Watch: How SF’s Cable Cars Get Decked Out With Their Holiday Decorations

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/24/watch-how-sfs-cable-cars-get-decked-out-with-their-holiday-decorations/The “cable car elves” have struck again, and 12 SF cable cars are now resplendent in holiday razzle-dazzle, though it turns out this decoration job is done entirely by a team of volunteers. As of today, the cable cars you see running on San Francisco hills are now completely decorated for the holidays, on both the outside and on their interiors. (Well, 12 of them are at least). And KTVU was on hand for the decorating party that was on Sunday, and reports on how SF’s cable cars get festooned up for the holidays.

It turns out this is an all-volunteer effort, and the vast majority of the decorating volunteers do not even work for Muni or the SFMTA. Th