{"id":69669,"date":"2025-12-03T14:59:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/69669\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:59:29","slug":"two-holiday-boat-parades-to-check-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/69669\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Holiday Boat Parades to Check Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Marine-Industries-Association-of-the-Treasure-Coast-will-host-the-Martin-County-Christmas-Boat-P.jpeg\" alt=\"The Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast will host the Martin County Christmas Boat Parade December 6\" width=\"696\" height=\"462\"  \/>The Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast will host the Martin County Christmas Boat Parade December 6.Martin County<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Organized by the Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast (MIATC) and slated to set float December 6 at 6 p.m., the <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mcchristmasboatparade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Martin County Christmas Boat Parade <\/a>begins at the inlet near Sandsprit Park and loops counterclockwise through Manatee Pocket. The parade then heads up the St. Lucie River and ends at the downtown Stuart docks for a grand finale. \u201cWe are hoping to have 50 boats this year,\u201d says Lauren DeLuca, chair of this year\u2019s event. \u201cIt is exciting to bring the holiday spirit to the community. Everybody enjoys seeing the boats lit up and kicking off the holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Know Before You Go<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Try these five prime spots to view the Martin County Christmas Boat Parade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Parade Kickoff: Sandsprit Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Mid-Route: Stuart Causeway, Roosevelt Bridge, Manatee Pocket<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Finale: Downtown Stuart Riverwalk<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-St.-Lucie-County-Christmas-Boat-Parade-returns-December-13.-Photo-courtesy-of-Adobe-Stock-1024x6.jpeg\" alt=\"The St. Lucie County Christmas Boat Parade returns December 13. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\"  \/>The St. Lucie County Christmas Boat Parade returns December 13. Photo courtesy of Adobe StockSt. Lucie County <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to the Martin County Christmas Boat Parade, MIATC sponsors the <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/slcxmasboatparade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Lucie County Christmas Boat Parade <\/a>December 13 at 6 p.m. An expected 50 boats will line up for the parade route, which runs from the South Causeway Bridge in Fort Pierce to the Fort Pierce Inlet, looping back at the Square Grouper Tiki Bar and then westbound to the Fort Pierce Turning Basin. Event Chair Don Spaeth says residents who can\u2019t make it out to see the parade can watch it live streamed on <a href=\"http:\/\/treasurecoast.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">treasurecoast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Know Before You Go<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Here are nine of the best places to get a good look at the St. Lucie County Christmas Boat Parade from dry land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Parade Kickoff: South Causeway Bridge, Museum Pointe Park, Summerlin Dock<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Mid-Route: Chuck\u2019s Seafood, On the Edge Bar &amp; Grill, Manatee Island Bar &amp; Grill<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Finale: Inlet Linear Park, Square Grouper Tiki Bar, Cobb\u2019s Landing<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast will host the Martin County Christmas Boat Parade December 6.Martin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-69669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69669","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=69669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}