Photo Gallery: Winter Fest OC at the OC Fair & Event Center

Spectators enjoy a fireworks show during Winter Fest OC at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. The annual event continues through Jan. 6 at the fairgrounds.

Children and adults ride the Snow Flake Summit Ice Slide during Winter Fest OC at the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. The event seeks to bring a wintertime experience to sunny Orange County.

Visitors take photos outside a giant Christmas tree ornament during Winter Fest OC at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. The event features rides, games, man-made snow and plenty of photo opportunities.

Though temperatures were well above freezing, adults and children skate Thursday evening at Winter Fest OC, an annual holiday event at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

Friends O’Mara Hartwich, right, and Quinn Jacobs, left, both 3, play around during Winter Fest OC at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

Santa Claus flies by on his slay as the Christmas tree lights illuminate Winter Fest OC at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa on Thursday. The event, which includes a New Year’s eve party, concludes Jan. 6.