Bringing Winter to the OC! Transforming the Orange County Fairgrounds into a Winter Wonderland of Fun. 18 Days of Snow! SoCal's annual Winter Tradition. Featuring ice tubing down an 9 lane, 150-foot mountain of real ice, massive snow play and slide area with fresh snow blown in daily, ice skating on SoCal’s largest outdoor ice rink under the stars in the middle of Winter Fest OC, nightly Christmas tree lighting celebration with a parade of the Winter Fest OC characters, fireworks and snow flurries, plus a must-see experience with Santa and his reindeer flying over the fairgrounds through Christmas Eve during the nightly Christmas tree celebration. Winter Fest OC also features free entertainment from the ever-popular cartoon character shows and meet & greets to racing pigs “Winter Fest style” during the day to the all-new Winter Fest after Dark series with live bands, DJ’s and strolling through the expanded Festival of two million Lights with blizzard zones!