{"id":3546,"date":"2015-09-16T12:39:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T12:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expedia.blog.ca.sandwave.dev\/stories\/key-west-christmas-top-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T19:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:16:27","slug":"key-west-christmas-top-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.ca\/stories\/key-west-christmas-top-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"A Key West Christmas: Top Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want a break from the cold this Christmas? Want to go to a town where real people live? Where you\u2019ll be greeted on the street-often with a huge smile and the comment, \u201canother perfect day in paradise\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, total strangers will say this to you in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.ca\/Key-West.d1187.Destination-Travel-Guides\">Key West<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.ca\/Key-West-Florida-Keys-Hotels.0-n6062965-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\">Key West<\/a> is quirky and cozy. It offers music, art, theatre, and history. It also offers a Saturday night feel every night of the week on Duval Street. Throughout the month of December there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keywestholidayfest.com\">seasonal celebrations<\/a> to make a Key West Christmas special. Events like the lighting of the Harbor Walk of Lights, tours of historic decorated inns, and a holiday parade. And there\u2019s more\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8917\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/expedia.blog.ca.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Duval-Street-Key-West.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8917\" src=\"http:\/\/expedia.blog.ca.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Duval-Street-Key-West.jpg\" alt=\"Duval Street in the early morning.\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duval Street in the early morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Six recommendations for a festive Key West Christmas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Key West Holiday Parade-Dec. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keywestcity.com\">hometown parade<\/a> complete with marching groups and floats presented by churches, civic organizations, businesses, and neighborhood and school groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)\u00a0Hot Pink Holidays-Dec. 3-6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LGBT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotpinkholidays.org.\">Hot Pink Holidays<\/a> is full of festive activities and special retail opportunities on the island. Events include holiday lights tours, a hometown holiday parade experience, and Christmas caroling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Schooner Wharf Bar &amp; Galley Lighted Boat Parade-Dec. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Festively decorated kayaks, fishing\u00a0and pleasure\u00a0craft, small yachts,\u00a0and schooners glitter Key West\u2019s Historic Seaport during the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoonerwharf.com\">\u00a0Annual Schooner Wharf Bar Lighted Boat Parade<\/a>. Spectators can view the dozens of participating vessels from Schooner\u00a0Wharf as well as\u00a0resorts, bars, and restaurants in and around the Historic Seaport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) House &amp; garden Christmas tour-Dec. 27-28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oirf.org\">The Annual Key West House &amp; Garden Tour<\/a> showcases festively dressed Key West homes and gardens. Tickets are $30 and proceeds benefit the Old Island Restoration Foundation\u2019s museums, collection, and education, grant, and scholarship programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)\u00a0A Weiner Wonderland &#8211; Dec. 31<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Annual Key West Dachshund Walk involves about 200 dachshunds and their owners taking a noontime New Year&#8217;s Eve stroll through the island&#8217;s picturesque downtown. Spectators can watch the fun and meet the canine participants on Fleming Street between Whitehead and Duval streets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8918\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/expedia.blog.ca.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Orchids-in-Key-West.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8918\" src=\"http:\/\/expedia.blog.ca.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Orchids-in-Key-West.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas with orchids growing wild everywhere. So much to love about Key West.\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas with orchids growing wild everywhere. There&#8217;s so much to love about Key West.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>6)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>A Key West New Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to celebrate New Year&#8217;s Eve in Key West.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cConch Shell Drop\u201d at Sloppy Joe&#8217;s Bar, 201 Duval Street<\/li>\n<li>The descent of a super-sized red high-heeled shoe carrying drag queen Sushi at the Bourbon St. Pub\/New Orleans House complex, 724 Duval Street<\/li>\n<li>The lowering of a pirate wench from atop a tall ship\u2019s mast at the Schooner Wharf Bar, 202 William Street<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSplashdown\u201d of a Key lime wedge into a giant margarita glass at Ocean Key Resort and Spa, 0 Duval Street.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>What would you like to do in Key West?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want a break from the cold this Christmas? Want to go to a town where real people live? 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