Event Date

Event Name

Time

Location

Price

December 1-21

Great Dickens Christmas Fair

11 am-7 pm

Cow Palace

2600 Geneva Ave., San Francisco

Adults $22 ($19 online before December 16); Student/Senior/ Military $19; Children (5-11) $10, (under 5) free; Parking $7

December 1-7

Train Week at

Habitot

Varies per museum hours

2065 Kittredge St., Berkeley

Adults: $7, Children: $8

December 6

Lighted Yacht Parade

5:30-8 pm

Jack London Square, 311 Broadway, Oakland

Free

December 6

Union Street Fantasy of Lights

3-6 pm

Union Street between Van Ness & Steiner,

Fillmore Street from Union to Lombard, San Francisco

Free

December 5-6

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Fri.: 7 pm, Sat. 11 am

Sunnyvale Community Center Theatre, 550 E. Remington Dr., Sunnyvale

$12

December 6

Colibri: Latin

American Music show

10:30 am

La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley

Adults $5, Children $4

December 6

Lollipop 5K Run for Charity with kids activities, a DJ and a scavenger hunt

10 am

Golden Gate Park

Great Highway, Fulton St., Lincoln Way, Stanyan St., San Francisco

Adults: $30, Children $15

December 6

Hip Kids Music Series: Octopretzel

11 am

Bay Area Discovery Museum

$8

December 6

Author Signing & Story Time -

Jay and Juhi: The Taj Mahal Adventure with treats activities and special gifts

11 am

Books, Inc.

301 Castro St., Mountain View

Free

December 6

Season's Greetings at Crissy Field

10 am-3 pm

Crissy Field Center, 603 Mason Street, Presidio, San Francisco

Free admission, activities $1-5

December 6

Holiday Crafts Day: Create inexpensive gifts and enjoy live, family-friendly entertainment and tasty sandwiches or piping hot chili

10 am-3 pm

199 Museum Way, San Francisco

Free

December 6

Green Gift Giving at Richardson Bay Audobon

10 am-12 pm

376 Greenwood Beach Rd., Tiburon

$15

December 6-7

Family Fun at the Fungus Fair

Sat.: 10 am-6 pm, Sun.: 12-5 pm

Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St., Oakland

Adults $8, Students and Seniors $6, Children (under 6) free

December 7

Family Workshop: Holiday Cardmaking

10 am-12 pm

San Francsico Children's Art Center

$25/child and adult pair, $10 each additional child

December 12

Aqua Tots: Silly Sea Stars

10 am-12 pm

Aquarium of the Bay, The Embarcadero, San Francisco

Free with admission

December 12-14, 19-21

Christmas Revels, A Theatrical Celebration of the Winter Solstice

Fri: 7:30 pm, Sat. and Sun. 1 and

5 pm

Scottish Rite Theater: 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland

$15-50

December 13

Run with the Gingerbread Man

10 am-12 pm

Sutter Delta Medical

Center, 3901 Lone Tree Way , Antioch

Check website

December 13

Holiday Celebrations Around the World

11 am

Amador Theater, 1155 Santa Rita Rd.,

Pleasanton

Adults: $10-18, Children: $6-14

December 14

Dance-Along Nutcracker

4 pm

The Orinda Library Auditorium, 26 Orinda Way, Orinda

$10

December 20

Storytime Festival

4-7 pm

Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., San Francisco

$30-50

December 20

Gingerbread House Party

9:30 am-4:30 pm

2065 Kittredge St., Berkeley

Special free admission day

December

20-31

Ennio at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Varies

2025 Addison Street, Berkeley

$12.50-$45

December 21

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

Fiesta Navidad

3 pm

Zellerbach Hall, Bancroft Ave., UC Berkeley

$24-38

December 25

Family Day at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

11 am-3 pm

736 Mission Street (between Third and Fourth streets), San Francisco

Free

December

26-28

Giving Back Days

Fri, and Sat.: 10 am-5 pm, Sun.: 12-5 pm

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, 180 Woz Way, San Jose

$8

December 26

Annual Kwanzaa Celebration

9 am-4 pm

Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker,

557 McReynolds Rd.

Sausalito

Adults $10, Children $8