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Published on 12/01/1999 All articles from this issue

Holiday Events

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Carriage rides offered downtown

The Los Altos Village Association is sponsoring half-hour carriage rides around downtown Los Altos Thursdays through Sundays, beginning Friday through Dec. 19.

The turn-of-the-century carriages meet modern safety requirements and comfortably seat four-to-six adult passengers.

For more information, call 949-5282.

Hanukkah event at Community Plaza

The fourth annual Hanukkah celebration takes place at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Community Plaza, Main and State streets, in Los Altos. Children from local community groups will light a giant menorah. Music and dancing will fill the plaza while visitors sample holiday snacks and chocolate "Hanukkah gelt," and children play with draydels.

Breakfast with Santa slated for Jocco's

The annual "Breakfast With Santa" tradition will continue, with two events scheduled for 9 a.m., Dec. 11 and 18, at Jocco's Restaurant, 236 Central Plaza, Los Altos. Children and their parents receive a full-course breakfast, with musical entertainment. Tickets are $15.

In Mountain View, the recreation department is sponsoring a similar event, set for 9:30-11:30 a.m., Dec. 11, at the Mountain View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave. Entertainment will feature "Snowflake the Elf." For more information, call 903-6331.

Millennium Celebration ushers in Y2K

The Los Altos and Los Altos Hills Millennium Celebration is scheduled to ring in the new year and new century at 7 p.m., Dec. 31, on the grounds of the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave. Up to 1,200 people are expected to usher in the millennium by dining on a gourmet dinner and dancing to the music of two bands.

For more information, call 948-2803, or e-mail: lamillennium@aol.com.

Downtown caroling from Aurora Singers

The Aurora Singers, led by John Reed and The Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers, will stroll Los Altos downtown streets and perform on corners and in front of shops during the holiday season. Costumed in Victorian attire, the Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers present new arrangements to carols and songs as well as holiday favorites.

Tree-lighting ceremony in Mountain View

Celebrate the holidays at the Mountain View tree lighting ceremony from 6-8 p.m., this coming Monday, at the Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., in downtown Mountain View.

Santa will join in a sing-along, help light the tree and then take pictures with children. Thousands of holiday lights, live music, refreshments and face paintings highlight the free event.

New Year's Eve bell ringing celebration

The City of Mountain View invites revelers to ring in the new millennium at a unique New Year's Eve Bell Ringing Celebration at Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro Street.

Festivities will begin at 1l:15 p.m., and include a performance by the Bay Bells bell choir, a big screen broadcast of the official Times Square countdown, a bell ringing celebration at midnight and refreshments.

The celebration is a non-alcohol event sponsored by the city of Mountain View.A limited number of commemorative bells will be available free of charge to the public at the city's tree lighting ceremony on Monday.