Clauses to drop by Holiday in the Park

Nov. 19, 2015 2:34 PM PT

Santa Claus and his missus are coming to town on Friday for Holiday in the Park, a snow-filled — yes, snow-filled — annual event with eating, shopping and merry-making along Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank.

The event, hosted by the Magnolia Park Merchants Assn., will run from 5 to 9 p.m. The Clauses will be available for free photos at the UMe Credit Union, 3000 W. Magnolia Blvd. There will also be 5 tons of blown-in snow in the UMe Credit Union parking lot, a base for snow-angel-making and snowman-building.

Event-goers can bring donations of toys and food items to be given to the Burbank Temporary Aid Center. Representatives from organizations such as the Burbank Police Department, Burbank Library and various community groups will be at the parking lot at Bank of America, 3400 W. Magnolia Blvd.

Comic book store Blast from the Past, 3117 W. Magnolia Blvd. will also have photo-ops with characters from the Disney move “Frozen” as well as the Grinch. The Burbank Kiwanis Club will host a classic car show in the parking lot of the Rite Aid at 935 N. Hollywood Way, across from Porto’s Bakery.

For more information about the entertainment options, participating merchants, discounts and more, visit amerikson.wix.com/holidayinthepark.

Chad Garland, chad.garland@latimes.com

Twitter: @chadgarland

Chad Garland

Chad Garland covered the city of Burbank and Bob Hope Airport for the Burbank Leader until 2016. Previously, he has covered Arizona’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., for Cronkite News Service and Oregon’s Legislature for the Associated Press. His work investigating questionable veterans’ charities as part of the award-winning News21 national investigative project “Back Home” earned a “Best in Business” award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2013. Before becoming a reporter, he spent more than a decade in various assignments related to national defense. An Illinois native, his first California address was at Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego. He has degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Arizona State University, as well as a diploma from the Army’s Defense Language Institute in Monterey, where he learned to speak Russian.