Celebrate the opening of San Mateo on Ice and the holiday season this Sunday in San Mateo’s historic Central Park. Santa makes a grand entrance on a fire engine with the San Mateo City Fire Department. Enjoy performances by Peninsula Skating Club figure skating performers: Alain Sandraz, Gianna Sasmore and Clayton Ramsey, and the Nazareth Ice Oasis production group. The evening ends with a magical celebration of light during the tree lighting ceremony in Central Park and along El Camino Real.
The San Mateo City Parks and Recreation Foundation will have refreshments available. All proceeds benefit the foundation and support city parks and recreation programs. The event is 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20.
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On Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4, the Caltrain Holiday Train will once again make its way down the Peninsula. The glittering show train has been a favorite free family holiday tradition for communities all along the Caltrain rail corridor for 14 years. To spread the word about the spectacular event, one Caltrain passenger car “wrapped” in the Holiday Train artwork is in regular service until the end of December.
At each of the train’s 20-minute station stops, people can join in singing with onboard carolers and a Salvation Army brass band. Santa, Mrs. Claus and their extended family — including Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer — will get off the train to greet kids and pose for pictures.
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The Holiday Train also offers people the opportunity to make a gift to a child in need. Representatives from The Salvation Army and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program will be at every station collecting toys for local children. Go to holiday-train.org to learn more, including the arrival schedule.
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Block 34 on Fourth Avenue in downtown San Mateo has closed. Carlyle Jewelers on Fourth Avenue is closing and Sharona’s Chocolate Shop on Third Avenue is closing by year-end but still selling online. Golden Moon Gallery, a gallery, shop and artistic studio, has opened at 28 E. Third Ave. and Social Fusion Kitchen, familiar food with an Asian twist like sushi burritos and Philly cheesesteak steam buns, has opened at 60 E. Third Ave. H/T Downtown San Mateo Association.
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