| Livermore History Center | Highway Garage Open |
| Museum on Main St | |
| Pleasanton Farmer's Market | |
| Niles Canyon Railway | Ravenswood Docent Tours |
| Livermore Amateur Radio Klub Meeting |
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Saturday
Kick off the holiday shopping season downtown and enjoy free horse drawn carriage rides throughout the downtown, holiday performances at the Flag Pole Plaza and SNOW in Lizzie Fountain!
Sponsor: Livermore Downtown Association
Location: Downtown Livermore
Times: noon to 4:00pm
Admission: Free
More info: Livermore Downtown Association, (925) 373-1795
Sat-Sun
Livermore Valley Wine Country celebrates the season with a weekend full of holiday cheer!
Holidays in the Vineyards is an annual wine country tradition where wineries showcase their tasting rooms with arts and craft vendors, holiday music, special wines, and more.
Guests are encouraged to bring toys to their favorite wineries. All toys will be donated to the Toys for Tots Foundation after the event, directly benefiting children in need throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. For more on the Toys for Tots program, visit http://www.toysfortots.org/
We look forward to ringing in the Holiday Season with you in Livermore
Valley Wine Country.
This is not a ticketed event, however Tasting Fees may apply and vary by
winery.
Sponsor:
Livermore Valley Winegrowers
Association
Location: Participating Valley Wineries
Times: Noon to 5pm
Admission: Free. Tasting Fees may apply and vary by winery.
More info:
Livermore Valley Winegrowers
Association or (925) 447-9463
Saturday
The 2012 Downtown Livermore Holiday Sights & Sounds Parade will feature local marching bands, music, light displays, and of course SANTA CLAUS!!! Tree lighting to follow parade.
This year's Grand Marshall is See's Candies! See's Candies has been working with Livermore Downtown Inc. for more than 15 years, raising much needed funds for the Revitalization efforts of Downtown Livermore. Having the California tradition of See's Candies available to our community is a huge convenience allowing them to focus their holiday shopping towards retailers in their downtown. This year we are thrilled to be partnering with the Main Street Designs Christmas Store in locating our fundraiser there. This will allow our candies to be available at expanded Retail hours.
• Parade will start at 6pm and usually lasts approximately an hour.
• Parade route is First Street from M Street to McLeod St.
• Lighting of "Bruce Sprucetree" will be at the corner of First Street &
South Livermore Avenue.
• Parking & Handicapped Parking are available at the FREE Livermore Valley
Center Parking Garage, 2350 Railroad Avenue.
• No Dogs or Animals allowed inside the event enclosure.
Sponsor: Livermore Downtown Association
Location: Downtown Livermore
Times: Parade from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, Tree lighting following the
parade
Admission: Free
More info:
Livermore Downtown
Association or
(925) 373-1795
Saturday
The City of Pleasanton will once again host the Annual Hometown Holiday Celebration to be held on Saturday, December 1, 2011 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. along Main Street in downtown Pleasanton. The centerpiece of this free event is a festive community-based parade followed by the lighting of a holiday tree in front of the Museum on Main.
The parade always kicks off with one of Pleasanton’s award-winning high school marching bands from either Amador Valley High School or Foothill High School. The band is followed by dozens of holiday inspired entries including Pleasanton’s own Balloon Platoon, the Pleasanton City Council, hundreds of Cub Scouts and Brownies, local car clubs and dog clubs, and much more.
Main Street Closure – 3:30–7:30pm
Parade – 5:00pm
Floats, Marching Bands, Community Groups, and more
Tree Lighting Ceremony (following parade)
Approximately 6:00–6:30pm
-Special Appearance by Santa
-Mayor Lights the Tree
-Community Sing-a-long
Sponsors: Downtown Association & City of Pleasanton Parks and Community
Services
Location: Main Street, Pleasanton
Times: 3:30pm to 7:30pm
More info: Pleasanton
Events,
Pleasanton Downtown Association.
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Friday
The beacon on the top of Mt. Diablo had been used until December 7, 1941. With the attack on Pearl Harbor, the beacon was turned off so as to not guide Japanese planes on night missions. After the war, there was no longer a need for the beacon, so it has not been used since.
In 1964 the beacon was repaired, and it has been lit once a year, on the evening of December 7th, in honor those who were at Pearl Harbor that day. The beacon is turned off in the morning on the 8th. There is a short ceremony in the summit building with several survivors talking about their experience. Note that space is very limited for the ceremony, and generally only family and press are able to fit in the room.
eLivermore.com attended that ceremony in 2010. I plan to do so again this year.
Sponsor: Mt. Diablo chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
Location: Summit at Mt Diablo. Beacon can easily be seen in the Livermore Valley.
Times: Ceremony starts around 3:30pm. Beacon is lit around 4:30pm. (Times based on actuals for 2010).
More info:
Friday
This is the day that the Maya calendar ends.
It is the Winter Solstice.
Good day for a party.
But be ready for December 22, and a Merry Christmas!!
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