SantaRun Silicon Valley

Tomorrow there will be a 5k Run/Walk in Downtown San Jose that will benefit Christmas in the Park and Downtown Ice. Dressing up as your favorite holiday character is highly encouraged. The festivities begin at 1pm and the race itself starts at 3pm. For more info head to http://www.santarunsv.com.

Join us on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 3:00 PM for the TiVo “Santa Run Silicon Valley”, a new tradition in San Jose benefiting our favorite holiday traditions; Christmas in the Park and Downtown Ice. Festivities kick off at 1:00 PM on race day with the race starting at 3:00 pm. The TiVo “Santa Run Silicon Valley” is a 5K Run/Walk that is fun for the whole family. We encourage you to dress up as your favorite holiday character or tradition; Santa, Mrs. Claus, the Grinch, reindeer, elves, dreidel, menorah, ornaments, tree, candlestick. The ideas are limitless. You can do it as a group too! Bring the whole family for a day of fun; looking at festive displays, community trees and watching live entertainment at Christmas in the Park. Or, warm up those legs before the run and skate at Downtown Ice under the lighted palm trees or warm up with some hot chocolate. Either way, grandparents, parents and kids alike will all enjoy the timeless memories these great activities have to offer.

Santa-GO-Round 2010 - Dec 12th!

The people that brought you Zombie-O-Rama (SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery) and the San Jose Downtown Association and throwing a unique holiday event this Sunday, December 12th... Santa-GO-Round! Expect to see Downtown San Jose overrun by people in Santa costumes... ice skating, pub hopping, and causing all sorts of holiday mischief! There will also be the obligatory costume contest as well as an innovative toy drive. By giving an unwrapped toy, you will get certificated redeemable for a little something from all of the participating venues listed below. For all of the details, continue reading!

Come down to the Circle of Palms in Downtown San Jose

Here Is Your List Of Events. Check It Twice!

The Circle of Palms is located between  the San Jose Museum of Art and The Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose. Santa-Go-Round activities will be wedged in between the fun of Downtown Ice and Christmas in the Park. Be sure to bring a donation for the Christmas in the Park fund and help keep that uniquely San Jose event alive for future generations.

STUFF GOING ON!

In addition to bringing a buck for Christmas in the Park, Santa-Go-Round HQ wants you to bring a new toy to be donated to Innvision. Metro Newspapers and Channel 92.3 will be on site with giveways and promotions and the SLG Art Boutiki will have a special Santa-Go-Round shirt on sale.

1-4 pm – Discount Skating: Skate Hawaiian Airlines / Kristi Yamaguchi Downtown Ice IN COSTUME and receive $5 off.

1 pm –closing – InnVision-sponsored Toy Drive: Bring an unwrapped toy to Circle of Palms and receive a certificate to collect one free item 5:30 pm-close at each participating business, only on Dec. 12.

4:30-5:30 pm – Costume Contest (Downtown Ice):   Categories will be:
Most Inventive Santa Costume
Best Mrs. Claus

• First Prize: Two tickets to Wondercon, the Bay Area's Premiere Comic Book and Pop-Culture event plus gift certificates worth more than $100 to downtown San Jose’s best places.

• Second Prize: $100 in gift certificates to downtown’s best places.

4:30-5:30 pm – “Letter to Santa” contest (Downtown Ice): For children 12 and under.
Write a letter, read it aloud and win a prize. All participants will get a free prize.

5:30 pm – Christmas Carolers: Up to three separate groups of carolers will circulate among participating businesses. Imagine singing all over Downtown San Jose! Feel free to join in – even if you’re out of costume. Caroling route maps and
timetables will be available at Circle of Palms Downtown restaurants, bars and venues participating, each providing discounted options for participants dressed for the event. Don’t forget to donate a toy and receive a special certificate good for a
free item at each stop along the “Go-Round.”

PARTICIPATING VENUES

Mmoon’Empanadas – 177 W. Santa Clara St.
O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub – 25 N. San Pedro St.
Peggy Sue’s Diner – 25 N. San Pedro St.
The Tabard Theatre / Theatre on San Pedro Square – 29 N. San Pedro St.
Satori Tea Shop - 37 N. San Pedro St.
Sonoma Chicken Coop – 31 N. Market St.
Morrocco’s Restaurant – 86 N. Market St.
Carl’s Jr – 15 S. First St.
Bronze Tanning Studio – 36 S. First St.
Macieo’s Brazilian Restaurant – 72 S. First St.
A Perfect Finish Wine Bar – 55 S. First St.
Bella Mia Restaurant - 58 S. First St.
Mezcal - 25 W. San Fernando St.
Azucar – 71 E. San Fernando St.
Loft Bar and Bistro – 90 S. Second St.
Tandoori Oven – 150 S. First St.
Ruffled Feathers – 200 S. First St.
Psyhco Donuts – 288 S. Second St.
Slave Labor Graphics – 577 S. Market St.

1st Annual Downtown Ice Clause Crawl (?!)

Earlier this year Downtown San Jose was infested by hundreds of zombies in it's first annual Zombie Crawl. This raises the question...what will they think of next, a Santa Crawl?? What's that you say, Santa Crawl this Friday starting 4:30pm at Billy Berk's? Well, I guess all I can do now is give you the details:

Claus Crawl Schedule
4:30 – 5:30pm (non-skaters) Billy Berk’s
5-6pm Downtown Ice Rink
6-7pm The Fairmont Hotel Lounge
7-8pm The Temple Bar & Lounge
8-9pm Mezcal Restaurant
9-10pm Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge

This brilliant event is being hosted by the San Jose Downtown Association. If you dress up as Santa and bring a can of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank, you'll get to skate for free AND be eligible for prizes awarded to the most unique, most authentic, most San Jose, and most crowd pleasing Santas. The restaurants above will even be offering drink specials and prizes to Santas. Wear a reindeer hat and you'll get free non-alcoholic reindeer drinks all night long. For more information, check out the facebook page here!

At this rate, we'll have a drunk-zombie-Easter-bunny crawl hopping through downtown come April.

(Thanks to DH for the tip!)