When I bought tickets for the family to see the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet's production of the Nutcracker, I had no idea it was going to be such a warm day. Mid-80s in December!? Yes. Forget the holiday clothes, forget closed-toe shoes... we wore summer clothes and flip flops, which is really acceptable just about anywhere in San Diego anyway. We arrived at Balboa Park early enough to dip our toes in the fountains, run around in the grass and enjoy the summer-like afternoon before the ballet.
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The Nutcracker was wonderful and a great holiday treat, as usual. I assumed it would be an abbreviated version since it was the youth ballet, but it was a full performance. Fortunately, our kids did great sitting still for the 2+ hour performance (!!). They've been to enough of these sorts of performances to know what is expected of them. We also had fantastic seats and friends in the row across the aisle from us -- those two things definitely contributed to the fun time for us!
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Afterwards we headed over to Coronado for dinner and more holiday cheer at the Hotel del Coronado. The hotel and grounds are absolutely beautiful, not only during the holidays, but all year long. It was a really fun family day out!
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