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Santa Sightings & Local Christmas Lights

Apollo Beach and Beyond

November 26, 2017



Ho Ho Ho! Santa has been busy making his list and checking it twice! He is leaving his elves in the North Pole to come visit us before Christmas. Here are a list of local stops he will be making, so get your Christmas list ready and charge your phones to take pictures!


🎅Santa Sightings🎅


 
12/2 - 4th Annual Family Holiday Fun Day & Concert - Firehouse Cultural Center - Card making, concert, Santa, & Toys for Tots. 

12/2 & 12/3 - Santa at the Farm - Hydro Harvest Farms - Bring the kids to see Santa. 

12/2 - 4th Annual Christmas Party & Customer Appreciation - South Shore Shabby Shack - Santa is coming! 

12/8 - Santa Selfies - Champion Storage - Ruskin - Bring an unwrapped new toy for Toys for Tots and make some selfies with Santa!

12/8 - Holiday in the Park - Apollo Beach Park - Free Community Holiday Event with Santa


12/9 - Harborside Lights & Holiday Market - Santa arrives by boat at 5pm and will be there until 6:30pm for pictures. 

12/9 - Breakfast with Santa - South Shore United Methodist Church - Enjoy free breakfast and get photos with Santa.

12/9 - Santa at the FarmHydro Harvest Farms - Bring the kids to see Santa. 

12/10 - Old Castle Restaurant - Stop by to meet Santa 3 - 5pm.

12/10 - Santa at the Farm - Hydro Harvest Farms - Bring the kids to see Santa. 

12/13 - Cookies & Crafts with Santa - Playtime - Treats, crafts, photos with Santa, open play, and more! 

12/16 - Santa & Mrs Claus with Holiday Light Show - Iaria Family Light Show- Enjoy dazzling Christmas lights and meet Santa. 

12/17 - Santa is Coming to Circles - Circles Waterfront Restaurant - Bring your kids and take your own pictures.



Tis the season to jump in the car with family in search of dazzling light displays! The weather may be a bit warm, but you can grab a thermos of hot chocolate (iced even) or egg nog and make it a fun family night cruising around town to get in the spirit of the holidays. 

I will be searching neighborhoods and the web to add to this list of displays and will add more throughout the season. Enjoy and be safe!


🎄Local Houses & Neigborhoods 🎄


🎄Apollo Beach Christmas Light Show - 486 Florida Circle N - Over 200,000 synchronized lights , a 20 foot mega tree, leaping arches, over 20 Christmas songs and more. Runs Sun-Thurs 6-9pm,  Fri-Sat 6-10pm  Cookies


🎄Iaria Family Light Show: 1713 Alhambra Crest Dr Ruskin, Florida. We haven't seen these yet but we are excited to check them out this year! I heard that they have synchronized lights that you can tune your radio to (89.7fm) and lots of inflatables. 


🎄Symphony Isles Drive Thru-    Dec 10, 6pm-8pm, Bring your driver's license. Symphony Isles opens its gates to public every year for their annual Christmas Drive Thru. Come enjoy the lights. Located at the end of Flamingo.  


🎄1605 Vincennes Drive Sun City Center - (Read this on a FB page)... Look for the sign by the sidewalk with the radio station.



🎄1713 Alhambra Crest Dr. Ruskin  - I haven't been but I heard that the lights are synchronized to music.


(We need to make this list longer, so get out and start decorating!!!!!!!!!)



🎅Light Displays & Events🎅


🎅  Apollo Beach Lighted Boat Parade - Dec 9, 6pm-9pm, You can watch the boat parade from Circle's Waterfront Restaurant

🎅 Largo Holiday Lights - Largo Central Park, 101 Central Park Drive. Check out more than 6 scenes with over 2 million LED lights. Take a Ferris wheel ($5) to see the lights from above. Runs nightly from 5-11pm Dec 2-Jan 1. 

🎅 Oakdale Mega Light Display - 2719 Oakdale St S, St Petersburg. Includes 10 semitrailer truck loads of lights, an 18 train HO scale model railroad, inflatables, flying planes, water fountains, bubble machines, games, a working carnival, and a pond. Runs from 6-10pm nightly through Jan 3. Free.  

🎅 Holiday Lights in the Garden, Largo - 12520 Ulmerton Rd, Largo - Stroll through over 1 million lights synchronized to music and lasers at the Florida Botanical Gardens. Entertainers and visits with Santa along the pathways. Mondays are "Paw Night", so bring your leashed dog in a holiday themed costume.  Runs 5:30 - 9:30pm nightly through Dec 31. $4 suggested donation, 12 and younger are free.  

🎅 St Petersburg Waterfront Display - Beach Dr and 5th Ave NE, St Petersburg - Enjoy a nightly walk through display in Straub Park that features thousands of snowflake lights, decorations, and a display of giant greeting cards created by teens from local recreation centers. Runs nightly starting at 5:30pm through Jan 1. Free. 


**If you know of any local houses, neighborhoods, or displays email me with the information... angeladuncan@macaronikid.com.


For a super awesome list of Christmas light displays in the Brandon area and beyond, check out our sister site to the north, Macaroni Kid Brandon!









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