- December 17, 2024
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With the sun setting earlier, Gulf of Mexico Drive seems darker these days during the holiday season.
Not to fear because your favorite holiday displays are here.
Longboaters pulled through with some fun, festive decorations this year. Here are some must-add spots for your holiday lights tour of Longboat Key.
You can’t have a Florida Christmas without some palm trees festooned with lights. Right next to Publix, Bays Isles Parkway is sparkling with holiday joy as you exit back to Gulf of Mexico Drive.
With a switch-up from last year, the trees are bejeweled with multi-colored lights instead of the simple white lights they were in previous years.
These simple decorations make driving around Longboat more festive.
The Aquarius Club is the main event when driving down Gulf of Mexico Drive this year.
Powdered with an archway of white lights crawling up its trees, it creates a festive ambiance. For a pop of color, multi-colored strings and tree-shaped lights hang from its branches.
Santa is always watching as you drive down of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Longboat Harbour Condominiums takes the award of most festive with its red and green lanterns, white twinkle trees, large ornaments and giant presents.
You also can't miss Santa's reindeer peeking out behind the sign as you pull in to enter.
Adding to the list of best holiday houses on the Key, Country Club Shores brings some of our favorites with their bright display of lights.
For the second year in a row, this house brings its multi-colored holiday display for some Christmas joy. If you're lucky, you might see its beautiful Christmas Tree in the window.
It is hard to miss this display while driving down Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Red, white and green.
These classic colors of Christmas don't hurt in decorating. Palm trees are lit with these colors between a field of white twinkle lights and decorations in the Village.
Also, for a second year in a row, this house takes the cake for the best holiday house on Longboat Key.
The mix of the palm trees with festive colors, to its Christmas garland and wreath, makes it a beautiful stop on the holiday tour. The big ornament in the middle adorned with snowflakes ties in everything for the perfect holiday flair.
Don't forget to catch a peek at the side of The Sea Club I Beach Resort building for a festive message. Windward Bay also has a beautiful set of wooden reindeer as you enter its complex.
Lastly, make sure to drive by Longboat Key Fire House Station 92 to see it lit up with an assortment of colorful lights and a giant blow-up Firefighter Santa.
