The St. James City Christmas Boat Parade will return Saturday, Dec. 12, starting at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Bringing a festive fleet of decorated boats to the community\u2019s waterways, the route will begin at the Henley Canal, move on to the Cherry Canal and end on the Monroe Canal, past Low Key Tiki.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe St. James City Christmas Boat Parade is a community holiday tradition that brings boaters, residents and visitors together for a festive display on the water,\u201d organizers reported. \u201cThe event celebrates the creativity, community spirit and waterfront character of St. James City.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s theme is \u201cStars, Stripes and Santa Lights.\u201d<\/p>\n
In keeping with the theme, boaters are invited to participate by combining patriotic spirit with holiday cheer in celebration of the country\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n
Organizers reported that spectators can expect vessels decked out in red, white and blue and glowing stars this year, along with Santa-inspired displays and colorful Christmas lights.<\/p>\n
Free to attend, residents and visitors are encouraged to gather along the parade route \u2014 from the shorelines, restaurants and canal-front areas \u2014 for an evening of holiday fun and waterfront celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe invite everyone to come down, enjoy the festivities and join in the holiday cheer,\u201d organizers reported.<\/p>\n
For more information about participating, contact Kim at Kmichelsen22@gmail.com.<\/p>\n
For more information about the event, contact Boat Parade Organizer Capt. Paul Michelsen at 907-952-5378.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. James City Christmas Boat Parade will return Saturday, Dec. 12, starting at 6 p.m. Bringing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-446384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}