A Christmas tree was set up at the entrance to a restaurant that was on a small island in the Isletas of Lake Nicaragua.

Inside the Embarcadero One up on the top level, was a wreath in a window. Behind it was another wreath facing out of the opposite window.

Inside a shop window in Embarcadero Four Shopping Center was this ribbon on a wreath.

Ice skaters on the small ice rink located every winter in Justin Herman Plaza.

Tiny blue lights decorated the trees on the outdoor plaza level of the Infinity Towers condominiums.

The Embarcadero Center Towers were decked in their usual border of lights.

A restaurant on the Embarcadero near Market Street had its patio screened in using a plastic tent. The result was a distortion of the trees inside.

Huge ornaments occupied the plaza of an office building on California near Market.

A splash of Christmas just inside the lobby of the offices at 201 California Street.

A huge wreath over the doorway into the 345 California Center.

A huge yellow tree stood at the edge of the plaza in front of what used to be the Bank Of America Building (before the headquarters moved to Texas).

We seldom remember that some folks still remain behind to work on that Friday night before the Christmas weekend. Here was a janitor, but many building guards also remained at work that night.

A clothing store on Post Street offered shoes for sale.

A reindeer flew off with a sleigh carrying a silver necklace in this miniature scene.

The highly decorated front of Macy's on the side facing Geary Boulevard and Union Square.

A couple stood by the base of the huge tree in the plaza of Union Square.

A couple stood on the steps leading up into Union Square and made balloon animals for sale.

A view of the tree in the lobby of the City Of Paris store.

Trees were decorated in a plaza that led from Market Street to the Jewish Museum.

A large wreath made of neon doves graced the window of the Theater at Yerba Buena Center.