Bella Gift Guide November 2025 by PensacolaBella

2025 Holiday GIFT GUIDE

Unique, local gifts for everyone on your list!

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S & K BOUTIQUE

4273 Woodbine Rd., Pace, Fl.; 850-310-9908

All items can be purchased in store or ordered via phone (shipping available).

Town Mug (Pensacola, Florida) $18.99 (11 oz)

Spongelle Body Buffers $18.99 (15+ scents available)

Gift Certificate available in store (Any amount)

Codeword 850 Hat $38

Hometown Proud Candles $25 (Scent options vary) Pensacola Tumbler $25 / Pensacola Shot Glass $10

Photo by: Kristina Wright of Transcending Dreams Photography

All I want for Christmas is…

Travel & experience

Travel bag

National Park Pass

Noise canceling headphones

Tickets to an upcoming sporting event/concert

Parasailing or dolphin watching

Digital camera

Instant camera

Tattoo session

Card games, board games

• Books, Kindle or Audible credits

• Cooking class

All I want for Christmas is…

Personal care & beauty

• Gift card for massage

• Perfume

• Manicure/pedicure

• Color analysis session

• Pajama set

• Slippers

• Favorite beauty product (lotion, makeup, skincare)

• Yoga class

All I want for Christmas is…

Home & kitchen

• Electric teapot

• Dutch oven

• Personalized cutting board

• Knife set

• Vacuum sealer

• Pellet ice maker

• Charcuterie board

• House cleaning service

• Plants

• Customized ring holder or jewelry box

• Quilt

• Towel warmer

• Candles

• Custom family photo ornament

All I want for Christmas is…

Food & drink

• Homemade breads, cookies, jams

• Meal service kit

• High-quality olive oil or balsamic vinegar set

• Gourmet popcorn

• Specialty coffee or tea sampler

• Hot sauce collection

• Local baked goods

• Unique spices or a spice set

• Flavored salts or finishing salts

• Local honey

• Monthly snack box

• Cheese club membership

• Restaurant gift card

• Quality wine, liquor or beer

Holiday Events

What’s happening in and around Pensacola this holiday season

November

Oct. 30 – Nov. 10: Pensacola Foo Foo Festival, Downtown Pensacola. Details and tickets at foofoofest.com. Featuring:

• Oct. 31 – Nov. 1: HizashiCon Anime Festival

• Nov. 2: Jazz for Justice

• Nov. 2: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons by Pensacola Symphony Orchestra

• Nov. 5: Rock the Runway

• Nov. 8: Night Moves

• Nov. 4 – 9: “The Luck”

• Oct. 30 – Nov. 9: “Somebody to Love”

• Oct. 30 – Nov. 9: “Wandering without Purpose” art exhibit

• Oct. 30 – Nov. 10: “Afterburn” aerial art exhibit

Nov. 1: Into the Woods – Artist’s and Farmer’s Marketplace, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Magnolia Acres Farmacy in Cantonment.

Nov. 1: 3rd Annual Fall Worship Festival, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. at 120 Church Street. Free entry.

Nov. 1, 14, 15, 26, 29: Pensacola Ice Flyers Home Hockey Games, $5 Night is Nov. 26. Tickets at iceflyers.com/ tickets.

Nov. 2: Creativity Gone Wild art exhibit, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Quayside Art Gallery.

Nov. 5: 9th Annual Holiday Haul, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Palafox.

Nov. 7: First Fridays at Blue Morning Gallery, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy art and refreshments.

Nov. 7 – 9: Pensacola Greek Festival, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.

Nov. 7 – 9: Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Seville Square Park.

Nov. 7 – 16: Frank Brown International Songwriters’ Festival at Flora-Bama Lounge.

Nov. 8: Christmas

Creations Holiday Market, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 6 E Wright Street.

Nov. 8: Coastal County Sausage Fest, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. at Coastal County Brewing.

Nov. 9: Coastal Cat Cafe Outdoor Market, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 311 E Government Street.

Nov. 9: Star Spangled Sail Veteran’s Day Boat Parade, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. at 15500 Perdido Key Dr.

Nov. 11: Veterans Day Parade

Downtown Pensacola at 9 a.m. Details at gcvacflalms.org.

Nov. 12 – 13: EntreCon Business and Leadership Conference, 8:30 a.m. –4:30 p.m. at Pensacola Little Theater.

Nov. 13: Sip n Shop and Hang with the Artists, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at The Unique Boutique.

