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Wednesday, December 25

Volunteer: Christmas Meal Delivery | Salvation Army
Wednesday, December 25 – 6:00 am - Ends at 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Advanced registration is required
| The Salvation Army (SoMa)
Help deliver Christmas Day meals to 4,000 homebound individuals. Drivers must provide their own vehicle and bring at least one passenger with you. Salvation Army Holiday Meal Delivery Location: South of Market Corps, 360 4th St, San Francisco Christmas Meal Delivery Drivers Wednesday, December 25, 2019 | 6 am to 1 ...
All DayChristmas at “Christmas in the Park” | San Jose  FREE*
*Free, but donations are accepted
Oakland’s Free Parking Days for the Holidays | 2019

Leave your quarters at home (but bring your watch) and go shopping in Oakland during the holiday season, from New Year’s Day to Christmas Day. The city of Oakland will offer free off-street parking at city-owned garages and lots to encourage holiday shoppers to check out local merchants. ...

Contemporary Jewish Museum Free Day | SoMa
Wednesday, December 25 – 11:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Bring cash for food & drinks
| Contemporary Jewish Museum
Think everything’s closed on Christmas Day? The CJM’s Community Day is a free, fun-filled day of art that has become an annual tradition for Bay Area families. Enjoy the day exploring the galleries with your family and friends or nosh on latkes at Wise Sons. Partake in ...
A Very Zeitgeist Christmas: Xmas Movies + $1 Beer | Mission Dist.
Wednesday, December 25 – 11:00 am - Ends at 11:59 pm | Cost: FREE | Zeitgeist
We’re busy checking our naughty & nice list I think we both know where most of you fall. Stop by and see what was left under the tree this year for you. If all else fails pick up some Zeitgeist merchandise as a last minute ...
Tenderloin Tessie’s Free Christmas Dinner | SF
Wednesday, December 25 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | First Unitarian Universalist Church and Center
Come for a free Christmas dinner from 1-4 pm. Just show up to the church and enjoy your time.
Christmas Day Free Vegetarian Dinner & Concert | East Bay
Wednesday, December 25 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is recommended. No one turned away
| Badarikashrama
Enjoy a Christmas concert and a complimentary vegetarian international dinner on Christmas Day at Badarikashrama in San Leandro at 3 pm on December 25, 2019. Free, but an RSVP is recommended. Call for reservations at 510-278-2444; space is limited, but no one will be turned away. This year, listen to a splendid concert ...
Illuminate 2019: SF’s Festival of Light on Christmas Day | 40+ Light Sculptures
Wednesday, December 25 – All Day | Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco

Illuminate SF: Festival of Light is making The City a little brighter, November 9 – January 31, 2023 and shines a light on San Francisco’s ever-expanding light art scene. San Francisco’s neighborhoods will transform into a luminous gallery of art at night during the holiday ...

4:00 pmChristmas Beer Social | SoMa  FREE
Pier 39’s Christmas Nightly Tree Lighting Show | SF
Wednesday, December 25 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pier 39

An awe-inspiring Christmas tree has welcomed millions of visitors at the Entrance Plaza of PIER 39 every holiday season since 1983 (except 2020), becoming a not-to-be-missed San Francisco holiday tradition. Synchronized and choreographed to festive Holiday music, the tree “performs” every half hour from 5-10pm, ...

2019 Chanukah & 25-Foot-Tall Menorah: 4th Night | Union Square
Wednesday, December 25 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square Park

Lighting it up since 1975, San Francisco celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first giant public menorah outside Israel, a landmark Bill Graham project that went on to inspire thousands of menorahs around the world. This year’s eight-night festival brings music, community gatherings, and nightly ceremonies ...

SF City Hall Lights Up for Christmas Night
Wednesday, December 25 – All Day | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall

Every evening at sunset, over 220 state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures illuminate City Hall’s exterior. Normally, a soft white glow shows off the play of light and shadow on the full façade and dome. Frequently, special plaza façade lighting schemes honor or celebrate events, seasons, and ...

A Jewish Christmas: Strip Dreidel, Chinese Food & Movies | SF
Wednesday, December 25 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 before 7 pm otherwise, $9 Early Bird
| Make-Out Room
You are cordially invited to spend the holidays in the company of the “chosen” people chosen to be alienated and bored stiff when everything is closed on Christmas, that is. Except this year, we’re doing something about it…come down to the Make-Out Room on Wednesday It’s a ...
All Day“Karma Cinema”: Pay-What-You-Wish Movie Christmas Night | The New Parkway  $1*
*Pay-What-You-Want for your movie tickets every Wednesday night and 20% will be donated to a local nonprofit.
8:00 pmFree Game Christmas Night at The Amplifier | Oakland  FREE
8:30 pmF Bomb’s “Laugh w/ Dignity” Free Christmas Comedy Show | SF  FREE
8:30 pmRock Paper Scissors Christmas Day Tournament Pub Crawl | SF  FREE*
*RSVP Required
9:00 pm“Housepitality” DJ Party & Free Champagne on Christmas Day | SoMa  FREE*
*Most Houspitality nights are free before 11 pm with an RSVP required (otherwise, it's $5 before 11 pm or $10 after). On select nights when they book a well known headliner, the price may go up to $5 before 11 pm, or $10 all night.
Death Guild X-Mess Night: Industrial Dance Club | DNA Lounge
Wednesday, December 25 – 9:00 pm | Cost: $5 | DNA Lounge
Death Guild is the oldest weekly goth/industrial dance night in the country, and the second oldest in the world. DJs play a mix of gothic, industrial, synthpop, and weird stuff for those who love the darker side of things. Come for a special all ages party ...
Karla LaVey’s 22nd Annual Black X Mass | SF
Wednesday, December 25 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 1:30 am | Cost: $13*
*Admission includes party food. 21+
| The Knockout
Karla LaVey’s First Satanic Church presents the 22nd Annual Black X Mass in San Francisco on Christmas night. The event will feature live music, DJ and video. There will be giveaways from Reality Check TV and the usual Devil’s food snacks and surprises. This year will ...
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