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Delight in the glistening Winterfest Boat Parade from your sofa.  Replays of the 2025 holiday extravaganza are offered online and on television.  The parade of bedazzled boats on the Intracoastal Waterway, which occurs earlier in December, is among the highlights of the holidays in Broward.  Replays of Winterfest Boat Parade on TV and online YouTube …

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If you appreciate taking your own interesting holiday photos, South Florida offers some wonderful, whimsical, and festive displays. Adorable selfies. Pose with pals. Broward, Dade and greater Palm Beach offer lots of opportunities  for impressive Instagramable pictures. Plenty of places and events with holiday decor are free.   Snow in Dania Dania Pointe shopping and …

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Ring in the New Year with fun and entertainment. South Florida offers a wide variety of places to things to do and sights to see. Lots are free or relatively inexpensive. Some popular attractions offer discount opportunities. Holiday Lights Perhaps you want to linger in the holiday vibe.  Free displays North Broward ‘Deck The Halls’ …

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Snow flurries and snowmen are featured at Dania Pointe, a shopping, dining and entertainment plaza in Dania. The events and displays are free.  Parking is free. 2025 Snow events at Dania Pointe  Let It Snow display Snow flurries  7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays November 28 to December 28 7 p.m. Sundays November …

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Live performances, Santa and holiday decorations indoors and out  are featured at historic Bonnet House in Fort Lauderdale.  Entry fees for some of the Whimsical Wonderland events are $40 for adults, $35 for members, $15 for ages 13-17, $5 for ages 6-12 and free for 5 and younger.  Entry for adults includes two drink tickets.  …

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The treasures of our national parks have a lot to offer, including hiking, biking, boating, canoeing, hunting, fishing, wildlife photography, birding, plus exploring native flora and fauna, and hopefully also finding peace of mind. So, if you’re a fan of wide, open spaces, where you only hear the sounds of nature, then the National Park …

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Fall festivals and pumpkin patches, Halloween fun, Oktoberfest festivities and outdoor movies on Miami Beach are just some of the events you can enjoy around Miami-Dade in October 2024. Fall Festivals and Pumpkin Patches Yes, we live in Miami where it never really feels like fall but we’ve still rounded up a great list of …

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It’s impossible to think about Halloween without thinking about all our favorite scary movies. And then there are the not-so-scary Halloween movies for kids, which are often great fun for adults as well. As we prepare to celebrate Halloween, we have compiled a list of free and cheap Halloween movies being shown in South Florida …

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Parades. Picnics. Water parks.  Plenty of events and things to do on Fourth of July don’t involve fireworks.  Plenty are free.   With a wide variety of things to do, it’s easy to make the holiday ideal for you.  Things to do Fourth of July without fireworks  Broward Parks Broward Regional Parks are waiving the usual …

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