Lighted
Yacht Parade in Jack
London Square on Dec.
6
Encinal
Yacht Club, Oakland Yacht Club and
Marina
Village
Yacht
Harbor are
hosting the 27th Annual Lighted Yacht parade to benefit
Oakland Firefighters’ Random Acts of Kindness Program.
More than 100 lighted and decorated yachts will parade
through the Oakland Estuary passing by
Jack
London Square.
Activities on land include arts and crafts. Live
entertainment keeps the atmosphere cheerful and
bountiful food keeps the whole family energetic.
Festivities
on land begin at 3pm.
Jack
London Square is
illuminated by a 65-foot holiday tree laden with
thousands of lights and ornaments. Food vendors will
prepare tasty food. Arts and crafts vendors will offer
attractive wares brimming with ethnic and local food
vendors. Also present will be
Oakland arts and
crafts vendors, choirs and the dancing Christmas
trees.
FYI,
adults: It’s possible to enjoy the Lighted Yacht parade
festivities and cruise the Oakland estuary aboard the
USS Potomac, also known as President Roosevelt’s'
Floating White House (5-8pm). Admission to this
fund-raising event is $100. Guests feast on hors
d'oeuvres, and wine, champagne and soft drinks. Call
510-627-1215 for more information about this event and
the USS Potomac. www.usspotomac.org.
Holiday
activities at Jack
London Square on Dec.
6.
Takes
place from 3-8pm. Free. 510-522-3272. www.jacklondonsquare.com.
Christmas
Crèche Exhibit
The
Mormon Church in Menlo
Park
hosts this one-of-a-kind exhibit. Crèche is a
three-dimensional artistic representation of the birth
of Jesus. While focusing on the central figures of the
mother Mary and the Christ Child, crèche artists often
telescope time and place to bring together a host of
earthly and heavenly participants – shepherds, animals,
angels, wise men and commoners.
This
16th annual exhibit features more than 500 nativity
scenes from 65 countries worldwide. Crafted from a wide
range of material (banana bark to brass to volcanic ash
to yak fur), artisans have lovingly prepared these
scenarios for everyone to enjoy, regardless of
religion.
A
Children’s Room will feature demonstrations of
woodworking, pottery, bread making and hands-on
activities for kids. Live
holiday music will enhance the mood on the evenings of
Dec. 6 and 7. See below.
Christmas
Crèche
Dec. 6-10.
All ages. Noon-9pm. Free.
Gunn High
School Chamber Singers perform Dec. 6, 7:30pm.
The
Valparaiso Singers perform on Dec. 7, 4:30 and
7:30pm.
The Mormon
Tabernacle Choir performs Dec. 8 via satellite.
3865
Middlefield Road,
Palo
Alto.
650-493-2222. www.christmascreche.org.
