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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.

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