The holiday photos you take today will be the memories you cherish tomorrow and because free time is rare, we think that your holiday getaway to Port Aransas and stay in our La Mirage holiday hideaways would be the perfect time to put together some holiday photo sessions. Taking the been there, done that out of your traditional photos and adding in a whole lot of wow, sure to be the envy of who receive their own copy of the resulting photos. This guide to the best places to take holiday photos in Port Aransas will make it impossible to take a bad photo, ensuring that your memories will be safely memorialized throughout time.
Where To Take Holiday Photos In Port Aransas
All Christmas activities in Port A begin with a visit to Roberts Point Park where a sand Santa sculpture takes a starring role in your celebrations and in your pictures. Providing a whimsical backdrop, no one can keep a straight face when they see Sand Santa, created by the world’s most talented sand sculptors, peeking over your shoulder, this unique attraction is popular with selfie takers and family photo enthusiasts. Taking center stage at Roberts Point Park from Thanksgiving through the New Year, you can pose with a genuine smile on your face and in your heart.
Oh Christmas Tree
Our holiday photos often feature a Christmas tree in the background and during your Port A getaway you will have multiple choices for posing in front of one. Stick with the sand theme and create your own sandy Christmas tree with a photo shoot on the beaches of Port Aransas, adding a prop of a colorful garland or star to add more cheer to your pic. Keep with the theme by donning holiday themed swimwear (we found a large selection on Amazon, in case you didn’t know such a thing existed!) and be sure to keep the camera handy as you work together as a family to create your sandy tree. Another popular photo location takes us back to Roberts Point Park, where the Memorial Christmas Tree (decorated with cards and photos of those who are no longer with us) awaits its chance to star in your holiday photo shoot.
A Deeper Meaning
When you believe in celebrating the reason for the season, you may want your holiday photos to reflect that belief and the Chapel on the Dunes is where you should pose. Its white stucco exterior, peaked tile roof, and sandy landscape add an importance to the photos you take here and although Christmas pictures are generally taken in full color, we think the moody beauty of a black and white photo would add more depth to the pics you take in front of the Chapel on the Dunes. Tucked away behind a bed of sea oats and offering a series of stairs created from sand, rope, and wood that lead from the beach, this photo may be the one that garners the most interest from your friends and family.
Sunset on Mustang Island
Sunset is known as the Golden Hour for photography purposes and Mustang Island State Park will serve as the centerpiece for your holiday photos as well as providing hours of endless entertainment. Pose barefoot with your toes in the sand with your smiles shining brighter than the white sand beaches, the blue skies, and the fire in the sky, also known as sunset, providing a colorful backdrop to the pictures you will remember forever. While you are hanging out on Mustang Island, be sure to explore all the fun you can have after touching shore for the first time. Timing can be the difference between taking the best pictures you have ever taken or taking the ones that people will look at, nod over, and promptly forget, so keep an eye out for the magic moment when the flames of purple, red, gold, and yellow set the sky afire and snap quickly.
Designed to be an Integral Part of your Vacation Experience
Our La Mirage holiday hideaways are designed to be not just a place to rest your weary body, but to be an integral part of your vacation experience, and that includes being used as a backdrop to your family photos. Take the photos to the balcony that overlooks the turquoise waters of the Gulf and line up Brady Bunch style along the railing with all that stunning color adding a vibrancy to each snap. Set your phone or camera on a tripod and timer and let the pictures you take provide a natural charm as you gather round the dining room table with the feast you prepared in our fully equipped kitchens taking second billing. Matching pajama pics next to the tiny Christmas tree you added for holiday beauty, candid shots of smiling children with messy hair gloriously tearing into colorful wrapping paper; the opportunities for a perfect holiday picture are as endless as the ones for finding comfort will be. Contact us to reserve your favorite holiday haven today!
That first Christmas song you hear on the radio, the beauty of the Christmas decorations in neighborhoods and shopping areas lighting up the night, the joy of finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list, and the sparkle in your children’s eyes when they catch their first glimpse of Santa Claus at the local mall—there is magic in these moments, a magic that can be found anywhere in the world, and when you take your holiday journey to the sandy beaches of Port Aransas for a stay in our La Mirage Christmas condos, that magic grows even stronger. This guide to adding an extra sprinkle of enchantment to the magic of the holiday events in Port Aransas!
The Best Holiday Events in Port Aransas
This event starts a little earlier than most, but is there really a downside to finding your Christmas spirit (and a large selection of gifts for the people on your list) earlier than usual? In our eyes, it just leaves you more time to play and experience all the other wonders of this most wonderful time of year! The Nutcracker Market, held the weekend before Thanksgiving this year, is your first chance to find the perfect gift for the most perfect people in your life, your family and your friends. It offers pop-up shops of your soon to be favorite stores, arts and crafts created by the most talented people in the state, and of course, food, drink, and merriment!
City Holiday in the Park, Roberts Point Park, December 7
By December 7, Christmas season will be in full swing in Port A, and City Holiday in the Park celebrates the season with all the magic the holiday can hold. It offers a lighted golf cart parade that meanders through the park, each golf cart representing Christmas in a warm and whimsical way, holiday games, activities, and a VIP visit that will rocket the wonder level into the stratosphere, because of course, the main man himself, Santa, is going to be there, taking requests and posing for photos while making your children’s dreams come true!
Nautical & Nice Drive-thru Holiday Light Display, Roberts Point Park, December 7 through January 4
We remember the joy of a drive through the neighborhoods at Christmas, checking out and rating all the homes’ light displays, and we continue the tradition with our own children today, always starting with the Nautical & Nice Drive-thru Holiday Light Display. Blending the beauty of Christmas lights with the whimsy of the sea, visitors can meander through the park with their radios tuned to 89.7 FM (for the Christmas music, of course!), being dazzled by all that surrounds them. Chilly nights will encourage the use of Stanley mugs filled with hot cocoa, and because this event is a free one, you will have more money in your pockets to spend on Christmas gifts!
Holiday Shop Around, December 13, Various Locations in Port Aransas
Giving visitors and residents another chance to find the perfect gifts, Holiday Shop Around involves local merchants, special deals, and the probability that you will have to work very hard at not buying all the things for yourself! The shops in town celebrate the holidays with a day of super sales, sales that some say may even be better than Black Friday ones, so put on your comfortable shoes, grab your wallets and purses, and lose yourself in the fun and magic of Christmas shopping while saving even more money.
Lighted Boat Parade & Holiday Drone Show, December 14, Port Aransas Fisherman’s Wharf
The sea provides its own unique magic, and we think when you are sitting shoreside, watching the procession of colorfully decorated boats glide across the dark waters, that magic is magnified. Offering cash prices to the best decorated boats in each size category entices the captains to go all out, and as music plays, the moon shines, and the lights are reflected in the water, you may think nothing could top this moment. Of course, you would be wrong, because once the parade ends, attendees are invited to look to the stars, where the holiday drone show will be displayed! We have mixed feelings about drone technology under normal circumstances, but when the drones are lighting up the night sky with pure magic, we are 100% behind them!
Magic and Enchantment Will Be Yours with La Mirage
Believing in the magic of Christmas is easy when you choose La Mirage for your holiday hideaway. Contact us to reserve your favorite escape today! Search our rentals by bedroom here.