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South Florida usually offers perfect winter weather to venture out. If you’re out and about December 25, festive light displays, restaurants, attractions, art installations, parks, and places to shop are open.  Please return to this feature as other information is added for Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. If you’re looking for a place to …

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Favorite Sinatra tunes from the Swing Era are included at a free outdoor holiday performance at Las Olas Oceanside Park. Christmas Eve with Sinatra features Jeff Grainger and his band. The event in 2024 is 7 p.m. December 24, and entry is free for lawn seating. Feel free to bring your own blankets or chairs. …

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Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa this year, you may be looking to avoid all the cooking that comes with end-of-year celebrations. Consider ordering a fully cooked holiday dinner to-go, so you can spend more time with your family instead of in the kitchen.  You can order a full holiday meal from numerous …

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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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Festive lights, a dapper 20-foot tropical snowman named Olas, and entertainment are featured at Fort Lauderdale beach and Las Olas Oceanside Park. Holiday displays, photo ops, and lots of events are free. Las Olas Oceanside Park or LOOP is at 3000 E. Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale 33316. Events for 2024 include:   Olas The …

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Plenty of holiday events in South Florida feature fun with pets. Here are some fun events to party with your favorite mutts. Events for people and pets in Broward Tamarac Holiday Pawty is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, December 14, at the dog park, 8101 Southgate Boulevard, Tamarac 33321. The event includes pet adoptions and …

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Treat yourself to free holiday festivities and live entertainment at Broward libraries.  Many branch libraries offer free parking.  Some library events require registering online. Holiday events in 2024 at libraries include these. Fort Lauderdale Soulful holiday events at African American Research Library, 954-357-6282, 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale 33311. Winter Wonderland is  2 p.m. to …

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Light Up Dania Beach offers entertainment, synthetic ice skating and a drone show. Photo ops include selfies with Santa.  The event in 2025 is 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, November 15, and entry is free. Light Up Dania Beach includes: Kids zone Ugly Sweater event, which is open to adults and kids as participants …

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