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Visitors to the city’s Holiday in Paradise annual celebration can once again enjoy a free Polynesian show at the West Palm Beach waterfront, with a high energy show for all ages. Aloha Islanders Tropical Holiday Spectacular When: Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, from 4 to 7 p.m. Where: Waterfront Commons, NewDay USA Stage on the Waterfront …

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The Margate Winter Festival in 2025 is 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, December 19, with free entry. Snow is featured. The  festival includes: Florida-style sledding. Photos with Santa. Live music. Kids’ activities. Food vendors. Craft fair. Event venue is the Margate Sports Complex, 1695 Banks Road, Margate, FL 33063.  Parking is free. More free …

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Wilton Manors is planning several holiday events for 2025. Holiday lighting Holiday lighting is 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 4, at Flippen Park, 2109 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors 33305. The event features lighting a tree, menorah and kinara. Live music and food vendors are included, plus activities for kids. Santa on his water sleigh Santa and …

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Kwanzaa is a holiday that focuses on the heritage and values that represent the African-American population. A Kwanzaa Ujamaa event in 2025 at Provident Park in Fort Lauderdale is 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, December 29, and entry is free.  The event features Afrocentric entertainment and festivities.  Ujamaa is a facet of the holiday that …

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If your holiday plans include seeing “The Nutcracker,” we’ve found a way you can see several performances of this time-honored classic for less. Many of the deals, from Culture Shock Miami, are for patrons age 13 to 22 — but each young person can bring someone else along for the same low price. ‘The Nutcracker’ …

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Take a break from all of the chaos of holiday shopping at Potbelly! The popular sandwich shop is celebrating the season of giving with a big deal on Dec. 16, 2025. Potbelly offers a wide variety of sandwiches and soups, including its signature sub A Wreck — made with turkey breast, hickory smoked ham, Angus …

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For many, it’s just not the holidays without enjoying a classic Christmas flick with loved ones. Thanks to Regal Cinemas’ Holiday Classics Series, friends and family can do just that without breaking the holiday entertainment budget. Image: Regal Cinemas From Nov. 28 to Dec. 31, 2025, Regal Cinemas is featuring a family-favorite holiday film every …

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  The Charles Dickens holiday classic  “A Christmas Carol” is a dark tale with grumpy Ebeneezer Scrooge and the frightening ghosts that visit him. The players at Fantasy Theatre Factory in Miami put a slightly different twist to the tale for kids. “Scrooge: A Fractured Christmas Carol!” will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 20 at …

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Gather your friends, family, blankets and chairs and head over to Canyon Amphitheater in Boynton Beach on the third Saturday of each month (except June-August) the Legends on the Lawn concert series. Legends on the Lawn is free! Just your top outdoor music concert series in a leisurely setting among friends. Legends on the Lawn …

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The future of classical music will be performing a series of Winter Concerts from Tuesday, Dec. 9-16, 2025 during the Miami Music Project’s Winter Concert Series. Admission to all concerts is free. Watch intermediate and advanced student orchestras kick off the series on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at New World Center, 500 17 …

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Happy Hanukkah! Broward County organizations have planned a number of public events to celebrate Hanukkah this year. The Jewish holiday in 2025 will be celebrated December 14 – 21. Hanukkah celebrates both a military victory and a miracle. The holiday commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, a Jewish army, over the Syrian-Greek army, which enabled …

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