Holiday Season Calendar of Events

The Downtown Naples Association has announced its calendar of events for the 2008 holiday season. Some of these are:

■ Naples Main Street Christmas Walk and Avenue of Lights on Thursday, Dec. 4, from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Santa and Naples Mayor Bill Barnett will light the 25-foot Christmas tree in Sugden Theater Plaza at 6 p.m.

■ Naples Christmas Parade on Tuesday, Dec. 9, starting at 6 p.m. from Broad Avenue South to Eighth Street South.

■ Tuba Christmas on Wednesday, Dec. 10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This features a tuba band playing Christmas carols in the Sugden Plaza.

■ Evening on Fifth on Thursday, Dec. 11, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with music, shopping and dining.

■ Moonlight Madness! on Saturday, Dec. 13, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. for a shopping event on Fifth Avenue South.

■ Community Hanukkah Celebration, on Monday, Dec. 22, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Sugden Theatre Plaza on Fifth Avenue South.

■ Downtown Naples New Year's Eve Art Festival, Dec. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with fine art exhibits.

More information: (239) 435-3742 or www.fifthavenuesouth.com.