There is no better way to celebrate Christmas than gathering your family at Gaylord Texan. Explore acres of twinkling lights, dozens of exciting activities, shows, and events, and for the first time ever, step into the world of Buddy the Elf in our all-new, Gaylord Hotels Original Experience, Mission: Save Christmas featuring Elf™.

Happening Thanksgiving weekend! Ring in the winter holiday cheer at ‘Home for the Holidays… A McKinney Christmas’ in Downtown McKinney. Experience a small-town feel with a big holiday spirit.  Thanksgiving weekend marks the 41st year for this hometown Christmas celebration founded in 1980. Visit the 14-block area of McKinney's 165-year-old commercial historic downtown for family activities, food, and entertainment. Enjoy a uniquely McKinney Christmas celebration with neighbors and visitors from near and far. It's an unforgettable experience and a great start to the holiday season!

Introducing North Pole Texas and a reimagined Peppermint Park, a new attraction featuring an interactive holiday experience, Christmas light display, and memorable moments with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Hilton Anatole invites guests to experience North Pole Texas and Breakfast with Santa. 

North Pole Texas is a guided 90-minute interactive event. Families board the Peppermint Park Train for a ride through the light display in the Anatole Sculpture Park. The train will deliver guests to the North Pole Texas Welcome station for their elf check-in. Children of all ages will participate in holiday activities including writing letters to Santa at the North Pole Mailroom, decorating cookies in Mrs. Claus’s kitchen, attend Elf Academy, create a take-home teddy bear at the Toy Workshop, take in Santa’s Magical Marionette Theater, boogie at the Reindeer Dance Party, tour the North Pole Mission Control Station, and capture the memorable family moments with photo ops on Santa’s Sleigh and a giant snow globe. For overnight guests, North Pole Texas also includes the Winter Wonderland Theater highlighting a holiday movie on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 pm. 

Overnight Hotel Guests receive a 30% discount on tickets ($30 adults, $25 children 2 to 16 years, free admission for children two years and under. Non-hotel guests may purchase tickets ($43 adults, $36 children 2 – 16, free admission for children two years and under, one child per paying adult) 

Winter is coming and Laughter League, in collaboration with
Shakespeare Dallas will ring in the holidays by gathering a band of merry
circus artists together to celebrate this most joyous time of year. Hosted by
the zany and dynamic clown duo Slappy and Monday, CircoMetropolis will engage audiences with spine-tingling acts, magical mirth, and
general mayhem, all presented under the idyllic setting of the Bavarian Big
Top! It plays at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater in Dallas from December 16 – January 2.

In addition to Slappy and Monday, the intimate, eclectic tent show
includes their endearing circus friends who will take audiences on an
unparalleled journey, which combines the dazzling, daring aura of Cirque du Soleil
with the madcap mirth of Saturday Night Live.

Opening Night, it will also be a holiday circus celebration
with a red-carpet arrival for more than 200 VIPs, young patients, and their
families courtesy of Heroes forChildren, a Dallas-based nonprofit organization providing social and
financial support to Texas families that have a child battling cancer.

Bedazzled by this amazing attraction as you drive through 4 million lights set along 2 miles of path. Hundreds of all-new displays in shapes of all kinds line and arch over the roads. Halfway through the drive get out of your car for a stop at Holiday Village where you will find food, gifts, Santa, Lighted Walk-Through Forest, and a holiday theater spectacular. The finale of the show is the world’s largest light tunnel. Open Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Eve.

The World’s Most Magical Christmas Light Maze & Village -- transforms Fair Park this holiday season. Guests embark on an unforgettable journey of awe and wonder at Enchant — a world where Christmas comes to life… and to light. Enchant Christmas is whimsical and wonderful down to the very last snowflake

For the past 35 years, the Trains at Northpark benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD), has delighted generations of Dallas families as one of our city’s premier holiday traditions. The display includes 1600 feet of track rolling from coast to coast on a whimsical rail journey across America.

Holiday at the Arboretum, presented by Reliant, has a new treasure that’s sure to get visitors in the holiday spirit: the Dazzling Musical Tree, a 50-foot-tall tree animated with more 42,000 lights and merry holiday tunes that play (check website for starting times). The holiday festival, which opens November 10 and runs through December 31, also features The Christmas Village, DeGolyer House with The Artistry of the Nativity and The 12 Days of Christmas.

Magic of Lights is a dazzling, drive-through holiday lights experience featuring favorite holiday scenes and characters of the season using the latest LED technology and digital animations. Experience Magic of Lights from the comfort and safety of your own car as you wind through the sparkling path of Little Elm’s favorite holiday tradition. One carload, one price.

