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FamilyCalendar Saturday, December 7
Preschool Art Time: Car Ornaments 10-11 a.m. Pensacola Museum of Art. First and third Fridays for ages 2-5 years old with caregiver. Cost: $6/members and $8/non-members, per class. Register at www.pensacolamuseum.org/ or call (850) 432-6247. Winterfest at St. Mary’s 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 6849 Oak Street, Milton. For details, see December 6 listing. Panhandle Community Theatre Presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 7:30 p.m. 4646 Woodbine Road, Milton. For details, see December 5 listing. Pensacola Museum of Art’s Art Academy for Autism: Youth 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. for ages 5-9; 1:30-3 p.m. for ages 1015. Art Academy for Autism is an arts education initiative designed for children and adults on the autism spectrum. Our program focuses on nurturing artistic development and abstract thinking skills within a group environment. Our art educators believe that self expression can help students build personal connections, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and learn a wide variety of artistic skills. Free program, sponsored in part by Autism Pensacola. For more info, visit pensacolamuseum.org or call (850) 432-6247.
Pensacola Ice Flyers vs. Huntsville Havoc 7 p.m. Pensacola Bay Center. For tickets or more info, visit www.pensacolabaycenter.com/ or call (800) 745-3000. Christmas Caravan Arts & Crafts Show 9 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave., Pensacola. Children’s activities on Saturday only. For other details, see December 6 listing. Lighted Boat Parade Leading up to the boat launch, a kids’ party will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at Shaggy’s Pensacola Beach. Parade begins at 6:30 p.m. from Sabine Marina around the Santa Rosa Sound to the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk where it will dock by about 7:30 p.m. Directly following, Santa will make his way to the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk Shell to greet children and a dazzling firework display will take place from the boardwalk at about 8 p.m. For those wanting to participate and compete in the Lighted Boat Parade, the deadline to register is Monday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. Entry fee is $35 per boat. For details, call (850) 932-1500 or e-mail penbeach@visitpensacolabeach.com.
Handel’s Messiah Performed by the Choral Society of Pensacola 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Saenger Theatre. For this performance, soprano Carla Connors, mezzo-soprano Monika Cosson, tenor Randall Black, and baritone Patrick Jacobs join a 70-voice community chorus and an orchestra of the area’s finest instrumentalists, conducted by artistic director Xiaolun Chen. Tickets start at $30. For tickets or more info, call (850) 595-3880 or visit www.pensacolasaenger.com/.
Santa’s Lego Building Party 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 223 Palafox Place, Pensacola. Be an elf in Santa’s workshop for a day! Children under age 12 are invited to build a lego creation in our Christmas courtyard, or bring their very own masterpiece from home. The top three creators will receive special prizes from Santa himself! For more info, call (850) 583-1365 or visit https://pensacolawinterfest.org/. 25th Annual Christmas in the Park & Navarre Community Christmas Parade 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 8543 Navarre Park, Navarre. There will be a Merry Market from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. for retail businesses featuring hand-crafted jewelry, wreaths, books, concessions and much more! The Silent Auction will end at 4 p.m. Admission to the public is free. The Annual Navarre Community Christmas Parade will begin at 1 p.m. at the Navarre Library and will end in the back parking lot behind Centennial. Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive by fire truck and will be available for photos with children as soon as the parade ends. A 20-foot Christmas Tree will be erected in the park with tree lighting at approximately 5 p.m., weather permitting. Call (850) 939-3267 or visit www.navarrechamberfoundation.org for more info. Annual Pensacola Lighthouse Museum Christmas Gala 3-7:30 p.m. 2081 Radford Boulevard, NAS Pensacola. Free admission with holiday fun for the whole family. Meet and greet with Santa and his elves; free cookies and hot cocoa; Pensacola’s
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