Holiday Enjoyable in Boca Raton and Beyond

While there’s definitely no snow falling, the vacation season remains to be upon us. Check out our picks for the place to rejoice the vacations in Boca and past.

Boca Raton

Holiday Kickoff
Friday, Nov. 21, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., The Shops at Boca Center

Friends and household will collect to welcome the vacation season to Boca Raton, together with meet-and-greets with Santa Claus, cookie adorning with Blueprint Cookies, letter-writing to Santa, reside performances by native college choirs, and a tree lighting ceremony.

Holiday Tree Lighting
Saturday, Nov. 22, 6 to 10 p.m., Mizner Park Amphitheater

Enjoy a full evening of celebration to kick off the vacation season. This free present will function a tree lighting ceremony, reside music performances, meals distributors, photographs with Santa, and extra. Plus, Mizner Park will rework right into a winter wonderland, with 50,000 LED lights hooked up to 75 palm bushes all through the park, making it an ideal image spot!

CP Group’s Tenth-annual Tree Lighting & Holiday Extravaganza
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., BRiC

Kick off the vacation season with Boca Raton’s group tree lighting occasions at Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC). Beyond the long-lasting lighting of the 40-foot Christmas tree, the occasion will function leisure and new festive points of interest for all ages. Guests can meet Santa Claus himself, and luxuriate in a photobooth, meals, face-painting and extra. Also, VIP tickets can be found for $60 per grownup and $16 per youngster, providing extra meals and enjoyable. Parking and general-admission tickets are free.

Boca Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker”
Nov. 28-30, Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theater

In this vacation custom, Boca Ballet Theatre ushers within the season with its manufacturing of “The Nutcracker,” with principal visitor dancers Zimmi Coker and Carlos Gonzalez from American Ballet Theatre.

Boca Raton Holiday Street Parade: “The Centennial Express: 100 Years of Holiday Cheer”
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., downtown Boca Raton

The 53rd-annual vacation parade begins alongside Federal Highway and Southeast Fifth Street and travels north towards Mizner Park Amphitheater. This 12 months, the parade follows the celebration of Boca’s one centesimal 12 months, because the theme is “The Centennial Express: 100 Years of Holiday Cheer.” The parade options 60 festive floats filled with native bands and group members. Lights, music and dancing will entertain viewers for this enjoyable and festive present.

Lynn Gingerbread Concert
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2 to five p.m., Lynn University

At Lynn University’s Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center, the Twenty second-annual Gingerbread Concert, offered by Lynn University Friends of the Conservatory of Music, will function nostalgic vacation classics carried out by first-rate pupil musicians. Get there early to partake in refreshments and festive actions for the children.

Tuba Christmas
Sunday, Dec. 7, 5 p.m., Mizner Park Amphitheater

Enjoy music underneath the celebs with a free jolly tuba efficiency, with the devices decked out in festive gear! Don’t overlook to carry blankets to take heed to the music picnic-style with your mates.

Holiday Night Market
Thursday, Dec. 11, 6 to 9 p.m, Sanborn Square

Stroll by Sanborn Square for a festive night of meals, artwork, reside music and handmade presents. This magical market underneath the celebs is the right place to choose up a singular present or simply soak within the spirit of the season.

Up on the Rooftop Christmas Festival
Friday, Dec. 13, 5 to eight:30 p.m., Boca Raton Community Church

Bring the entire household for a night of free Christmas enjoyable, from garden video games and meals vehicles to a live performance, petting zoo and youngsters’ actions.

Boca Raton Hanukkah Festival
Sunday, Dec. 14

Chabad of Boca Raton and the Jewish Federation invite the group for a day of household enjoyable, together with a bounce home, face portray, the Great Gelt Drop, conventional snacks, petting zoo and extra.

Menorah Lighting
Thursday, Dec. 18, Town Center Mall

In an annual Chanukah custom, Chabad of Boca Raton has organized a spectacular night of vacation treats and leisure. Attendees can look ahead to leisure, latkes, sufganiyot, crafts and different family-friendly actions, adopted by a menorah lighting with native leaders and rabbis.

Beyond Boca

Kids Corner Holiday Shop
Nov. 7 to Dec. 24, The Gardens Mall

The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens is fulfilling each youngster’s wildest vacation dream with the Kids Corner Holiday Shop, positioned on the upper-level Grand Court. This is a kids-only retailer the place kids can holiday-shop for his or her family members. Santa’s helpers will probably be obtainable to help the children in spending three cash from Santa’s golden financial institution. All proceeds from the $5 value to buy will profit the Arc of Palm Beach County.

Holidays at CityPlace
Nov. 8 to Dec. 31, CityPlace

Let it snow! The enjoyable begins on Nov. 8 with a countdown to the lighting of the Wishing Tree, kicking off two months’ value of reside performances, artist markets, and a Chanukah celebration with the Palm Beach Synagogue (Dec. 7, 19 and 28), in addition to Christmas (Dec. 25), Kwanzaa (Dec. 30) and New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31) festivities. CityPlace in West Palm Beach can be reworked right into a winter wonderland with nightly snowfalls in addition to visits with Santa on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

“‘Twas The Night Before” Holiday Show
Nov. 20 to 30, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

Experience Cirque du Soleil’s first vacation present proper in West Palm Beach. Based on the basic poem “A Visit from Saint Nicholas,” the present will function acrobatics, characters and a soundtrack filled with. vacation classics.

