The City of Tampa loves a parade, so it had one last Saturday in honor of the trees lighting up in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Santa Fest. Citizens of all ages joined Tampa Mayor Jane Castor for an afternoon of music, letter writing, movies, face painting, and, yes, visits with the big guy.

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(L-R) Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, Ana Cruz, and Paola Suro at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on Dec. 7, 2024. Credit: Photo by Kimberly DeFalco
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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...