Monday, November 19, 2012

Travel: San Francisco for the Holidays

It’s as easy to fill a trip with holiday cheer in San Francisco as it is for Santa to stuff a stocking.
Visitors have a city full of options: Live performances by the San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Symphony and the cast of Beach Blanket Babylon. Going to the theater for The Velveteen Rabbit, A Christmas Carol and The Lion King.  Or taking part in The Dance-Along Nutcracker or a holiday sing-a-long at Grace Cathedral.

There are tree lightings galore, ice skating rinks, gingerbread houses and reportedly, the world's largest sugar castle.  Breakfasts with Santa, Kwanzaa celebrations and a reindeer romp at the San Francisco Zoo are also popular.  Holiday-themed culinary events, fancy teas and Dungeness crab season – which runs from early November to New Year's Day 2013 – will satisfy anyone with a curious, holiday-oriented appetite.

For a roundup of holiday-related events and activities in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area, click here.