101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Tampa - 2022
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Santa Sightings
| Multiple dates starting Nov 10, 2022 | Santa's Flight Academy Photo Experience - International Plaza and Bay Stree |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 12, 2022 | Santa Visits and Photos at Wiregrass |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 23, 2022 | Visits and Photos with Santa - Westshore Plaza |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2022 | The Santa Experience at Citrus Park |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Pictures with Santa - Tree Brothers Christmas (Odessa and Oldsmar Locations) |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 5th Annual Local Vendor Market - Brandon Sunday Market |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2022 | North Pole Express at Florida Railroad Museum |
| Dec 2 & 11, 2022 | Santa's Workshop - Playtime |
| Dec 3, 2022 | 12 Oaks Santa's Holiday Market |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Visits With Santa - Armature Works |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Santa Fest 2022 - Curtis Hixon |
| Dec 4, 2022 | The KKG Santa Experience 2022 |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Cookies & Crafts with Santa - Playtime Apollo Beach |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 11, 2022 | Santa Brunch Cruises - Yacth StarShip |
| Dec 17, 2022 | Meet Santa! - Dancing for a Difference |
| Dec 18, 2022 | Pancakes with Santa - Playtime Apollo Beach |
Old-Time Christmas
| Multiple dates starting Nov 14, 2022 | Christmas Town Holiday at Busch Gardens - Tampa |
| Multiple dates starting Nov, 2022 | Gingerbread Village at Glazer Children's Museum |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 1, 2022 | Victorian Christmas Stroll at Plant Museum |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Christmas in the Country - Cracker Country Rural Florida Living History Museum |
Light Displays
| Multiple dates starting Nov 12, 2022 | Symphony in Lights - The Shops at Wiregrass |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2022 | The Wonderland of Lights & Santa's Village |
| Nov 25, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023 (select dates) | Holiday Lights in The Garden at Florida Botanical Gardens |
| Nov 25 - Dec 30, 2022 (select dates) | Christmas in the Wild - ZooTampa at Lowry Park |
| Dec 3, 2022 | The Heights District Fifth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting - Armature Works |
| Dec 15 - 23, 2022 | Twelve Oaks Annual Light Fight |
Holiday Theatre
| Dec 1 - 3, 2022 | Patel Conservatory presents Santa's Zombie Apocalypse - TECO Theater |
| Dec 2 - 18, 2022 (select dates) | A Christmas Carol - Carrollwood Players Theatre |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Nutcracker Performance - Dancing for a Difference |
| Dec 8 - 17, 2022 (select dates) | The Lion King: A Christmas Remix - Crossover Church |
| Dec 10 & 11, 2022 | Brandon Ballet presents: The Nutcracker - Riverview High School |
| Dec 16 - Dec 18, 2022 | Next Generation Ballet's Nutcracker - The Straz Center |
| Dec 27, 2022 | Cirque Dreams Holidaze - The Mahaffey Theater |
Holiday Concerts
| Nightly though Dec 31, 2022 | Symphony in Lights - The Shops at Wiregrass |
| Nov 20, 2022 | Pinellas Youth Symphony Holiday Concert - The Palladium at St. Petersburg College |
| Nov 27, 2022 | Christmas Tree Lighting & Christmas Concert - Seminole Heights UMC Church |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Tampa Bay Pride Band: "Snow Day" - HCC Ybor City Performing Arts Building |
| Dec 9 - 11, 2022 | Holiday Pops - The Straz Center |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Holiday Concert with Storyteller Ralph Walker |
| Dec 18, 2022 | The Florida Orchestra - Classical Christmas Carols - Ferguson Hall |
| Dec 18, 2022 | Tampa Oratorio Singers - Handel's Messiah - Oalma Ceia Presbyterian Church |
Holiday Lights and Parades- Land and Sea
| Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2022 | River of Lights Holiday Cruises |
| Dec 2, 2022 | 33rd Annual Holiday Boat Parade - Tarpon Springs Recreation Division |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Holiday Boat Parade & Tree Lighting - Dunedin Marina |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Santa Fest 2022 Christmas Parade - CUrtis Hixon |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Palm Harbor Annual Holiday Parade - White Chapel & Harbor Hall |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Old Fashioned Christmas & Holiday Parade - Downtown Dunedin |
| Dec 17, 2022 | Tampa Bay: A Holiday Lighted Boat Parade |
| Dec 17, 2022 | Lighted Boat Parade Dinner Cruise - Yacht StarShip |
Christmas Tree Experience
| Nov 13, 2022 | Vintage Christmas Tree Event - The Pottery Patch |
| Opening Nov 17, 2022 | Great Lakes Christmas Tree Farms |
| Opening Nov 19, 2022 | Tree Brothers Christmas |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Tampa's Tree Lighting Ceremony - Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park |
| Dec 4, 2021 | 4th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting presented by St. Joseph's Children's Hospital |
Ice Skating
| Open 2022 | Public Skating at AdventHealth Center Ice |
| Open 2022 | Public Skating at Tampa Bay Ice |
| Multiple Dates starting Nov 2, 2022 | Public Skating - TGH Ice Plex |
| Nov 18, 2022 - January 4, 2023 (multiple dates) | Winter Village at Curtis Hixon Park |
| Nov 18 2022 - February 26, 2023 (multiple dates) | Crystal Ribbon at Snowcat Ridge - Alpine Snow Park |
Hanukkah
| Dec 18, 2022 | Chanukah Spectacular - Temple Bethel |
| Dec 18, 2022 | 20th Annual Chanukah in the City - South Straub Park |
| Dec 19 & 24, 2022 | Hanukkah Celebration - Beit Tehila Congregation |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Car Menorah Parade - Chabad Jewish Center |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| Nov 17, 2022 | Holiday Shopping Event 2022 - Tampa Museum of Art |
| Nov 19, 2022 | Falkenburg Community Market |
| Nov 19, 2022 | Holiday Gift Market at Arbor Greene |
| Nov 19 & 20, 2022 | Tampa Bay Holiday Market - St. Peersburg Coliseum |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Merry Market - Armature Works |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Holiday Shop Hop 2022 - Shop Hop Seminole Heights |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Small Business Saturday - WestShore Plaza |
| Nov 26, 2022 | FiReD! Pottery: Timely Treasures Arts & Crafts Fair - United Methodist Church of Sun City Center |
| Nov 27, 2022 | Shop Local Vendor Market - Brandon Sunday Market |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Leisure Lake HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW-FiReD! pottery |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Oxford Exchange Holiday Gift Bazaar | Shop & Champ! |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Seminole Heights Holiday Craft Fair and Bake Sale - Seminole Heights United Methodist Church |
| Dec 3, 2022 | Pioneer Christmas & Vintage Market - Pioneer Florida Museum and Village |
| Dec 4, 2022 | Tampa's Holiday Market - Water Works Park |
| Dec 9, 2022 | A Christmas Market - SmileFaith Foundation |
| Dec 10, 2022 | Starkey Market's 3rd Annual Holiday Market - Starkey Market |
| Dec 10 & 11, 2022 | Tampa Riverwalk Holiday Pop-Up Fest - Your Tampa Markets |
| Dec 11, 2022 | Second Sunday Market + Art Walk: Holiday Edition - Armature Works |
New Year's Eve
| Dec 31, 2022 | Noon Year's Eve Party - Playtime Apollo Beach |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Noon Year's Eve - ZooTampa |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Downtown Countdown |
| Dec 31, 2022 | First Night St. Pete 2022 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | New Year's Eve Cruise - Yacht StarShip |
| Dec 31, 2021 | New Years at Noon - Great Explorations Children's Museum |
Miscellaneous
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