Photos: Santa is making his rounds in Uptown Whittier

Children dance with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the snow bubbles as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov. 29, 2024.

(Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Kailey Diaz, 5, of La Mirada gets her face painted by Felice Puppe (left) as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Mila Moats whispers to Santa Claus as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov.



29, 2024. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) People line up for a picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the snow bubbles as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov.

29, 2024. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Dustin Damico, 16, talks to Santa Claus as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov. 29, 2024.

(Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) The Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov. 29, 2024. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Children dance with Santa Claus in the snow bubbles as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov.

29, 2024. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Sergio Garcia (left) with his mother Isabel (right) makes a Christmas ornament as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov. 29, 2024.

(Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) Children dance with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the snow bubbles as the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association hosts Santa’s Village on Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier on Friday Nov. 29, 2024.

(Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing Photographer) With turkey and pumpkin pie still chilling in the fridges as leftovers, Santa has begun making the rounds. Case in point: Uptown Whittier, where the jolly old fella brought his holiday cheer on Friday, Nov. 29, and set up his Santa’s Village.

On Friday, he was posing for pictures with gleeful children, and overseeing an afternoon of crafts and face-painting, and free gift-wrapping, in an event organized by the Uptown Whittier Improvement Association and its sponsors. But no worries, if you missed this round. Santa’s Village, at 6724 Greenleaf Ave.

, will be back from noon to 6 p.m. Nov.

30, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22, just in St.

Nick of time for the big day. For more information, check out Uptown Whittier Improvement Association’s Facebook page, at https://www.facebook.

com/ouruptownwhittier ..