 A second Santa's Village opened in 1957 near Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz County, California, staying open until 1979.The last Santa's Village opened in 1959 in the Chicago suburb of East Dundee and closed in 2006.The park reopened under new ownership in 2011 and continues to operate to this day as the last and only Santa's Village, though it will be joined by the Skyforest, California location in late 2016.