Holiday season in San Francisco

rs913 · #1 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 7:12 AM**

SF during the holidays is one of the more festive places I've seen...the decorations, the crowds, the window displays in the big department stores...it's a lot of fun! I took these pictures earlier tonight.

Ferry Building

Hyatt lobby (Holiday Village)

Hyatt lobby

Ice skating rink with Bay Bridge in background

101 California St.

E-Trade pavilion (green ticker...very holiday-appropriate!)

Palace Hotel

Crocker Galleria

Union Square

Saks Fifth Avenue

Cable car

Williams-Sonoma flagship (3 floors of W-S goodness!)

Macy's

Neiman-Marcus

Macy's window display

Macy's window display (the little furry guy in the middle was up for adoption)

Macy's

Union Square from 7th floor of Macy's

More Union Square from Macy's

Neiman Marcus tree with Union Square in background

"Rudolph the Recycling Reindeer" in Barney's

Macy's

Market Street

San Francisco Center dome

Top Of The Park · #2 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 7:54 AM**

....tire of SF shots!

Canadian Mind · #3 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 8:08 AM**

"Holiday Season"?

Your political correctness insults me.

pwright1 · #4 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 11:44 AM**

Magnificent. I love the holidays in dt San Francisco. One of the best.

atl2phx · #5 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 12:50 PM**

merry christmas folks!

westak · #6 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 3:53 PM**

Great to see all the CHRISTMAS decorations up!

northbay · #7 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 4:07 PM**

nice shots. do we have one of embarcadero center lit up?

peanut gallery · #8 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 8:23 PM**

Great idea! I've been thinking about taking shots of the decorations, but you beat me to it and did a better job than I would have. Thanks!!

OhioGuy · #9 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 9:22 PM**

Looks nice!

Austinlee · #10 Posted **Dec 1, 2007, 9:48 PM**

It's cool (if you like that kind of thing, i guess).

dharper6 · #11 Posted **Dec 2, 2007, 4:06 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by atl2phx

merry christmas folks!

And Happy Holidays to those who are of the many other religions in this great and diverse country of ours!

Sketching · #12 Posted **Dec 2, 2007, 6:31 PM**

Nice to see the Christmas decorations in SF. Thanks for sharing.

rs913 · #13 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 12:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by northbay420

nice shots. do we have one of embarcadero center lit up?

You can see a bunch of them here (this page is the result of a Flickr search). I tried to capture the building lights but it wasn't dark enough at the time.

Love that Christmas season in SF! I'm not very PC...don't know why I said "holiday season"...heh.

Complex01 · #14 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 2:52 PM**

Nice pics. Happy Christmas...

akiatl261 · #15 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 3:50 PM**

Absolutley stunning!! I love San Fransico and those shots make me want to go to Union Square and shop lol

Michi · #16 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 11:29 PM**

Like no other!

Reminiscence · #17 Posted **Dec 4, 2007, 2:36 AM**

Very nice, well done. Christmas time in the city never fails to amaze me. I'll be moving back to SF next week, just in time to enjoy it myself

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BTinSF · #18 Posted **Dec 4, 2007, 6:36 AM**

Even if I don't miss the drizzle and the flu I invariably get riding with 50 other sick people on Muni, I do miss the lights and the stuff like the "dance-it-yourself Nutcracker" (no, I've never danced). SF and NY do Christmas really well. Chicago can be almost a little too cold to enjoy walking around outside and seeing the lights and store windows.

CHapp · #19 Posted **Dec 4, 2007, 8:26 AM**

Without getting into the PC business, what a joy of a thread, rs! Thanks a whole lot.

denveraztec · #20 Posted **Dec 4, 2007, 7:50 PM**

SF does their decorating with such flare and grandeur!