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In San Francisco, 2014. SantaCon began in San Francisco in 1994, inspired by a Mother Jones article on the Danish activist theatre group Solvognen. In 1974, Solvognen gathered dozens of "Santas" in Copenhagen to hand out items from the shelves of a department store to customers as "presents" [7] before they were arrested. [8]
The City of San Jose and a non-profit (Christmas in the Park Inc) worked together to host a 2.5 acre holiday celebration. [citation needed] The event was moved to Plaza de César Chávez in the early 1980s. [5] In 2011 the City could no longer afford to manage or raise funds for the event and it was scheduled to be closed.
The San Jose Holiday Parade tradition began in 1981 at the opening of the Christmas in the Park display at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, in Downtown San José. In the first year the parade consisted of a couple of fire engines, City of San José vehicles and Santa. [citation needed] The next year, the parade became the Christmas in the Park Parade.
Brickman — joined by vocalists Anne Cochran and John Trones — will return with “A Joyful Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St. Tickets start at $34. ( www ...
San Francisco Chronicle, August 24, 2006; Hilliard, Russell E. "The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus A Historical Perspective on the Role of a Chorus as a Social Service." Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services: Issues in Practice, Policy, and Research. The official journal of the Caucus of the LGBT Faculty & Students in Social Work.
Lotta's fountain is a fountain at the intersection of Market Street, where Geary and Kearny Streets connect in downtown San Francisco, California.It was commissioned by actress Lotta Crabtree in 1875 as a gift to the city of San Francisco, and would serve as a significant meeting point in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
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Stamp of Finland Christmas collecting by the Salvation Army. A tradition on the "kettle" started in 1891, in San Francisco, by Salvation Army officer Captain Joseph McFee. [1] Captain McFee, resolving to provide a free Christmas dinner to the poor of San Francisco, remembered a sight he saw in Liverpool, England. From his days as a sailor McFee ...
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