{"id":55869,"date":"2025-11-21T20:30:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55869\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:30:34","slug":"celebrate-the-holiday-season-with-st-petes-holidays-in-the-sunshine-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55869\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Holiday Season with St. Pete’s Holidays in the Sunshine City"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tCelebrate the Holiday Season with St. Pete’s Holidays in the Sunshine City<\/p>\n

Nov. 21, 2025 \u2013 The City of St. Petersburg is thrilled to unveil a festive and fun-filled lineup of events for the 2025 holiday season. From magical light displays to festive parades, there\u2019s something for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n

Holiday Schedule<\/p>\n

97th Annual Santa Parade and Tree Lighting \u2013 Saturday, Nov. 29, at 6:30 p.m. in downtown St. Pete.<\/p>\n

Snowfest \u2013 Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in North Straub Park, 400 Bayshore Dr. NE<\/p>\n

Holiday Movies in the Park start with pre-movie festivities at 6:30 p.m. followed by the movie at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 6 \u2013 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York at Vinoy Park, 701 Bayshore Dr. NE<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 13 \u2013 The Santa Clause at the Pinellas Pioneer Settlement, 3010 31st St. S, Gate 2<\/p>\n

Saturday, Dec. 20 \u2013 A Miser Brothers\u2019 Christmas at Huggins-Stengel Field, 1320 5th St. N<\/p>\n

DIY Giftwrapping \u2013 Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. Registration required.<\/p>\n

Santa\u2019s Calling \u2013 Dec. 9-11 from 6-9 p.m. This is not an in-person event. Free event. Registration required by Friday, Dec. 5.<\/p>\n

Gingerbread Building Contest \u2013 Saturday, Dec. 13, at the President Barack Obama Library. Two time slots available: 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Register online.<\/p>\n

S\u2019mores with Santa \u2013 Friday, Dec. 12, and Saturday, Dec. 13, from 5-7 p.m. at the Pinellas Pioneer Settlement. Admission is $5. Registration available online. Walk-ups welcome only for individuals participating in the Holiday Movie in the Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Meet Santa in the Park \u2013 December 13-23 from 6-9 p.m. at North Straub Park, 400 Bayshore Dr. NE<\/p>\n

Visit with Santa at the Library at the following locations:<\/p>\n

Monday, Dec. 15, at 10:30 a.m. at West Community Library at SPC-Gibbs Campus<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at North Community Library, 861 70th Ave. N<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 10:30 a.m. at Johnson Community Library, 1059 18th Ave. S<\/p>\n

Thursday, Dec. 18, at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the President Barack Obama Library, 3745 9th Ave. N<\/p>\n

Cocoa Night Hike \u2013 Saturday, Dec. 20, from 7-9 p.m. at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, 1101 Country Club Way. S. Admission is $5 per person. Register online.<\/p>\n

Chimney in the Trunk \u2013 Saturday, Dec. 20, from 1-4 p.m. at Thomas \u201cJet\u201d Jackson Recreation Center, 1000 28th St. S. Free event. No registration required.<\/p>\n

For more information on specific events and activities, please visit www.stpeteparksrec.org\/HolidayEvents<\/a> or contact the St. Petersburg Parks & Recreation Department at 727-893-7441. Events are co-sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg\u2019s Parks and Recreation and Library Systems Departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Holiday Season with St. Pete’s Holidays in the Sunshine City Nov. 21, 2025 \u2013 The City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-55869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55869","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=55869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}