Santa's Riverboat Arrival

Santa and Mrs. Claus give the holiday season a uniquely Petaluma kick-off on Saturday, November 25 when their tugboat chugs into the Historic Downtown Riverfront harbor at about noon. Santa has come to Petaluma on the river ever since a thick fog grounded the flying reindeer and forced the Claus couple to board a tugboat and sail into town. Their new mode of transportation worked so well that Santa and Mrs. Claus made arriving by boat a Petaluma tradition.