Christmas
Holiday Tree Walk
Roaring Camp Railroads 5401 Graham Hill Road, Felton, CA, United StatesGet in the holiday spirit by bringing family and friends to ride Roaring Camp’s daytime steam train to Bear Mountain. At the summit, guests may sip hot cider and delight in viewing a tree-lined walk of beautifully decorated holiday trees.
Santa Cruz Holiday Lights Train
Roaring Camp Railroads 5401 Graham Hill Road, Felton, CA, United StatesVintage excursion cars, adorned with thousands of colorful lights, roll through the streets of Santa Cruz as passengers lend their voices to holiday carols, sip hot spiced cider, and listen to musical entertainment while Santa visits the little ones, or the young at heart!
Holiday Luncheon at Gamble Garden
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesJoin us for our very special Holiday Luncheons December 9-13 (Tuesday-Saturday). The house is decorated, and a special menu is created especially for the holidays.
Children’s Holiday Festival at History San Jose
San Jose History Park 635 Phelan Avenue,, San Jose, CA, United StatesJoin us for the annual Children's Holiday Festival! Santa will arrive at History Park aboard a historic trolley to greet children - a wonderful photo opportunity for parents! Holiday music and caroling will set the scene, with the Snow Queen leading story time.
Tilden Park Christmas Fantasy In the Woods
Tilden Park Merry Go Round Shasta Road, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe Annual Christmas Fantasy experience at Tilden Park features an extensive array of outdoor holiday light displays and decorations covering the merry go round and surrounding grounds.
Christmas Revels – A Theatrical Celebration of the Winter Solstice
Scottish Rite Center 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, United StatesThis year’s Revels opens in the 1930s, where our protagonist meets a mystery man who sends him on a journey east to Appalachia, south through the bayous of Louisiana, north to the mid-Atlantic states, and finally westward ho to California!
Belrose Holiday Tea Party
The Belrose Theatre 1415 5th Avenue, San Rafael, CA, United StatesTea Parties at The Belrose are Back! Come enjoy four weeks of The Belrose Tea Party with family, friends, and co-workers.
Jolly Juliana – An Original Melodrama and Holiday Vaudeville
G.K. Hardt Theatre 52 W. 6th Street, Santa Rosa, CA, United StatesA delightful, heart-warming, extravaganza commemorating the roots of American theatre; sing-a-long, hiss, boo and cheer for a villain, hero and heroine.
Center REP’s A Christmas Carol
Lesher Center for the Arts 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United StatesBrimming with music and dance, love and laughter, spectacular special effects and scary ghosts, it's no wonder the critics have called it ‘THE Christmas Carol to see in the Bay Area.’ Join the thousands who make this theatrical event a part of their annual holiday traditions.
It’s A Wonderful Life – a live radio play
Tides Theatre 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.