Mission Inn Riverside Christmas 2024. The beloved 'festival of lights' is back with the largest holiday light collection in america and the dazzling christmas displays at the historic mission inn for six weeks of free merriment. It has an insane amount of christmas lights covering every inch of its exterior as well as snowflakes blinking on and off on the massive palm trees in the front of the hotel (a truly california addition).

The mission inn festival of lights opens each year on the friday of thanksgiving weekend and runs into the first week of january. Free, paid parking reservations available online: