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Get Out: Christmas Weekend 2011

Looking to escape your family this Xmas with cheap movie nights, dance parties or whiskey & cookie samplings?
By - posted 12/20/2011 No Comment

Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean you have to spend your whole day locked up in your house with relatives. Funcheap will help you plan out your escape route with our a list of some fun (and cheap) events we’ve found that take place throughout the 2011 holiday weekend.

Whether you’re craving free food or would rather dance off all those gingerbread cookies, read on below for the good stuff.

Christmas Eve
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Soul Krush X-Mas Eve

Head down to supperclub for a real Christmas celebration. Decking the full venue out for the holidays, come see the always-avant-garde supperclub crew perform, a white balloon drop, a photobooth with a Christmas tree, and DJs all night. All free with RSVP.

FREE with RSVP | 9:30pm | supperclub | 657 Harrison St, San Francisco | SOMA

A Very Naughty Christmas

ROE gets you prepped for the big day with festival cocktails and a DJ dance party. RSVP on their guest list for no cover before 11pm.

FREE with RSVP | 10pm | ROE Nightclub | 651 Howard Street, San Francisco | SOMA

Free Peet’s Coffee Day

Need an energy boost for that last-minute Christmas shopping? Stop by Peet’s all day for complimentary brewed coffee and tea.

FREE | All Day | All participating Peet’s locations

 

What else is happening December 24th?

 

Christmas Day
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Broke-Ass Stuart’s “It’s A Jewish Christmas”
Marvel the Hanukkah bush filled with crappy gifts for everyone, watch Woody Allen films throughout the night, drool over the Chinese buffet, compete in “Strip Dreidel”, and shake a tailfeather to DJs all night. RSVP with your full name and the subject heading “Jewish Christmas” for $5 admission.

$5 with RSVP | 5pm – 11:30pm | Make Out Room | 3225 22nd St, San Francisco | Mission

Bill Graham Menorah Day Festival

Come enjoy a full day festival featuring arts & crafts, a dreidel house and Jewish music, all capped off with the lighting of a giant 25-foot tall mahogany menorah in in the middle of the square.

FREE | 3pm – 6pm | Union Square

Bad Movie Night: Christmas with the Kranks

Laugh with the hosts riffing on the movie. Yell your own comments. Help yourself to the free popcorn. It’s Bad Movie Night with “Christmas with the Kranks”.

$5 | 8pm | The Dark Room | 2263 Mission St, San Francisco | Mission

What else is happening December 25th?