Master Guide to Holiday Fun in Tampa
As soon as the cold weather arrives, our thoughts naturally turn to the holiday season! We prepare for it for weeks. Here is your master guide to the holidays!
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Nights of Shimmering Lights
SHIMMERING LIGHTS CHRISTMAS WALK the LIGHTS season opens on November 24th and runs Thursday-Sunday through December 24th 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.. The family friendly activities include 1/3-mile walking trail with hundreds lighted displays, seasonal music, outdoor movies, maze of lights, scavenger hunt, games, face painting and FOAM play nights. All ages are welcome to play.
Would you rather sit in a car or spend time walking and talking with your friends enjoying the lights? It’s a short drive to the country to get into the spirit of the season. Tickets $8.00 in advance, $9.00 at gate for ages 3+ We are pet friendly too.
101 Holiday Happenings in Tampa
KidsOutAndAbout.com compiles a comprehensive list of holiday family activities in our area each year, organized under various categories. These categories include Santa Sightings, Light Displays, Living Nativities, Holiday Theatre, Holiday Concerts, Christmas Tree Experiences, Ice Skating, Hanukkah celebrations, Shopping & Craft Fairs, New Year's Eve events, and more. The list features both traditional holiday experiences like visiting Santa and viewing light displays, as well as unique local offerings. It's our mission to make it easy to plan your holiday schedule out and about; you'll be amazed at the wide variety of activities on the list!
Christmas Tree Farms
Do you get your own real Christmas tree? Here's our big list of places where you can get your own Christmas tree in Tampa.
Subscriptions Boxes: Gifts That Keep on Giving
Send thoughtful choices to the ones you love near and far, and plan some excellent expected surprises for your own family in the months to come. KidsOutAndAbout has put together of some of our favorite choices with a range for all different ages and interests.
Santa Sightings
Where can your kids visit with Santa? At plenty of places around our area! We also show you Breakfasts with Santa (and sometimes, Breakfast with the Grinch!). (Get your tickets early, because those Breakfasts with Santa tend to sell out early.)
FREE Holiday Events
You think you can't get anything free anymore? Nonsense! Here are a bunch of free holiday events (listed day by day) coming up in our area.
Chanukah
Hanukkah begins in the evening of December 25, 2024 and ends January 2, 2025.
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is celebrated December 26-January 1 each year.
Lightbulb Day
Lightbulb Day is celebrated on the Winter Solstice, on or about December 21.
Holiday concerts and performances
There are lots of special concerts and shows... and some of them are free!
