Christmas Winter Park-style

Christmas is everywhere in Winter Park. It doesn’t look like it does in other places.

Rifle Paper store front

Rifle Paper store front

We have snowmen made of oranges.

Florida-style Christmas

Rifle Paper windows are always creative

We have sunshine and palm trees.

Park Avenue

Park Avenue

We have lots and lots of tall oak trees. They are the pride of Winter Park. A few years ago some residents put their trees to good use. They hung large Christmas balls of light from their tall trees. It caused quite a sensation and now they are seen all over Winter Park. Our main street of shops and restaurants, Park Avenue, has red, green, blue, and white balls floating over the cars this year.

Lovely white balls hang from the trees in the neighborhood known as the Via's.

Lovely white balls hang from the trees in the neighborhood known as the Via’s

Some streets stick with classic white balls.

Purple balls seen on Palmer Avenue

Purple balls seen on Palmer Avenue

One house rebelled with purple.

 

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Gorgeously lit palms assure you are in Florida

No ornaments for this enormous lakefront house. Their spectacular palms steal the show during the day. With their Christmas lighting they are really incredible.

Enzian free movie night in the park

Enzian free movie night in the park

A fun event that takes place monthly in Winter Park is the Enzian sponsored Popcorn Flicks. (The Enzian is our treasured art house movie theatre.) The second Thursday of each month all are welcome to a free showing of a classic movie in Central Park. Families come with chairs, snacks, and blankets. Appropriately, this month’s film was “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”.

If you would like to bring Winter Park-style Christmas to your home this season contact Casa V.