Tallahassee Winter Festival draws thousands downtown for Jingle Bell Run, parade

It's beginning to look, sound and taste like Christmas as the city of Tallahassee celebrated the 36th annual Winter Festival – a Celebration of Lights, Music and the Arts downtown on Saturday.In addition to food vendors, unique arts and crafts merchants and sparkling holiday displays, this year’s Winter Festival included the family friendly Candy Cane Lane in McCarty Park, four stages of live entertainment, the Jingle Bell Run, which drew more than 1,000 runners, and a holiday parade down Monroe Street that included more than 70 floats and participants.

You can stroll through the holiday scenes of Candy Cane Lane nightly from 6-9 p.m. from Dec. 4-11.