Bay Area Christmas Activities 2024. The best holiday events taking place in san francisco, the bay area, and beyond santa’s not the only one with a list this year—we’ve made our own nice list, full of our favorite. 30 magical holiday and christmas events to discover around san francisco.

A bay area tradition since 1970, the great dickens christmas fair takes over the cow palace for several weekends every holiday season. Even though i enjoy a chance to go into the “big city” for special holiday outings, the entire bay area has so many special events and activities to celebrate the season.