Looking for a soundtrack for your last-minute wrapping or for tearing open your presents?   Here’s a list of free online radio stations playing Christmas classics, silly holiday songs and background music for the season. Free Online Christmas Radio Stations & Albums – Spotify: Traditional Christmas Music – Spotify: Michael F*cking Buble Christmas Album – Spotify: An ’80s Christmas – Spotify: A Foggy more...

Celebrate the holidays and the end of 2013 at a SoMa Holiday Block Party with 3 open bars, a Maker Gallery, games and a DJ on Thursday, December 19, 2013. Holiday Block Party: Impact Hub Bay Area Thursday, December 19, 2013 (7p) Impact Hub 925 Mission Street, San Francisco $7 / $15 >> Buy tickets for $7 in advance, or more...

Oakland International Airport is offering up to 72 hours of free parking (up to a $66 value) between November 28 and December 19, 2013. Get up to 3 days of free parking in the Daily Lot if you depart on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. How to Get your Free Airport Parking Register at oaklandairport.com/parkfree and more...

Come celebrate Christmas in San Francisco City Hall with Mayor Ed Lee and the 8th Annual World Tree of Hope Celebration with free wine, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and sweets on December 10, 2013. The Rainbow World Fund’s World Tree of Hope is a holiday tree in the Rotunda of San Francisco City more...

SF Made’s Holiday Fair is a two-day shopping extravaganza featuring locally made gift items from 100 vendors. This is the only gift fair where everything is made right here in San Francisco. 50 different vendors each day sell jewelry, apparel, bags, chocolate, wine, gourmet gifts, body products, children’s toys, home and garden more...

Time to plan out all your Christmas shopping and holiday cheer in on go! Here’s Funcheap’s list of upcoming tree lightings, holiday art walks and craft fairs, parades, secret santa swaps and anything else related to the holidays.

An evening of holiday cheer in Golden Gate Park, the 84th annual Holiday Tree Lighting, featuring live entertainment, carnival rides and a visit from Santa. Festivities on December 5, 2013 will begin at 4 pm, with the tree lighting ceremony to begin shortly after dusk. The event is free. Activities may vary year to more...

At Brave the Bay on December 7, 2013, you might see an elf in striped tights jump into the Bay, or Santa Claus hauling a cable car instead of presents at this Santa Triathlon that’s co-presented with the SF Police Department. And you may just see Batkid’s batmobile because this event more...

Celebrate the season with Carly Rae Jepsen (yep, the “Call Me Maybe” singer) and San Francisco 49er Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott as they light one of the tallest trees in the region during the annual holiday festival at 555 California. Entertainment also includes a performance by the Dick Bright Orchestra playing holiday songs more...

Macy’s Great Tree in Union Square, San Francisco’s most recognized Christmas tree, will be officially lit in Union Square on Friday, November 29, 2013. The ceremony is expected to begin at 6 pm and the tree is scheduled to be lit at 6:40 pm. Enjoy live music, dance performances, and special appearances more...

You don’t have to be Jewish to come share a night of movies, drinks, and free Chinese food with people who would be bored stiff otherwise on Christmas. Watch as competitors play for prizes in a game of strip dreidel, shake your tuchuses to DJ Matt Haze, and catch Woody Allen more...

Had a bit too much egg nog to drink and now need a safe ride home? AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California – members and non-members alike – from 6pm on Christmas Eve 2012 (Monday, December 24, 2012) until 6am the next morning, in more...

Enjoy the San Francisco Zoo at night with a light show, full of holiday-themed fun for the entire family from December 22-30, 2012. Come take a sparkling moonlight meander through the Zoo as it twinkles with cheer. View the lighting of the 30-foot Christmas tree, then follow the sparkling path lined with twinkling animal topiaries more...