Christmas parades and holiday lights in Orlando

Avalon Aglow (Avalon Park, east Orlando)

Christmas Lighted Boat Parade on Lake Dora

Look for the lead boat with the alligator on its side, then follow the fleet around the lighthouse at Grantham Point.

Clermont Christmas Parade

Tavares Christmas Parade and Festival

Winter Garden Christmas Parade

Winter Park Christmas Parade

More than 80 entries head south on brick-paved Park Avenue, high school drumlines and fire engines among them, and Santa comes last.

Kissimmee Festival of Lights Parade

Utility bucket trucks buried in lights and bikes wrapped in bulbs roll through Historic Downtown after dark.

Sanford Parade of Lights

Folding chairs claim the curb on First Street well before dark, and the lineup leans homemade.

Festival of Trees

More than 50 designer-decorated Christmas trees fill the galleries of the Orlando Museum of Art.

Dazzling Nights

Harry P. Leu Gardens is lit across all fifty acres for a ticketed after-dark walk, closer to an installation than a drive-through.

Jingle Eve (Ivanhoe Village)

Light Up Mount Dora

The tree in Sunset Park comes on after dark, fireworks follow, and the downtown lights stay up into the new year.

Now Snowing

Soap-flake snow falls on Market Street on the hour, at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m.

Christmas in the Park

The Morse Museum carries seven century-old Tiffany windows into the park, and the Bach Festival choir sings beneath the glass.

Light Up Winter Garden

Oh, What Fun! Holiday Festival (Lake Nona Town Center)

Winter on the Avenue

Cracker Christmas at Fort Christmas Historical Park

Blacksmiths and rope makers work under the live oaks at a fort replica in the actual town of Christmas.

Light Up the Holidays

Altamonte Springs lights the walkway around Cranes Roost Park, with a 60-foot tree and a choreographed fireworks show.