YEAR IN PICTURES: December, 2011

Shirley Goodman has been tap dancing for 80 years.

Nick Slemick and Arianne Shedlock participated in the Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade in December.

Charlotte Jaffe gets some help with the atlatl (spear thrower) from Jessie Ploss in December at New College’s Public Archaeology Lab.

Brett Blair was one of the winners of the hula-hoop contest in December at the Hudson Bayou Neighborhood Association’s annual neighborhood picnic.

Cole Miller, 7 months, was dressed in his own Santa suit in December during Healthy Families Sarasota’s Holiday Party at FirstBaptist Sarasota’s Family Life Center.

Each of the boats in this year’s 25th annual Sarasota Christmas Boat Parade of Lights featured a unique theme.

Blythe Snyder, 7, laughs as she goes down the snow slide in December at the South Village Holiday Stroll.

Indiana Martinez examines a piece done by Tim Jaeger at s/ART/q’s December opening night reception of the exhibit, "THIRTEEN."

Girls swing their legs off the side of the stage during a company meeting at the Sarasota Ballet School's December performance of "A Nutcracker Sweet" at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center.