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Tips & Ideas — 2008
Fun Tree Lighting Ceremonies —
San Francisco Bay Area, Napa Valley Wine Country... and New York
City
Pier 39, San Francisco
Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco
Union Square, San Francisco
Santana Row, San Jose
Cannery Row, Monterey
Jack London Square, Oakland
Napa & Copia, Napa Valley
Jelly Belly Co, Fairfield
Rockefeller Center, New York City

Happy Holidays!
San Francisco
Pier 39
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
Pier 39 Tree Lighting Ceremony
Pier 39's festive Tree Lighting
Ceremony and Santa always draws a crowd. The festive multi-cultural
celebration showcases Christmas, Chanukah and Kawanzaa —
Bay Area groups will perform seasonal favorites from around the
world.
1-6pm. Pier
39's Tree and its 400 ornaments, 500 multi-colored bows and 2,000
twinkling lights will be
illuminated at 5:30pm in the Entrance Plaza.
415-705-5500
Pier
39 Tree Lighting Ceremony
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Ghirardelli Square
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Ghirardelli Square
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Holiday festivities include live musical entertainment, kid's entertainment
and a visit from Santa Claus. Holiday Entertainment:
• San Francisco City Chorus 2-3pm
• Black Olive Jazz Band 3-4pm
• Peekadoodle KidsClub Children's
Craft Corner 3:30-5:30pm
• Merrie Olde Carolers 4-5:15pm
• Tree Lighting 5:30-6pm
• Santa Claus Visit 5:30-8pm
• Contra Costal Chorale 6-7pm
The Square's spectacular
35-ft Holiday tree will be trimmed with
ribbons,
ornaments
and over 2,500 sparkling lights.
Tree Lighting
at 5:30pm in the West Plaza of Ghirardelli Square.
415-775-5500
Ghirardelli
Square
Tree Lighting Ceremony
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Union Square
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Macy's Union Square
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Get a jump-start on your holiday shopping and visit
Union Square for its annual "day-after Thanksgiving" Macy's
Tree Lighting Ceremony.
Fun all-day festivities begin at noon.
Tree
Lighting at 6pm.
Free admission.
415-393-3459



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South
Bay
Santana Row
San Jose
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Annual Light up the Row Celebration Santana Row Tree Lighting
Ceremony
Enjoy fun Holiday festivities throughout Santana Row — live
holiday music, special performances by local theatre
groups, choirs, carolers, stilt walkers, hot chocolate sampling
and activities for children and families. 6:30-9pm.
The annual Tree
Lighting Ceremony will take place at approximately 6:30pm in
Park Valencia (on Olin Avenue),
near Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant.
408-551-4611
Santana
Row
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Steinbeck Plaza
Cannery Row
Monterey
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Cannery
Row Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
Fun Holiday festivities include
live reindeer, costumed carolers, music and activities 3-6pm.
Free to the public.
Tree Lighting takes place at
5:30pm at Steinbeck Plaza.
Visit with Santa (after tree lighting)
until 9pm. 831-649-6690
Cannery
Row Holiday Tree Lighting
North Bay
- Wine Country

Napa Valley & COPIA
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008
Napa Holiday Parade &
COPIA'S Tree Lighting Party
Napa Holiday Parade will
begin at Napa City Hall, winding
its way from downtown Napa and ending at COPIA (The American Center for Wine,
Food & the Arts) for a fun Tree Lighting Party.
Enjoy
Holiday festivities, Hot Chocolate, discounts on Holiday Shopping,
Caroling, Dance
Performances, Tree Lighting Ceremony and a visit from
Santa — Ho, Ho, Ho!
Holiday Parade 5-6pm.
Tree Lighting Party
6-7:30pm.
Rain
or shine.
Parking is available in Downtown Napa and at COPIA (located at 500 First Street).
Holiday Parade: 707-257-0322
Tree Lighting:
707-259-1600 or 888-512-6742
Napa
Holiday Parade
and Copia's Tree Lighting Party
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East
Bay
Jack London Square
Oakland
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Jack London Square
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Come and join in the festivities for Oaklands
70-ft. Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony. Pictures with Santa, arts & crafts
fair, live entertainment. Kids' Jump Houses
and fun Carnival Games. Festival 1-7pm.
Enjoy Oakland’s favorite R&B
band, Rendezvous.
Tree
Lighting Ceremony at 6pm — Jack London Square (foot of
Broadway and Pavilion), Oakland.
Jack
London Square
Tree Lighting Ceremony
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Jelly Belly Co.
Fairfield
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008*
Jelly Belly Tree Lighting Ceremony
Tree Lighting usually takes place on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. Enjoy
live entertainment and Candy Factory Tours. The fun includes live entertainment,
activities and the arrival of Santa to the Visitor Center at Jelly Belly Candy
Company, One Jelly Belly Lane, Fairfield. Free admission.
4:30-8pm.
*Date and time subject to change.
Be sure to call ahead to confirm.
1-800-JB-BEANS
1-800-522-3267
707-428-2800
Jelly
Belly
Tree Lighting Ceremony
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New
York City
Rockefeller Center

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008*
Rockefeller Center
Christmas Tree Lighting, NYC
The annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
Ceremony signals the beginning of the Holiday Season in New York City.
The Tree
Lighting
has
been a New York City tradition since 1933 — back then, the tree had only
700 lights;
today
it has over 25,000.
The
Tree Lighting Ceremony is an annual star-studded
event — broadcast live on NBC 7-9pm.
Tree Lighting takes place at approximately 8:55pm.
*Date subject to change. Be sure to call ahead
to confirm.
212-632-3975
212-332-6868
Rockefeller
Center
Christmas Tree Lighting
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