Hey, everyone!
Chrissa here and the Christmas lights in Mt Dora are some of my favorite
throughout the holiday season, if you are thinking about heading over to Mt.
Dora, I'm going to go over all of the details to help you plan your visit.
So let's get into it.
Every holiday season, the city of Mount Dora puts up over
2 million lights in their beautiful downtown area.
You are able to see these lights all season
until the beginning of February, and the best thing about this display
in Mount Dora is that it's absolutely free to visit.
The main display is located in downtown Donnelly Park,
but you can find lights throughout the entire downtown
area while walking around all of the locally owned shops.
Also, make sure to walk down
to Sunset Park to check out the famous
dancing Christmas tree down fourth Avenue.
Throughout the month of December,
there are several events that you'll want to try and catch,
in the beginning of the month is the Mount Dora Christmas Walk, which is an evening
that is geared towards great shopping and dining available in the downtown area.
My favorite night to go is the night of the Mount Dora Christmas Boat Parade.
This year the Mount Dora Christmas Boat Parade fell on Saturday, December
4th and lands on the same night as the Mount Dora
Marina opens up for their annual Toys for Tots event.
This event is the one at night where the owner
will allow you on the grounds to walk through this display.
In order to enter, you'll either have to do a cash donation
or donate a brand new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.
The display at the Mount Dora Marina is one of the largest privately
owned displays of lights in the state of Florida,
and I've always enjoyed walking around the area from the boathouse
that's completely covered in lights from head to toe all the way to the cute
little details like this moving swing of teddy bears,
this Snoopy and Woodstock in this inflatable plane,
a set of drummer boys and this really cute family of snowmen.
In this grassy area over here is a full
reindeer field surrounding this light Christmas tree.
And at the beginning, right in
the entrance is one of my favorite parts of the display, which is a ferris wheel,
and of course, you can't forget Santa and his reindeer.
If you do want to head to Mount Dora during this weekend
for any of these events, I highly recommend coming a little bit
earlier to make sure that it's a bit easier to find parking.
There are several parking lots in the area, and the main one is
going to be at the end of Donnelly Street, but it does fill up quickly.
There is also street parking available throughout the neighborhoods
surrounding the downtown area, but get there early during the day,
especially on the weekend, to make sure that you can grab a spot.
If you do want to head to Lake Dora to see the Christmas Boat Parade,
one of my favorite places to view it is at the end of Grantham
Point, which is where the famous Mt Dora lighthouse is.
As you're heading there, you'll get to walk through the Greeting Card Lane,
where there are oversize greeting cards from multiple businesses in the area.
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When you get to the end of the Grantham Point, you'll get to spot
where you'll be able to see the Christmas boat parade pretty clearly.
For one night only boats travel from the Mount Dora
lighthouse all the way along the shoreline towards Tavares
and each year several boats come to show off the lights
in this parade for a parade that lasts several hours long.
So if you want to stay and watch the entire thing, I highly recommend
bringing some chairs or maybe a blanket and just to get comfortable.
During the parade you'll see a bunch of really unique boats like these ones.
I do want to warn you, though, that while you're here,
the bugs can get a little out of control and there have been quite a number
of mosquitoes.
So if you do plan
to stay for the boat show, you might want to bring some bug spray.
If you're looking for another fun
Christmas event to do throughout the state of Florida, you'll
want to check out my next video that just popped up on the screen.
Until next time, everyone!
I hope you have an amazing holiday season and go out and
enjoy some Florida sunshine.