Downtown Alameda kicked off the holiday season on Saturday, December 6, with a full day of gathering, shopping, and cocoa-tasting as the Winter Market and Hot Cocoa Stroll returned. Vivian Delchamps Wolf attends the festivities, including the dazzling Winter Lights Celebration at City Hall. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/alameda-welcomes-december-winter-market-lights-celebration-cocoa/

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Grab a scarf and get ready for an abundance of holiday cheer this week! Catch loads of holiday performances, create special crafts, shop the Yule Midwinter Market, and examine 'A Christmas Carol' with a UC Berkeley professor. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/all-around-alameda-holiday-cheer-abounds/

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Since their auditions in the spring, new members of Alameda's famous Tap Dancing Christmas Trees—known affectionately as "Saplings"—have been hard at work preparing for the holiday season. Kelly Rogers Flynt shares their magical journey to join their companions as fully grown Trees. https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/becoming-tree-inside-journey-alamedas-tap-dancing-christmas-trees/

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On Sunday, December 15, Altarena Playhouse hosted a premiere of a short documentary film, "The Tap Dancing Christmas Trees." Inspired by the new film, Gene Kahane pens a poem about the dancing trees and Students on the Set, the unique organization behind the documentary. https://alamedapost.com/features/arts/tap-dancing-christmas-trees-documentary-debuts-altarena-playhouse/

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Alameda's famous Tap Dancing Christmas Trees are getting their own documentary with nonprofit organization Students on the Set helping to capture the magic. Kelsey Goeres talks with producer Shaun Daniels about the project.

https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/tap-dancing-christmas-trees-documentary-in-the-works/

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Alameda's famous Tap Dancing Christmas Trees are headed to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade—and the Alameda Tree Lighting! Creator and Director Pamm Drake looks back on 33 years, "The Tap Dancing Christmas Trees have given me a lifetime of memories!”

https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/tap-dancing-christmas-trees-to-perform-in-macys-parade/

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