Holiday Guide

We’ve got you covered with eight pages of gift ideas for the family, tips for holiday dining and special experiences to make the season merry.

Welcome to the holidays

Friends and neighbors,

The forecast in Irvine may not include snow, but we have everything else to make your holidays a memorable time to spend with family and friends.

At Irvine Spectrum Center, you can ice skate under a 75-foot-tall holiday tree shimmering with thousands of lights; take a holiday photo with Santa; or catch a holiday movie at Regal’s most successful theater.

Over at The Market Place, you can find the perfect tree to take home or enjoy our winter workshops while shopping at more than 130 stores.

And at neighborhood centers throughout the city, you’ll find special holiday treats – like a winter fest at Woodbridge Village Center, live music at Quail Hill Shopping Center and an artisan makers mart at Woodbury Town Center.

The most wonderful time of the year is even better when you spend it together, and we hope this year’s Holiday Gift Guide will inspire you to do so. We wish you all the joy, hope and wonder of the season.

Ken Gillett

President, Irvine Company Retail Properties


Raymond Wang and Sandra Un enjoy the holidays with their children at Irvine Spectrum Center.

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