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Steve and Kay Duckett of Tustin, who are selling their home in the Tustin Meadows neighborhood, and moving to Idaho, after living there for over 40 years, climb onto Santa’s sleigh, parked in front of their home, for a final visit with Santa as part of his annual tour of the neighborhood with the Tustin Police Department on Thursday evening, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Residents of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood get the chance to meet Santa as he makes a stop as part of the annual Tustin Police Department’s Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Steve Balagot, Erika Balagot, and their daughter, Alina Balagot, 1, stand with Santa on his Sleigh, being pulled by a Tustin Police Department truck, during the department’s annual Santa Sleigh tour in the Tustin Meadows neighborhood on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Residents of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood get the chance to meet Santa as he makes a stop as part of the annual Tustin Police Department’s Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Residents of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood get the chance to meet Santa as he makes a stop as part of the annual Tustin Police Department’s Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Sebastian Halsey, 3, of Tustin meets Santa as he makes a stop in the Tustin Meadows neighborhood during the Tustin Police Department’s annual Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Residents of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood get the chance to meet Santa as he makes a stop as part of the annual Tustin Police Department’s Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Residents of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood get the chance to meet Santa as he makes a stop as part of the annual Tustin Police Department’s Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Frank Rivera of Tustin holds twins Mateo and Athena Rivera, 2, while Maria Rivera holds Edith Rivera, 2 months, as they meet Santa aboard his sleigh during the annual Tustin Police Department Santa Sleigh tour of the city on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Santa waves from his sleigh, being pulled behind a Tustin Police Department truck, as he tours the Tustin Meadows neighborhood on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Santa waves from his sleigh, being pulled behind a Tustin Police Department truck, as he tours the Tustin Meadows neighborhood on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Emma Bui, 6, and her brother, Ehtan Bui, 9, chat with Santa on his Sleigh, being pulled by a Tustin Police Department truck, during the department’s annual Santa Sleigh tour of Tustin neighborhoods on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Mia Roque, 5, a resident of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood, dresses as a dinosaur as she meets Santa during the annual Tustin Police Department’s Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday evening, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Sanya Shah, 9, a resident of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood, stands with Santa as he makes a stop in her neighborhood during the Tustin Police Department’s annual Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Residents of the Tustin Meadows neighborhood get the chance to meet Santa as he makes a stop as part of the annual Tustin Police Department’s Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Nova Rose Brackian, 7, of Tustin meets Santa as he makes a stop in the Tustin Meadows neighborhood during the Tustin Police Department’s annual Santa Sleigh tour on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Jennifer Collins of Tustin holds her daughters, Summer Collins, 8 months, and Marlie Collins, 2, as they meet Santa on his sleigh during the Tustin Police Department’s annual Santa Sleigh tour, which visits various neighborhoods throughout the month, on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Tustin residents Peter and Christine stand with their daughters, Nora, 9, and Sophie, 7, as they pose with Santa on his Sleigh, being pulled by a Tustin Police Department truck, during the department’s annual Santa Sleigh tour in the Tustin Meadows neighborhood on Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
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Steve and Kay Duckett of Tustin, who are selling their home in the Tustin Meadows neighborhood, and moving to Idaho, after living there for over 40 years, climb onto Santa’s sleigh, parked in front of their home, for a final visit with Santa as part of his annual tour of the neighborhood with the Tustin Police Department on Thursday evening, December 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
ExpandOn weeknights since Dec. 1, Santa Claus has had a police escort around Tustin.
The festive patrol continues through Monday, Dec. 22, and in its 15-night run, it will have traveled all the residential streets of the city.
The Santa Sleigh tour makes frequent stops each night so children can visit with Santa and take photos. They can get up close to his sleigh and wooden reindeer, which are pulled on a platform by a Tustin Police Department truck.
This is the 28th year the department has organized the special patrol, and families now eagerly wait for the night the Santa Sleigh is scheduled to cruise their block.
Check the remaining schedule at tustinca.org.
