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10:00AM Tampa's Downtown on Ice Editor's pick Even in Florida, you can get in the holiday spirit by skating on an outdoor rink in the park. Each 90-minute session includes skate rental ... Price: $10. Curtis Hixon Park 600 N Ashley Drive, Tampa, 33602

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5:30PM Holiday Lights in the Garden Editor's pick Stroll through a garden of tropical plants glowing with more than 500,000 twinkling lights. Dancers, musicians and choral groups make each night special. Visitors ... Price: $2, 11 and younger free. Florida Botanical Gardens 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo, 33774

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6:00PM Christmas Town Editor's pick The park is transformed into a nighttime holiday wonderland with 80 miles of lights, real snow to play in, special food and treats, a life-sized ... Price: $39.99, $9.99 ages 3-9, 2 and younger free. Busch Gardens 3605 Bougainvillea Ave., Tampa, 33612

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6:00PM Nights of Shimmering Lights Drive your vehicle through a light and sound show using more than a half million twinkling lights. Includes more than 600 larger-than-life lighted scenes, tunnels ... Price: $20 per car; tour buses/limos extra. Hillsborough County Fairgrounds Corner of Sydney Washer Road and Hwy 60, Brandon, 33567

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6:30PM Holiday Lighted Boat Parade Tampa Watch festively decorated boats spread holiday cheer as they motor and sail around Davis Island, Harbour Island and through Garrison Channel. Best viewed from Channelside ... Price: Free. Tampa Convention Center 333 S Franklin St., Tampa, 33602

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6:30PM Wild Wonderland Editor's pick The zoo closes at 5 p.m. and reopens at 6:30 for the annual evening winter festival with twinkling holiday lights, live reindeer and ... Price: $13, $11 ages 3-11, 2 and younger free. Lowry Park Zoo 1101 W Sligh Ave., Tampa, 33604

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Electro-White For this premiere white party, dress in white and step into a snow-dripped winter wonderland of decorations. Drink specials, dancing zombies, fire dancers, acrobatic performances ... Price: Free (before 11:30 p.m.); $7 after. Amphitheatre 1609 E Seventh Ave., Ybor City, 33605

From TBT: Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.
401 Second St., Indian Rocks Beach FL 33785.
You could see motor boats, sail boats, canoes and even row boats in this boat parade with awards by division. It begins at the Holiday Inn Harbourside and heads north through the inner coastal canals and ends just south of the Belleair Causeway.
City of IRB - Boat Parade
For a great view, pull up a chair dockside at the Holiday Inn Harbourside for 26th Annual City of Indian Rocks Beach Holiday Lighted Boat Parade. The line up will begin at 6:45 p.m. and the procession will head north under the Walsingham/SR 688 Bridge and will follow the intra-coastal waterway finishing at Harbor Drive North. This judged event is always a crowd pleaser.

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2012 Lighted Boat Parade

Join us Friday, December 7, 2012, for the St Pete Beach and South Pasadena Annual Lighted Boat Parade.
This year the parade will start at the Blind Pass Marina and travel south to the Bayway Bridge. Click here for a route map.
Judges will be place along the parade route to review the entries as they sail. Boats will be judged on lights, sound/music, and animation.
The Best Place to Watch
Where is the best place to watch the parade?
At the Community Center Viewing Party.
The party starts at 6:00 PM and continues until Santa arrives.
There will festive holiday music and food and drink will be available for purchase.
MADD will be hosting the Annual Festival of Trees and Wreathes in Horan Park.
The event features themed trees & wreaths created by local designers and underwritten by individuals and organizations in the community.
These custom-designed items will be available for sale through a silent auction during the run of the festival. You can sponsor a tree, wreath or decorations and participate in this event to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
The Boat Route will be along this route, along the bay.
St Pete/South Pasadena
St. Pete Beach and South Pasadena Holiday Lighted Boat Parade
Friday December 7th 2012 The St. Pete Beach/South Pasadena Holiday Lighted Boat Parade will be lighting up the waters of Boca Ciega Bay on
Friday, December 9th beginning at 6pm in South Pasadena and traveling south towards Pass-a-Grille.
All are invited to come to the Viewing Party, Tree Lighting and Concert
in Horan Park, 7701 Boca Ciega Drive,
to watch the boat parade as it passes by the Community Center. Contact: Info: 727-363-9245 Website
Madeira BeachFestival Of Light December 7th , 2012 6:30 Flyer