Zoo Lights
Nov. 21 to Jan. 4, Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society

The zoo is shifting into its seventh 12 months of turning 23 acres of tropical walkways right into a twinkling winter wonderland. The Zoo Lights occasion supplies all guests with vacation cheer through the use of 1 million eco-friendly lights to light up and showcase themed shows of animal sculptures. After strolling by the shows, go to Santa’s Village for cookie adorning, photographs with Santa Claus and different festive actions. Timed tickets are required to attend this occasion, as attendance is restricted.

Christmas Tree Lighting & Yuletide Fair
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 6 to 9 p.m., Old School Square in Delray Beach

Delray Beach kicks off the vacation season with Santa lighting the 100-foot tree that towers over Old School Square. After marveling on the tree, go vacation buying down Atlantic Avenue, strive the scrumptious meals vehicles, or go to the leisure levels throughout the Yuletide Fair. This festive evening additionally marks the beginning of the Holiday Village and visits to Santa’s House for picture alternatives.

Clematis By Night Holiday Tree Lighting
Thursday, Dec. 4, 6 to 10 p.m., 100 Clematis St., West Palm Beach

Clematis By Night in downtown West Palm Beach celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this 12 months, making the annual tree lighting ceremony additional particular. Watch the tree mild up, the arrival of Sandi—a 35-foot-tall, 700-ton sand tree with nightly music and lightweight reveals—Ferris the ferris wheel, reside music, meals and different enjoyable.

Palm Beach Holiday Boat Parade
Saturday, Dec. 6, 6 p.m., Intracoastal Waterway

The Thirty first-annual Holiday Boat Parade navigates up the Intracoastal from North Palm Beach to the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. The parade additionally contains a toy drive to profit Toys for Tots and Little Smiles. The parade is free to enter and will probably be making a gift of 1000’s in money and prizes. Throughout, there will probably be a fireworks show up the Intracoastal. There are many viewing websites for individuals who need to see the parade on shore, just like the North Palm Beach Country Club.

Sandi and Santa’s Annual Pancake Breakfast
Sunday, Dec. 7, Lake Pavilion in West Palm Beach

Mr. and Mrs. Claus invite the group for a pancake breakfast with meet-and-greets, in addition to picture alternatives with Sandi the sand tree!

Boynton Beach Holiday Boat Parade
Friday, Dec. 12, 6 p.m.

The Boynton Beach Holiday Boat Parade has partnered with the cities of Hypoluxo and Lantana and City of Delray Beach to host a festive parade. The parade kinds on the Ocean Avenue Bridge in Lantana (close to Old Key Lime House) and travels south to the C-15 Canal in Delray Beach (south of Linton Boulevard). Participating boats go all out with dazzling lights, vacation decor and costumed captains to carry the vacation spirit. The Boynton Harbor Marina is the official spot to look at the parade, filled with festive music, kids’s actions, a particular go to from Santa, and meals and drinks.

Delray Beach Holiday Parade
Saturday, Dec. 13, 6 p.m, alongside Atlantic Avenue from the Intracoastal Bridge to Northwest Fifth Avenue

Festivities will probably be in full swing on Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue throughout the annual Holiday Parade. More than 70 floats, dance groups and group teams will jingle bell rock their method down the Avenue. While having fun with the parade, guests can select from quite a lot of food and drinks distributors close by.

Menorah Lighting/Hanukkah Festival
Sunday, Dec. 14, 6 p.m., Old School Square

Join within the spirit of group and watch the lighting of the menorah in Old School Square. With latkes, donuts and contemporary pizza from the Gifted Crust, no visitor ought to go unhappy. Attendees can count on bounce homes, face portray, LED video games, a reside DJ and different actions in celebration of this joyful vacation.

Delray Beach Jingle Bell Jog 5k
Saturday, Dec. 20, 7:30 a.m., Anchor Park and alongside A1A

Every 12 months, a mass of Santas takes over Delray Beach with the sounds of jingle bells and cheer. At the Jingle Bell Jog 5k, contributors obtain a Santa go well with full with jingle bells to tie to their trainers. The race will start at Anchor Park at 7:30 a.m. on Gleason Street and transfer alongside A1A. After the scenic jog, contributors will probably be handled to holiday-themed refreshments, and finishers will obtain a medal.

Kwanzaa Celebration
Friday, Dec. 26, 2 to five p.m., Solomon D. Spady House

The Spady Museum in Delray Beach invitations households to rejoice the seven ideas of Kwanzaa. This Pan-African vacation is one which celebrates many values, however particularly the present of unity. Typically, the vacation lasts every week, however the museum has condensed the festivities into a day of enjoyable. Guests are invited to make their very own presents whereas having fun with reside music, kids’s storytelling and extra artwork actions.

Winter Wonderland at The Ben
Nov. 1 to Jan. 4, The Ben Hotel in West Palm Beach

The Ben’s Winter Wonderland returns for its second 12 months with an expanded outside ice skating rink, the debut of the Holiday Tree Forest that includes a grove of glittering bushes, and a slew of weekly actions. Get within the vacation spirit with retail pop-ups that will probably be serving scorching chocolate, s’mores, and extra holiday-themed treats.