Chilling out at Winter Fest OC

The mountains in the distance hint at a snowy wonderland, but Orange County residents have been flocking to a much closer destination for winter fun.
Winter Fest OC, now in its fifth year visiting Costa Mesa, is open through Jan. 5 at the OC Fair & Event Center.
The nearly three-week ticketed festival features ice-tubing down Snowflake Summit, ice skating and playing in snow under the Southern California sun, festive displays of holiday decorations, a village straight from a Charles Dickens