Winter

The Harvest Festival at the Miami Dade Fair & Expo Center is a huge event that features everything you ned for the holidays and more!  Kids can enjoy a free inside play area, visit with Santa, arts & crafts, a model train village, bounce houses, a free petting zoo, face painting and more!  Adults can shop for holiday decor, quilts, dolls, folk art, hand-crafted furniture, Angels, American Doll clothes and still have oodles to explore.  Enjoy live entertainment, a classic car show, and delicious foods.  Have an adorable baby?

Holiday Parade – Presented by Delray Beach Parks and Recreation.  Beginning east of the Intracoastal and continuing west to the Fire Dept. with over 70 entries to help you celebrate the holidays! Through a special connection to the North Pole, The Delray Beach Fire Department will have Santa riding along on their Fire Truck!  Wear some wacky glasses or if the weather is cool, your favorite tacky holiday sweater and get in a festive mood!  This will definitely be a festive event.

Have the best of both worlds!  Enjoy the snow and the awesome South Florida weather at the Piles of Smiles event in Sugar Sand Park, Boca Raton.  Bundle the kids up in thick jackets, gloves and scarves.  The City of Boca Raton will have SNOW for the kids to enjoy!  Make snowballs and snow angels or just marvel at the oddity.  New England can keep their weather but we'll borrow their snow for a few hours of fun.  Games and rides will also be available.

Don't miss the the Annual Deerfield Beach Ocean Way Holiday Celebration, Saturday, December 3rd, at the International Fishing Pier, 200 NE 21st Ave. Bring the entire family out for a magical evening as we celebrate the season. Enjoy musical performances, kids activities, photos with Santa, tasty holiday treats, ice skating by the ocean and snow showering all night! 

Entertainment Schedule

Miami Children's Chorus
5:00pm - 5:15pm

Storyteller: Athena the Snow Queen
5:20pm - 6:05pm

From November thru February, Lake Worth hosts concerts and other activities beachside with a lifegaurd monitored bonfire. Bring the kids and enjoy roasting marshamallows, running along the beach, or dancing to the music. Glow in the dark sticks and bright clothing are a good idea just in case the kids run away from the bonfire's light (the water is right there). There is lighting along the walkways but not on the beach itself. Check the city's Special Events page to find out details for each Friday.

Holiday Extravaganza is sponsored each year by the Boynton Beach CRA.  Come out with friends and family to enjoy several wonderful holiday events!  Come for the PARADE at 4pm and stay for the annual tree lighting ceremony and concert.  Holiday 2017 celebrates the season Saturday, December 2nd at 5:30 pm as this tradition continues for the 47th year to provide a magical experience for the entire family. The tree lighting ceremony of Boynton’s 50-foot holiday tree will light up at 6:30 pm followed by a concert.

Whitehall's first floor is decorated in traditional Gilded Age splendor for the month of December each year. The focal point is a 16-foot tall Christmas Tree in the Grand Hall, adorned with colored electrical lights and traditional Gilded Age style ornaments. Bring your family and experience holiday traditions like the Annual Tree Lighting where you can meet Santa Claus, enjoy refreshments, hear music on the historic organ and watch as Henry Flagler's youngest descendants light the Grand Hall Christmas Tree.

The 22nd Annual Holiday Boat Parade  & 17th Annual Toys for Tots Drive navigates up the Intracoastal Waterway from North Palm Beach to the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse led by a Zambelli traveling fireworks display! Dozens of spectacularly decorated vessels will light up the Intracoastal Waterway parade route from North Palm Beach to Jupiter.  The Palm Beach Holiday Boat Parade benefits the U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve Toys for Tots organization.

The holiday fun and tree-mendous excitement begins with the lighting of our Famous 100-foot Christmas Tree at Old School Square. Kids can visit Santa, ride the holiday carousel, enjoy outdoor ice skating, listen to music, enjoy great food, and go inside the 100-foot Christmas Tree to see the animated elf scenes, model train layouts and more! The tree is illuminated through the beginning of the New Year.

Celebrate the holidays with the city of Boca raton at their 48th Annual Holiday Street Parade! This year’s parade theme will be "Sights & Sounds of Broadway"  7:30pm to 9:00pm

Parade route begins at Federal Hwy & SE 5th Street, traveling north to Mizner Park Amphitheater