Family Friendly Holiday Events in the Bay Area
There’s lots to do with your kids this holiday season. The ODC dance troop performs the Velveteen Rabbit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts . This holiday tradition is based on the classic children’s tale by Margery Williams and the ODC adaption includes narration, dancing and music. The show is suitable for children 4 and older.
Another holiday institution is the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker.
This performance will require a longer attention span and the tickets aren’t cheap, but the production is magical.
The San Francisco Symphony also has several performances that kids will love including Peter and the Wolf and the Soul Children of Chicago in a Gospel Christmas.
Even though we rarely see snow on the ground here in the Bay Area, there are lots of places to take your kids ice skating during the holidays. Skate under the big Christmas tree at The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square, with the animals at the San Francisco Zoo, or at the Holiday Ice Rink at Justin Herman Plaza.
–Dale Borglum, Editor Go Natural Baby Blog, dad, Executive Director Living/Dying Project.
Tags: christmas, San Francisco Bay Area
November 21st, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Seems like there is a lot to do for the Holidays in San Fran. Hopefully someday I will make it out there.
November 29th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
What great events, I wish I could go to the Nutcracker. It looks like a beautiful production. My girls are both dancers & really want to see this done by professionals!
November 29th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
There’s a lot to do in the Bay Area. The Velveteen Rabbit production sounds wonderful. I’ve been to several performances at UC Berkeley which are equally professional to but much less expensive than the SF Ballet. I wonder if they or any of the other local universities have showings of the Nutcracker?