Dublin Holiday Events: 2012 Holiday Faire

Dublin Holiday Faire 2012
When: Saturday, December 1, 12 noon - 6pm
Where: Heritage Park and Museums
Cost: Free, a $5 wristband is required for craft making and wagon ride
What: "Experience a rustic holiday by making traditional holiday crafts, shopping for unique, handcrafted items, and listening to holiday favorites performed by the Merrie Old Christmas Carolers. Old-Fashioned St. Nick will arrive by jingle bell wagon at noon to start the festivities! Dress up the children and bring a camera to take a unique and beautiful holiday portrait—free! Delicious mulled wine, hot cider, pretzels and streusel will be available for purchase. "
More info: City of Dublin, (925) 452-2101

Dublin Holiday Events: 29th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting

Happy Black Friday! Dublin's annual Tree Lighting already takes place next week.



When: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Where: Dublin Civic Center, 100 Civic Plaza (in the plaza area near the fountain)
Cost: Free
What: "Celebrate the start of the holiday season with the lighting of the Community Tree at the Dublin Civic Center! The Dublin Unified School District Children’s Choir will provide festive entertainment along with the lively sounds of the Dublin High School Jazz Band. Refreshments will be served after the performance . . . . and be on the lookout for a very special visit from Santa Claus himself!"
More info: City of Dublin

Alamo Holiday Events: 2012 Alamo Tree Lighting Festival

Happy Thanksgiving from TriValleyMom.com! I don't have a special Thanksgiving post planned, so I thought I'd keep plunking away with the general holiday event posts.

As usual, I intend to add family appropriate holiday and Christmas events as they're sent to me. If you have any Tri-Valley holiday events you'd like to see on TriValleyMom.com, email me.

Alamo  Tree Lighting Festival 2012

When: Sunday, December 2, 2012, 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Where: Andrew H. Young Park, 3000 Danville Blvd, Alamo

Cost: Free

What: Tree lighting, visits with Santa, arts and crafts, snacks and beverages, food donation barrels

More info: Alamo Chamber of Commerce

Livermore Holiday Events: 2012 Holiday Giving Tree

I intend to add family appropriate holiday and Christmas events as they're sent to me. If you have any Tri-Valley holiday events you'd like to see on TriValleyMom.com, email me.

The following is from a Livermore Police Department press release:

Livermore Police Department and Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (CPAAA) kick off the Tenth Annual “Holiday Giving Tree” Program.

The Livermore Police Department Citizen’s Academy Alumni Association (CPAAA) and the Livermore Police Department will be conducting its annual “Holiday Giving Tree” again this year. The Giving Tree will be in the lobby of the Livermore Police Department, located at 1110 S. Livermore Avenue starting Sunday, November 18th through Tuesday, December 14th, from 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.

Several Livermore Families and seniors have been selected for the Holiday Giving Tree program. All are in need of some assistance to make this holiday season a little more special. Everyone selected has defined their special needs that they have this holiday season. Those needs are then placed on tags and the tags are hung on the “Giving Tree.”

Select a tag and purchase the item(s) on the tag. Bring the item(s) to the Police Station and place them in the large “chimney” box in the lobby with the tag attached. CPAAA volunteers will then wrap all of the collected gifts and donations and they will be delivered to the families shortly before Christmas. We will also have a donation box placed at Lizzie Fountain during the Holiday Sights and Sounds Parade on December 1st. You may drop a gift into the box with or without a tag from the “Giving Tree.”

Please help spread the holiday spirit to some of our needy families in Livermore by your participation.

More information is at: (925) 371-4978

Sunol Holiday Events: 2012 Train of Lights

I intend to add family appropriate holiday and Christmas events as they're sent to me. If you have any Tri-Valley holiday events you'd like to see on TriValleyMom.com, email me.

Train of Lights 2012
When: Various dates and times throughout the 2012 Holiday Season; from November 23 through December 30th; Niles trains will depart at 4:30pm and Sunol trains at 7:30pm
Where: This year, the Train of Lights embarks from both the Sunol and Niles stations
Cost: tickets range in price from $25 to $600 for a private caboose
What: Annual fundraising event decks the train cars inside and out with lights, Santa rides the train as well for this one hour train ride.
More info: Train of Lights 2012 Homepage, Niles tickets on Eventbrite, Sunol tickets on Eventbrite