SeeCalifornia.com

If you’re in San Francisco, you could be making a parol (shown in photos) for the upcoming, annual Parol Lantern Parade and Festival to be held Dec. 13, 2014. You might also be heading for the Great Dickens Fair at the Cow Palace. Further south (and a little West) you can enjoy the Monterey Cowboy and Music Festival.  Other Bay Area happenings this weekend include:

Nutcracker Under the Dome at Westfield San Francisco Centre
Nov. 20, 2014 – Dec. 31, 2014
Free light spectaculars nightly, every half hour from 5 p.m. until the mall closes. This holiday season, San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker is the inspiration for this extraordinary visual experience crafted by local technology innovators, Obscura Digital. westfield.com

Embarcadero Lighting Celebration & Ice Rink
Through Jan. 4, 2015 Ice Rink Open
Nov. 21, 2014, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Lighting Celebration
Embarcadero Center is brightening the holidays this year with the 28th Annual Building Lighting Ceremony & Carnival. Activities include carnival games, face painting, a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, cookie decorating, interactive arts and crafts booths, balloon twisters, musical performances, a special appearance by Mickey Mouse and more.
embarcaderocenter.com

Hyatt Regency Tree and Interior Lobby Lighting
Nov. 21, 2014, 7-7:30 p.m.  Five Embarcadero Center
The evening will be filled with free music and entertainment from Glide Memorial Choir, Meshuga Nutcracker and the Young People’s Symphony Orchestra Brass Section as well as guaranteed snowfall and the initial lighting of the hotel’s interior with more than 300,000 cascading lights.
sanfranciscoregency.hyatt.com

PIER 39 Tree Lighting
Nov. 22 and 23, 2014 at Pier 39
Join Pier 39’s special friends from the Disneyland Resort at the annual PIER 39 Tree Lighting Celebration. Sing songs, give hugs to Disneyland friends and welcome the holiday season with two days of holly-jolly magic and merriment for the whole family. The fun culminates at 6 p.m. each night as PIER 39’s majestic 60-foot tree, adorned with glistening ornaments, bows and twinkling lights is illuminated against a stunning backdrop of the San Francisco city skyline.
pier39.com/home/events/pier-39s-tree-lighting-celebration

Hyatt Regency Snow Village Display and Daily Snowfall 
Nov. 22 – Dec. 30, 2014, Five Embarcadero Center
Open 24 hours a day and free to the public, Hyatt Regency San Francisco will continue its holiday tradition with an engaging and interactive snowfall display in its atrium lobby throughout the holiday season. The 2014 display encompasses more than 1,000 pieces, ranging from traditional holiday-inspired collectibles to entertaining motion-oriented exhibits.
sanfranciscoregency.hyatt.com