7 Festive Socially Distanced, Drive-Thru Holiday Events in Miami

We know the holidays are anything but normal this year—but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun and celebrate the season safely. All you have to do is follow these three steps: Grab your car keys, throw on an ugly sweater, and drive to one of these socially distanced Christmas light extravaganzas, including a handful of drive-thru experiences. Pro tip: Bring along a thermos of hot cocoa and a holiday playlist queued up on your phone. Don’t forget a few extra masks either.

Zoo Miami’s annual Zoo Lights adds a tropical spin to the holiday experience with more than a million twinkling lights in the shape of animals and palm trees and a 26-foot LED holiday tree. Nope, it doesn’t get more Miami than that. Through December 27.

Pinecrest Gardens is magical on a normal day—now imagine hundreds of thousands of twinkling lights scattered throughout the grounds. Walk (socially distanced, of course) through the botanical space’s Nights of Lights, ooing and ahhing at the sights. Plus, select nights include live music performances. Through January 3.

If you’re looking for a quick holiday light show, Gulfstream Park is it. The park’s annual Symphony of Lights features 250,000 twinkling LED lights set to the sounds of the Trans-Siberia Orchestra. From 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. nightly, 15-minute light shows begin at the top of the hour.