The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/06/union-square-ice-rink-now-back-open-macys-holiday-tree-coming-back-this-tuesday/The Union Square Holiday Ice Rink officially reopened for the holly jolly season Wednesday night, and mark your calendars, because the giant Macy’s Christmas tree is getting lit up next Tuesday night. With Halloween and Election Day now over, you realize that anything with an even marginal attachment to retail shopping is now going all-Christmas, all-the-time for the next eight weeks in a row. And that formula obviously applies to the SF shopping district at Union Square, as NBC Bay Area reports that the Union Square Holiday Ice Rink officially opened Wednesday night for its 18th year, though its technical name is (sigh) the Safeway Holiday Ic

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