. 26, Victorian Tea from Friday, Dec. 18 through Dec. 22, Christmas Eve dinner on Thursday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day brunch on Friday, Dec. 25. Prices have not been announced.

New this year is the Holiday Lodge inside the hotel's historic 1919 Laundry Building, open on select dates from Wednesday, Nov. 25 through Jan. 3, 2027. It will feature pub-style dining, holiday shopping and kid-friendly crafts including cookie and stocking decorating.

The Frostbite Lounge on Windsor Lawn offers rink-side fire pits with gourmet bites and cocktails from Nov. 20 through Jan. 3, 2027. Beachside Igloos and the Jingle Roast run Nov. 20 through Sunday, Dec. 27. Both require reservations.

Holiday Movies on the Beach screen Friday and Saturday nights from Nov. 20 through Thursday, Dec. 31. A free Lightshow Spectacular runs nightly from 5 to 9 p.m. every 30 minutes among the Norfolk Island Pines on Founders Lawn, with artificial snow flurries, through Jan. 3, 2027.

The Rockin' New Year's Eve Party on Thursday, Dec. 31 takes over the historic Laundry Building with live music, open bar and dancing. It is a ticketed event.

To book, visit hoteldel.com/experience/holidays or call 619-522-8100.