Holiday scenes & sightings from across the Eastside

Lights. Tamales. Pom poms. Here are some Eastside photos shared on Instagram on the days before Christmas.

Angeleno Heights

Santa is hanging out with Los Magos #echopark #losangeles

A photo posted by Lorenzo (@lorenzogonzalez) on Dec 23, 2015 at 5:49pm PST

Boyle Heights

#boyleheights #virgendeguadalupe #xmas

A photo posted by Christopher Griffin (@wwdmagic_cg) on Dec 22, 2015 at 9:11pm PST

Cypress Park

First Christmas. #LA #NELA #CypressPark

A photo posted by B Steele (@bwianshteel) on Dec 13, 2015 at 6:12pm PST

Echo Park

Merry Krimas from Echo Park♡ #echopark #happyholidays #havanegila #peaceonearth #itskrimastime

A photo posted by Marissa Gomez (@marissasghosts) on Dec 23, 2015 at 10:08pm PST

El Sereno

@laughdoc Christmas light display.. Kind of reminds me of the soul train dance line #homesweethome #elsereno #losangeles

A photo posted by Annel (@annelbell) on Dec 18, 2015 at 8:11pm PST

Highland Park

#tamale #wreath #done #the #red #ones #delicious #cant #wait #december #winter #christmas #dinner #chef #foodnetwork #familia #mexicans #dont #play #tasty #have #yourself #a #merry #little #christmastime #nela #highlandpark #losangeles #90042

A photo posted by @che_la90042 on Dec 23, 2015 at 4:34pm PST

Glassell Park

Sunset from my porch #CazadorSt #GlassellPark #MtWashington #90065 #NELA #LA #view #sunset #losangeles #HighlandPark #cali

A photo posted by Brendan Curran (@brendancurranla) on Dec 20, 2015 at 5:09pm PST

Lincoln Heights

My lil #fireball Z I O N is happy to be partof his school parade!! #mommyduties #parade #familia #holidays #lincolnheights #losangeles #xmas #sundayfunday

A photo posted by Lucy (@lucyinla) on Dec 13, 2015 at 11:48am PST

Silver Lake

Deck the halls with lots of pom poms #falala

A photo posted by @hey.pom on Dec 23, 2015 at 6:23pm PST