Holiday

Santa's Enchanted Forest is the World's Largest Holiday Theme Park and INCLUDED Carnival featuring over 100 rides, shows, games & attractions!  This event is a South Florida tradition and consistently ranks as one of the Top Things to do in Miami during the holiday season every year. Don't miss the MAGIC of Santa's 35th Season from November 1st - January 6, 2019.

November 17 – December 30, 2018 • 6pm-10pm

Featuring more than 125,000 LED lights, captivating holiday displays, a giant Christmas tree, factory tours, chocolate-making classes, and photo opportunities with Santa and Mrs. Claus, Winter Wonderland will be open nightly, November 17 through December 30 from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. and is FREE to the public. (closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day)

Highlights include:

Experience an enchanted night like no other as Pinecrest Gardens transforms into a holiday wonderland illuminated by thousands of spectacular and sparkling holiday lights! The event presented by Live Like Bella, a foundation for childhood cancer, features pictures with Santa every night, select evenings will feature Christmas music, Story Telling, pony rides and so much more! Tasty treats will be available for purchase. Experience how the Gardens transforms at night as it twinkles and glows with holiday magic.

Ring in the holiday season at the Pinecrest Gardens 6th Annual Holiday Festival. It’s an all eay extravaganza featuring performances in the Banyan Bowl that includes the Nutcracker Ballet, Miami Children’s Theater and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony. Write letters to Santa, indulge in holiday cookies, hot chocolate and other delicious treats.

Join the Village of Wellington at the Wellington Dog Park for their 13th Annual Howl at the Moon event!  Enjoy a wide variety of dog and human friendly activities for all.

The event will include a dog costume contest, pictures with your pet, micro chipping, SHARE Shepherd Rescue, Trick-or-treat bags for your pups, portraits by your pet, pumpkin painting, games and face painting for kids, and much more!

Registration for the doggy costume contest is from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. on the day of the event.

The Harvest Festival at the Miami Dade Fair & Expo Center is a huge event that features everything you ned for the holidays and more!  Kids can enjoy a free inside play area, visit with Santa, arts & crafts, a model train village, bounce houses, a free petting zoo, face painting and more!  Adults can shop for holiday decor, quilts, dolls, folk art, hand-crafted furniture, Angels, American Doll clothes and still have oodles to explore.  Enjoy live entertainment, a classic car show, and delicious foods.  Have an adorable baby?

Shop for the holidays AND enjoy a special Chanukah Family Festival at the Palm Beach Outlets in West Palm Beach this season.  This festival will include Face painting - Chanukah Crafts - Edible Art - Delicious Latkes & Doughnuts - Dreidels & Gelt - Glow in The Dark Shtick - Raffles with lots of exciting prizes - FREE Admission for ALL!  Be ready to photograph these precious moments and bring along the grandparents!  

Pinecrest Gardens will become haunted by four-legged ghouls and their scary human companions on Sunday, Oct. 30, as Paws 4 You celebrates Howl-O-Ween. It is a fun family and pet day filled with great activities for all themed around Halloween.  It takes place from 12-5 p.m. and will feature tricks and treats, a costume contest, a Doggie Fun Zone Agility course, food, drinks, live entertainment, a spooky Kids’ Zone and pumpkin patch photos and many other activities. Best of all, Paws 4 You will have adoptable dogs at the event.

A.D. Barnes Park in Miami-Dade county will be offering a weekend of creepy fun at their A.D. Barnes Spooky Trail event.  The county invites your family to a SPOOK-TACULAR time!  This Halloween-themed event will feature trick or treating, a Bring-Your-Own-Pumpkin carving station, and a haunted walk through the park's trail. Please bring comfortable closed-toe shoes, insect repellent, and a flashlight.  This promises to be loads of fun for everyone!  Don't forget your pumpkin!

The 6th Annual Halloween Fall Fest, hosted by the Delray Beach Historical Society, is a favorite local family-friendly event.  The event is FREE TO THE COMMUNITY; donations are encouraged.  Spooky Pumpkin Patch, Costume Contest, History Exhibits, Ghost Stories & Fortune Teller, Popcorn & Cider Bar, Family Portraits, Games & Crafts, OUTDOOR MOVIE: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" ... and our famous BIG BAKE SALE!