Closed to cars 12/4 for walk-through night closed to all visitors 12/31

Snowday Dallas is back for a second year at Galleria Dallas after successful runs in 2020 and during this summer’s Pop! By Snowday's appearance. Adjacent to Santaland, guests will delight to find the acclaimed immersive exhibit has more than a dozen all new vignettes and visuals providing state-of-the-art touch-free technology and Hollywood-grade sets and styling.

Santa arrives at Galleria Dallas on Friday, Nov. 19, and will welcome guests from his Santaland Express on Level I near Banana Republic with a captivating experience and amazing visuals.

Featuring a quarter-mile of synchronized tunnels along with a FOUR STORY Christmas Tree and hundreds of light displays! ALL synchronized to your favorite hit Christmas music! If you're looking for incredible family entertainment.  

Open 7 days a week from November 5th through January 2nd, you won’t want to miss the Christmas spirit this show will bring to the entire family.

The Grand Ol' Christmas Show is a live, one-of-a-kind musical variety show bringing all-time favorite Christmas classics and original sketch comedy antics to theaters across Texas. An original by The Grand Ol" PRoduction Company, featuring "Texas Piano Man" Robert Ellis and Americana standout Blue Water Highway as well as a cast of the best artists and entertainers in Texas.

One ticket is all you need to experience BOTH parks! In addition to the Radiance! Light Show, at the ALL-NEW Frozen in Frisco, you’ll experience an outdoor Winter Carnival full of thrills, fun and magical memory-making moments unlike anything in North Texas! 

Soar down 2- story ice Tubing Hills, ice skate under the stars, throw snowballs made of REAL snow at Santa’s Snowball Toss, ride the Ferris wheel, Christmas Carousel and Train, spin out on Holiday Bumper Cars, and much more!

After a sold-out run in Los Angeles last year, The Elf on the Shelf’s Magical Holiday Journey is coming to Choctaw Stadium in Arlington (formerly Globe Life Park) with a one-of-a-kind, open-air experience to spread a Texas-sized serving of Christmas cheer!

With Christmas Spirit running low, Santa’s sleigh’s compass goes haywire, and Scout Elf Tiny Tinkerman and the Scout Elves need human help! Where’s the Lone Star State’s best place for finding cheer? Choctaw Stadium's dazzling star-filled concourse, of course! Join Scout Elf Tiny Tinkerman and the Scout Elves on a quest to collect the ingredients for Christmas Spirit, as you and your elf-loving crew magically shrink down to elf size and embark on a journey through twinkling wonderlands to set Santa and Christmas back on course!

The Texas Christkindl Market, one of the largest open ­air holiday markets in the Southwest. We hope you join us on us txchristkindlmarket.com and our social media channels from November 18 through January 2 to experience the German tradition of our Texas Christkindl Market!

Texas Christkindl Market will be open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am - 9 pm from November 18th through January 2nd, excluding Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Admission to the market is free, although Entertainment District parking fees may be applicable.

Journey through a magical moonlit forest along an enchanted path filled with starry lights to Santa’s majestic cabin, plus enjoy holiday performances, view the nation’s tallest indoor Christmas tree and more, all while getting some shopping done.

Cowboys Christmas Extravaganza powered by Reliant is a must-see 20-minute show that electrifies The Star with a powerful mix of game-day excitement and Christmas cheer on Tostitos Championship Plaza. Kicking off with the lighting of The Star’s 67-foot Christmas tree by a Dallas Cowboys alumni, Cowboys Christmas Extravaganza then leads into a holiday performance showcasing the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Dallas Cowboys Rhythm and Blue Dancers and Drumline, Cowboys Rookie Squad, mascot Rowdy, Santa Claus, and special appearances from Dallas Cowboys Football heroes.

Special guest appearances include:

• November 19 –  Jerry and Gene Jones
• November 20 – Miss Texas 2021, Mallory Fuller, Miss Dallas 2022, Jaelene Luper, and Miss Frisco 2022, Taylor Kilpatrick
• November 26  – Dixon Edwards and family
• November 27 – Jason Witten and family
• December 3 – Drew Pearson and Family
• December 4 – Joe Looney and Family
• December 10 – Chad Hennings and Family
• December 11 – Darren Woodson and Family
• December 17 – Bradie James and Family
• December 18 – Dat Nguyen and Family

Vitruvian Park transforms into a magical holiday wonderland during Vitruvian Lights. The most dazzling and spectacular time of the year is here!  Vitruvian Park transforms into a magical holiday wonderland during Vitruvian Lights; