The Brightest Town in the Napa Valley November 23, 2025 – January 1, 2026
Yountville, CA (November 3, 2025) – From November 23, 2025, through January 1, 2026, the Town of Yountville becomes the “Brightest Town in Napa Valley” during Holidays in Yountville, featuring six weeks of holiday-related events, activities and performances in the heart of the Napa Valley.
Visitors and locals alike are encouraged to enjoy a leisurely stroll through Yountville, taking in the thousands of twinkling holiday lights while exploring Yountville’s many tasting rooms, restaurants, shops, and hotels. The Town of Yountville and its merchants will fill each day during Holidays in Yountville with events, activities, and fun for the whole family. New for 2025 is the inaugural 12 Days of Yountville Cheer, which occurs from November 29th (small business Saturday) to December 10th, featuring special offers of wine, food, wellness, lodging, and shopping to discover all that Yountville has to offer during the most festive time of the year.
Kicking off Holidays in Yountville is the Town & Tree Lighting at the Yountville Community Center, with special guest Santa Claus, on Sunday, November 23. Enjoy family-friendly activities from 4 to 5:45pm, followed by the lighting of the tree at 6pm, featuring tens of thousands of magical twinkling lights that brighten the town.
In addition to its famous holiday lights, Holidays in Yountville offers dozens of events and experiences, including wine tastings and pairings, holiday movies and music performances, holiday and grapevine wreath making, holiday trivia night, Christmas Karaoke, holiday bingo (& bad sweaters!), and the 5th Annual Latke Throwdown. Also included are special Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s menus, Napa Valley Wine Trolley holiday lights tours, photo opportunities all around town, and, of course, visits with Santa for the young and young at heart!
Yountville’s Annual Holiday Artisan Faire takes place December 6th & 7th, where guests can visit nearly 40 unique vendors to find handmade gifts, enjoy festive cheer, and capture photos with Santa at this holiday market on Washington Street.
Yountville is also proud to be part ofWreaths Across Americaon Saturday, December 13, 2025. Wreaths Across America honors our veterans through the laying of remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country’s fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every honored veteran aloud. Wreaths Across America will be at the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery at 9:00 a.m., then at the Yountville Veterans Home Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. For more information on how to donate or volunteer visit https://bit.ly/2ZbV5ER.
Yountville strongly believes in giving back to the community helping make Yountville and the Napa Valley the best place to live work and play. Share the spirit of giving at yountville.com/holiday-giving during this holiday season.
“Holidays in Yountville is such a wonderful annual tradition in the Napa Valley and wine country,” stated Yountville Chamber President & CEO Natalie Leighton. “We hope Holidays in Yountville brings much joy for family and friends at this special time of year!”
For more information and a complete list of Holidays in Yountville offerings, please visit yountville.com/events/holidays-in-yountville.
About the Town of Yountville
The culinary heart of Napa Valley, the Town of Yountville, is the ultimate wine country getaway. A walkable village with gorgeous mountain views, a constellation of Michelin-starred restaurants, luxury accommodations, and many of Napa Valley’s most celebrated wineries, Yountville marries a breath taking setting and small-town ambiance with a sophisticated wine country lifestyle. The site of Napa Valley’s first planted grapevines, Yountville, offers hot air ballooning, five locations on the National Register of Historic Places, unique shopping, golf, art galleries, and performing arts. Visit www.yountville.com and follow Yountville to “Taste Life Here” on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram and TikTok for further information.
