Credit: WINK News. The City of Bonita Springs has a packed holiday event season in downtown Bonita Springs this year. The City of Bonita Springs will host a free Holiday Stroll event throughout Riverside Park, from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1, with the park sparkling with holiday lights and holiday-themed photo opportunities. Holiday music will play throughout the park from dusk to 9 p.m. nightly unless an event is scheduled. The city will host its annual Holiday in the Park event on Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This event is free for the community. The event will include festivities such as a snow slide and flurries in the park, live entertainment, dance performances, school band performances and a visit from Santa. During the event on Dec. 5, there will be a road closure on Old U.S. 41 Road between Wilson Street and Ragsdale Street, starting at 3:30 p.m. The City of Bonita Springs will host a holiday-themed Movies in the Park event on Dec. 8. The animated holiday movie, A Christmas Carol, will be shown. The movie starts at dusk and is free for the community.