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82nd Annual Holiday Tree Lighting | Golden Gate Park

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Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE
McLaren Lodge | 501 Stanyan Street, San Francisco

An evening of holiday cheer in Golden Gate Park, the 82nd annual Holiday Tree Lighting, featuring live entertainment, activities for kids, refreshments, a cookie factory, train rides and a visit from Santa. Festivities on December 8 will begin at 5 p.m., with the tree lighting ceremony to begin shortly after dusk.

The event is free - including the train rides, photo with Santa, refreshments and activities.

82nd annual Holiday Tree Lighting
Thursday, December 8, 2011, at 5 p.m.
McLaren Lodge in Golden Gate Park
501 Stanyan Street (and Fell)

In 1929, John McLaren, the grandfather of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco’s first park superintendent, began a holiday tradition of lighting trees along a mile-long stretch of Fell Street that ended in front of McLaren Lodge, his home at the time.

McLaren Lodge is located at 501 Stanyan Street (and Fell), in Golden Gate Park and is accessible by MUNI via the 5 Fulton, 21 Hayes, 33 Stanyan, 71 Noriega and N Judah lines.