{"id":41327,"date":"2025-11-10T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41327\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:58:10","slug":"three-ways-to-start-celebrating-the-holidays-in-tampa-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41327\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways to start celebrating the holidays in Tampa this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ACredit: Foto Bohemia \/ Strategic Property Partners<\/a><\/p>\n

Hold onto your Halloween candy. Tampa is going full holly jolly holiday this week with three major celebrations across downtown and Ybor City. <\/p>\n

Santa will be at Sparkman\u2019s Wharf\u2019s \u201cWinter Wonder Wharf<\/a>\u201d when it lights a 30-foot Christmas tree (there\u2019s also an AR Workshop with holiday crafts for all ages). <\/p>\n

Half a mile away, Water Street Tampa decks its halls for a \u201cSeason Spectacular<\/a>,\u201d the official lighting of the neighborhood to start the holiday season. <\/p>\n

For more holiday festivities, hop on the Channel District trolley and head to Ybor City\u2019s E 7th Ave. Hotel Haya offers $50 \u201cPawliday Portrait<\/a>\u201d photo experience for folks and their pets, as well as a no-cover pawliday market with a\u00a0 build-your-own cocoa bar, pup cups and adoptable animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Find more holiday events in our calendar at community.cltampa.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

This article appears in Nov. 6 \u2013 12, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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