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boats are going to be included as well! The
Christmas Boat Parade is a way to take a few
things we love most — family, celebrating,
and our water — and bring them together in
a festive holiday celebration!”
If this sounds like your kind of fun, grab
your lawn chair and your ice chest and head
out early to one of the following Christmas
boat parades:
Bayou Gauche Island (St. Charles Parish), LA:
The Bayou Gauche Island Holiday Boat
Parade begins at Gulfport Lake.
The annual
parade floats the waters surrounding Bayou
Gauche Island and boaters will throw beads
and candy to the crowds on shore. For
more information call 985.209.7098 or visit
neworleansplantationcountry.com/events/christmas-bayou-boat-parade.
Biloxi, MS:
The 31st Annual Christmas on the
Water Boat Parade will begin at 6 p.m. on
December 3rd at the Biloxi Lighthouse and
progress to Point Cadet. Fireworks will follow.
For more information call 228.617.3112 or visit.
biloxi.ms.us/christmas.Delcambre, LA:
The Delcambre Christmas
Boat Parade starts at the Delcambre Docks
(411 S. Richard St.). It’s fun for the whole
family as you watch lighted boats of all
sizes cruise Bayou Carlin while listening to
Christmas music. For more information call
337.658.2422 or visit
vermilion.org/events/delcambre-christmas-boat-parade.
Eden Isles, Slidell, LA:
Festively decorated
boats will light up the night in the Eden Isles
canals. The parade will start at the Tammany
Yacht Club dock in the Oak Harbor Marina,
process through the canals of Eden Isles and
return to the Tammany Yacht Club dock.
Gulf Shores, AL:
The 32nd Annual Lighted
Boat Parade
will begin at Lulu’s (200 E 25th
Ave, Gulf Shores) and end at Cobalt in Orange
Beach (28099 Perdido Beach Blvd.) For
more information call 251.981.2300 or visit
alabamacoastalchristmas.com/event/2016-lighted-boat-parade/.
Houma, LA:
The Ala Bayou Terrebonne Boat
Parade begins at dusk in Bayou Terrebonne
at the Bourg Volunteer Fire Station (4317
Highway 24). Decorated boats parade down
the bayou to Montegut, 3 miles passed Sacred
Heart Church. Families gather and light fires
lining the bayou sides. For more information
call 985. 594.2125 or
houmatravel.com/news-and-events/calendar/ala-bayou-terrebonne-
christmas-boat-parade1.
HOLIDAYS