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Tree-lighting ceremony brightens Golden Gate Park

By BY Examiner Staff • December 9, 2010 12:00 am

San Francisco’s 81st annual Holiday Tree Lighting will take place today at McLaren Lodge in Golden Gate Park at 501 Stanyan St. The event will begin at 5 p.m. and feature live entertainment, activities for kids, refreshments, train rides and a visit from Santa Claus. John McLaren, The City’s first park superintendent, started the tree-lighting tradition in 1929.

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