Nov. 14 – 15: Blue Angels

Homecoming Air Show details at naspensacolaairshow.org.

Recurring Events

MONDAYS

• Dog Run Club, 6 p.m. at Perfect Plain Brewing.

• BTB Comedy Open Mic, 6 p.m. at Odd Colony Brewing.

FRIDAYS

• Check out Live Music at Lillian’s Pizza 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

SATURDAYS

• Palafox Market, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Dr. Martin Luther King Plaza and Plaza Ferdinand.

• Live music featuring the Glenn Parker Band, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. at Five Sisters Blues Café.

• Latin Night, 10 p.m. at Senor Frog’s in Pensacola Beach.

SUNDAYS

• Adult Roller Hockey Games, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Cowley Park. Register at app.teamlinkt.com/ register/find/pbhl.

WEDNESDAYS – SATURDAYS

• Dueling Pianos at Rosie O’Grady’s, beginning at 8 p.m. in Seville Quarter.

Check out The University of West Florida’s event page at events.uwf. edu for sports and other upcoming events.

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Nov. 15: Full Throttle for Vets: 5th Annual Show & Shine, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 7451 Pine Forest Road. Free for spectators.

Nov. 15: Fall Pensacola Food Truck Fest, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at Community Maritime Park 301 West Main Street.

Nov. 15: Curiosity Day: Puppetpalooza ages 7 and up, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Pensacola M.E.S.S. Hall. Details and tickets at pensacolamesshall.org.

Nov. 15: Fall Fish Fry, 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. at Coastal Brewing Company.

Nov. 16: Pensacola Egg Fest, BBQ fundraiser for charity, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Tickets at pensacolaeggfest.com.

Nov. 21: Gallery Night: Festival of Living Art, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Palafox Place.

Nov. 21: “A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage” at Saenger Theater. Details and tickets at pensacolasaenger.com.

Nov. 21 – Dec. 24: Pensacola Winter Fest details and tickets at pensacolawinterfest.org. Featuring:

• Nov. 28: Elf Parade 12:30 p.m. –3 p.m. Starts at 2 p.m. on Palafox

• Mistletoe Magic

• Peanuts Tour

• Polar Express Tour

• Grinch’s Merry Match

• Photos with Grinch

• Scrooge Tour

• Photos with Santa

• Nov. 30: Flea Market Extravaganza 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at 301 W Main Street. $2 entry fee.

December

Dec. 3 – 7: Snow Ball Derby at 5 Flags Speedway. Tickets and details at 5flagsspeedway.com.

Dec. 5: First Fridays at Blue Morning Gallery, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy art and refreshments.

Dec. 5 – 7, 12 – 14, 19 –23: Wahoos Winter Nights tickets at BlueWahoos. com.

Mention

Dec. 5, 6, 11, 20, 23, 27: Ice Flyers Hockey Home Games. Foundation Night Dec. 5, Military Appreciation Dec. 27. Tickets at iceflyers.com/tickets.

Dec. 6: Santa Drop 11 a.m. at FloraBama Lounge in Perdido Key.

Dec. 6: Christmas Caravan Arts and Crafts Show 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church.

Dec. 6: Into the Woods – Artist’s and Farmer’s Marketplace, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Magnolia Acres Farmacy in Cantonment.

Dec. 6: Pensacola Downtown Holiday Market, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at W Main Street. $5 entry.

Dec. 6: USO 13th Annual Airport Runway 5K beginning at Pensacola International Airport, 10 a.m. Details and tickets at runpensacola.com/event/ runway-5k.

Dec. 6: Curiosity Day: Papercraft ages 7 and up, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Pensacola M.E.S.S. Hall. Details and tickets at pensacolamesshall.org.

Dec. 6: “A Chocolate Covered Christmas Carol” 7 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. at Saenger Theater.

Dec. 7: Surfin’ Santa Beach Parade, beginning at 2 p.m. from Panferio Dr. to Via De Luna toward Casino Beach and ending at Gulfside Pavilion.

Dec. 11 – 12: Perdido Key Christmas Market, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Warrior Beer Company.

Dec. 11: Sip n Shop and Hang with the Artists, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Unique Boutique.

Dec. 13: 87th Annual Camellia Flower Show, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the UWF Conference Center.

Dec. 13: Pensacola Christmas Parade, 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. in Downtown Pensacola.

Dec. 13: The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Pensacola. Details and tickets at thedinnerdetective.com.

Dec. 13: Gino Rosaria’s Tenth Anniversary Christmas Charity Jazz Concert, 7 p.m. –10 p.m. at WSRE PBS Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio. Details and tickets at rosariamusicandarts.org.

