Santa visits Rancho
Santa Claus is scheduled to make daily appearances at Rancho Shopping Center through Dec. 24.
Santa is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. appearances at the shopping center, corner of Springer Road and Foothill Expressway, in Los Altos.
Carriage rides available downtown
Downtown Los Altos visitors will have the opportunity to travel around local retail stores in a horse and carriage.
Rides will be available Friday through Sunday and Dec. 16-18.
Reservations can be made through the Los Altos Village Association office, 949-5282, ext. 122.
‘Be a Santa to a Senior’
Area retailers, along with agencies that serve older adults, have joined forces with Home Instead Senior Care to deliver gifts to isolated seniors in the “Be a Santa to a Senior” program during the holiday season.
The Los Altos-area office of Home Instead has teamed with Rite Aid in Mountain View, among other businesses, to provide presents to seniors who otherwise might not receive a gift this holiday season.
The program, running through Dec. 15, requested that non-profit organizations identify needy seniors and provide their names to Home Instead. Christmas trees at participating businesses, such as Rite Aid, display ornaments with the first names of the needy residents and their gift wishes. Holiday shoppers can pick an ornament and purchase the requested gift with the ornament and name attached. Volunteers wrap and distribute gifts to the seniors.
If you are interested in volunteering to help on the citywide gift-wrapping day, call 691-9671.
Breakfast with Santa at Aldo
The annual Breakfast with Santa is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at Aldo Los Altos. Aldo is located at 388 Main St.
Each child will be given a gingerbread person and some icing and candy decorations to make his or her own personalized cookie. There will be holiday pictures and crayons for coloring. The menu will feature scrambled eggs, pancakes, bacon, fruit and juice or milk.
Tickets are presale only and may be purchased at: Adventure Toys, 173 Main St.; FasTrac Kids, 941 Fremont Ave.; Lin’s Toy Cupboard, 237 State St.; Los Altos Recreation Department, 97 Hillview Ave.; Los Altos Village Association, 319 State St.; and Marion Jackstons, 163 Main St.
Holiday harp concert at United Methodist
Harpeggio Music presents its seventh annual holiday harp concert 4 p.m. Saturday at Los Altos United Methodist Church. The program includes a selection of traditional carols, classical music and a variety of holiday music featuring harp solos and ensembles, including the studio ensemble of more than 20 harps.
Celtic harpist and singer Barbary Grant will be joined by flutist and singer Aimee Aul, with whom she performs and records as the duo Brigit’s Well.
Tickets are $10-$15. For more information and tickets, please call Stephanie at (408) 366-8810 or e-mail events@harpeggio.com.
Los Altos United Methodist Church is located at 655 Magdalena Ave.
First Baptist Christmas events
First Baptist Church of Los Altos has scheduled Christmas events to which the public is invited.
The adult choir and orchestra will perform the musical “Agnus Dei” 7 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.
On Christmas Eve, the church will feature “Christmas Carols by Candlelight.” This event begins at 6 p.m.
A Christmas Day service is scheduled for 10 a.m.
For more information, call 948-5698.
Church presents Christmas musical
“The Christmas KNDL,” an original musical drama, will be presented 7 p.m. Dec. 17 and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at Union Presbyterian Church, 858 University Ave., Los Altos.
The performance features a professional orchestra, adult choir, youth choir and drama troupe, and is followed by a reception.
Admission is free and child care is available. For more information, call 948-4361 or visit www.unionpc.org.
Christmas sing-along at St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Chapel in the Hills, 26140 Duval Way in Los Altos Hills, is sponsoring its eighth annual Christmas sing-along and concert 2 p.m. Sunday.
The concert features vocal selections by Sheila Savage and organ selections by Jay Hartley. Cookies, hot cider and hot chocolate follow the sing-along. For more information, call 941-6524.
