Holiday lights and Christmas events in Boynton Beach 2026

Holiday lights 2026 near Boynton Beach: Delray's 100-foot tree Dec. 1, Zoo Lights from Nov. 20, a drive-thru show from Nov. 27 and Santa at the mall Dec. 4-24.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. This page is updated each year at the same address. Dates come from each organizer’s own page, linked below. The city’s own tree lighting and boat parade have their own page: Christmas parade and tree lighting.

The holiday season around Boynton Beach runs from mid-November to New Year’s Day. Boynton Beach’s two big city events are the Holiday Tree Lighting on Saturday, Dec. 5, and the Holiday Boat Parade on Friday, Dec. 11; details, parking and the boat route are on our parade and tree lighting page. This page covers the rest: light displays, Santa, menorah lightings and holiday programs nearby.

Dates	What	Where
Nov. 20 to Jan. 3	Zoo Lights	Palm Beach Zoo, West Palm Beach
Nov. 27 to Dec. 27, select nights	Lights 4 Hope drive-thru light show	Okeeheelee Park, West Palm Beach
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 6 to 9 p.m.	Delray’s 100-foot Christmas Tree Lighting	Old School Square, Delray Beach
Dec. 4-24	Photos and visits with Santa	Boynton Beach Mall
Saturday, Dec. 5, 4 to 10 p.m.	Boynton Beach Holiday Tree Lighting	Centennial Park, 120 E. Ocean Ave.
Sunday, Dec. 6, 6 to 9 p.m.	Chanukah Festival and Menorah Lighting	Old School Square, Delray Beach
Friday, Dec. 11, 6 to 9 p.m.	Holiday Boat Parade watch party, with Santa	Boynton Harbor Marina
Saturday, Dec. 26, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.	Jolly Jamboree	Sugar Sand Park Community Center, Boca Raton

Who to call

Boynton Beach city events: 561-742-6024, events@bbfl.us

Boynton Beach Mall: 561-736-7900

Downtown Delray Beach Development Authority: 561-243-1077

Light displays

Delray’s 100-foot Christmas Tree, Delray Beach. Santa lights the tree at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, during a 6 to 9 p.m. Yuletide Festival at Old School Square, about five miles south. Visitors can step inside the tree to see animated holiday scenes telling the story of the “Village by the Sea,” and Santa’s Holiday Village has ice skating, a carousel, mini golf and Santa’s house. Atlantic Avenue closes to traffic from Swinton Avenue to Northeast Fifth Avenue that night. The tree and village stay up through New Year’s Day, according to the Downtown Development Authority. The tree began at 50 feet in 1993 and grew to 100 feet two years later for the city’s centennial.

Zoo Lights, Palm Beach Zoo, West Palm Beach, Nov. 20 to Jan. 3. After-hours holiday lights with a towering Christmas tree, a space for nightly menorah lighting during Hanukkah, free activities with Santa and Mrs. Claus, a projection-lit Polar Wonderland and a glowing pathway with s’mores at the end. Some nights are 21 and over. Tickets and nightly schedule: Zoo Lights.

Lights 4 Hope Holiday Light Show, Okeeheelee Park, West Palm Beach. A drive-thru show of more than 2 miles with dancing lights and synchronized displays, run by a nonprofit that helps families of seriously ill children. Its 2026 tentative dates, weather permitting:

Nov. 27-29, Dec. 4-6 and Dec. 11-13 (Fridays through Sundays)
Dec. 18-23, nightly
Closed Thursday, Dec. 24; open Friday, Dec. 25, and Saturday, Dec. 26
Sunday, Dec. 27, final night: bikes only 6 to 8 p.m., then cars 8 to 9 p.m.

Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 to 9 p.m. Sundays and select weeknights. Enter Okeeheelee Park at the west entrance; the show is at the rear of the park near Micanopy Pavilion. Source: the Lights 4 Hope events page.

Santa

Boynton Beach Mall, Dec. 4-24: photos and visits with Santa, 801 N. Congress Ave. (mall events).
Holiday Boat Parade, Friday, Dec. 11: Santa visits the city’s watch party at Boynton Harbor Marina, 735 Casa Loma Blvd., 6 to 9 p.m. (city holiday page).
Delray’s Santa’s Holiday Village: meet Santa inside his house beside the 100-foot tree.

Hanukkah

Hanukkah 2026 begins at sundown Friday, Dec. 4. Downtown Delray Beach’s Chanukah Festival and Menorah Lighting is 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at Old School Square (details). Palm Beach Zoo’s Zoo Lights has a nightly menorah lighting space during Hanukkah.

Holiday programs for kids

Boca Raton’s recreation department, about 11 miles south, runs holiday-break programs at the Sugar Sand Park Community Center, listed on its Holiday Fun-tacular page:

Make It, Take It, Gift It DIY workshop, ages 5 and up, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22; $12 for residents, $15 for others.
Jolly Jamboree, all ages, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26; $10 a person at the front desk.
Do You Want to Paint a Snowman, ages 5 and up, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Boynton Beach’s own Holiday Break Camp for ages 5 to 12 runs Dec. 21-23, Dec. 28-30 and Jan. 4 at the Carolyn Sims Center, 225 NW 12th Ave.; see the city’s camps page.

Closures

The Boynton Beach City Library is closed Dec. 24 and 25, and there is no trash pickup and no make-up day on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25; Christmas Eve pickup is normal. Sources: the library and the city’s pickup schedule.

What this means for you

Delray’s tree lighting is Tuesday, Dec. 1; Boynton’s is Saturday, Dec. 5.
Lights 4 Hope runs mostly on weekends until Dec. 18; check the nights before you drive.
Christmas Day trash is skipped with no make-up day.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I see Christmas lights near Boynton Beach in 2026? Delray Beach lights its 100-foot tree Tuesday, Dec. 1, and it stays up through New Year’s Day. Palm Beach Zoo’s Zoo Lights runs Nov. 20 to Jan. 3, and the Lights 4 Hope drive-thru at Okeeheelee Park opens Nov. 27.

Is there a drive-thru light show near Boynton Beach? Yes. Lights 4 Hope runs a drive-thru show of more than 2 miles at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach on select nights from Nov. 27 to Dec. 27, 2026, 6 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 to 9 p.m. Sundays.

Where can kids see Santa in Boynton Beach? Boynton Beach Mall has photos and visits with Santa Dec. 4-24, 2026. Santa also visits the city’s Holiday Boat Parade watch party at Boynton Harbor Marina on Dec. 11.

Is there a menorah lighting near Boynton Beach? Downtown Delray Beach holds its Chanukah Festival and Menorah Lighting 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, 2026, at Old School Square.