Dec. 19: Gallery Night: Threads of Cheer, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Palafox Place.

Dec. 23: A Drag Queen Christmas, 7:30 p.m. at Saeger Theater. Tickets at pensacolasaenger.com

Dec. 31: Midnight Masquerade at Perfect Plain. Tickets at ticketsilver. com/perfectplain/tc-events/ midnight-masquerade-vipthe-well.

Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Fireworks, 11:55 p.m. at Casino Beach Boardwalk.

Holiday recipe

Want to impress at Christmas?

Try making this iconic French Yule log cake

By Celia Casey / Photos from Getty Images

Along with traditional American holiday foods, many of us bring a taste of ethnicity to the table as well. Whether it’s potato latkes and jelly donuts for Hanukkah, Italian seafood lasagna on Christmas Eve, Greek roast leg of lamb on Christmas Day or peanut soup for Kwanzaa, these foods tell a story of history, culture and faith. Many ethnic dishes, like the Italian panettone, a bread flavored with pine nuts and raisins, and the iconic French log-shaped cake, la buche de Noel, are becoming quite popular on American holiday tables. Do these ethnic dishes make you both hungry and curious? Why do

the French make a dessert shaped like a log? Sometimes, the history of the dish is as rich as its taste. This Yule log cake sprang from the Celtic tradition of celebrating the winter solstice. On the shortest day of the year, an enormous log was burned to symbolize the rebirth of the sun. Years later in France, it became a merry tradition on Christmas Eve for family members to haul a log to their homes. They would decorate, bless and sprinkle it with wine. Placed in the fireplace and lit, the log was used to cook the Christmas supper. The ashes were believed to have magical and medicinal powers, and were scattered under the furniture to protect the house from fires and

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Symbolic of this bucolic rite, the cake may have originated as a simpler way of celebrating this tradition. Other stories credit Napoleon I with inspiring its creation when he outlawed the use of drafty fireplaces during a sickly cold Parisian winter. With no way to burn the traditional Yule log, bakers invented the cake as a replacement for their traditions of the hearth.

This delicious festive cake is not difficult to make. A long flat genoise, or sponge cake, is moistened with rum or Cognacspiked simple syrup. Whipped cream is spread on top of the cake, which is rolled into a log. One end is cut off and placed on top to resemble a cut branch. The cake is covered with a buttercream icing and given a bark-like texture. Green holly leaves, red berries and a dusting of powdered sugar snow decorate the log. Whether you are savoring the foods of your ancestors or adopting an ethnic dish to begin your own traditions, food, feast and family bring us together.

MAKING A BUCHE DE NOEL GENOISE CAKE

Ingredients

• Jelly roll pan, approximately 12 by 17 inches — butter and flour the pan

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla; melt the butter, stir in the vanilla and set aside

• 3 eggs

• 1 egg yolk

• ½ cup sugar

• Copper, stainless or heat resistant glass bowl

• ½ cup all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl. Place the bowl over a saucepan of hot water. Beat the mixture with an electric hand mixer until double in volume (3 to 4 minutes).

2. Remove from the hot water and continue to beat until thick, cool and glossy (5 minutes).

3. Gradually sift in the flour and fold in gently. Fold in the flavored butter.

4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Do not overbake the cake.

6. Invert on a cake rack and cool.

7. Roll between two sheets of waxed paper and refrigerate until ready to use.

SYRUP

Ingredients

• ¼ cup hot water

• 1 tablespoon sugar

• 2 tablespoons rum or Cognac

• Directions

• Stir the sugar into the water until dissolved.

• Stir in the rum.

• Set aside.

• Buttercream icing

• Ingredients

• 3 ounces milk chocolate

• ¼ cup water

• 1/3 cup sugar

• 3 egg yolks

• 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened

• Red and green food coloring (for holly leaves and berries)

Directions

1. Melt the chocolate in a small bowl over a saucepan of hot water.

2. Combine the water and sugar and bring to a boil. Boil for two minutes.

3. Place the yolks in a bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer.

4. Pour the hot sugar water very slowly over the yolks, beating constantly. Beat for about five minutes, until thick and pale yellow. Continue to beat and add the butter, bit by bit, until smooth.

5. If decorating with holly leaves and berries, remove three tablespoons of the icing and set aside.

6. Add the melted chocolate to the remaining buttercream and beat until smooth.

7. Color a small amount of the reserved buttercream red, and the rest green.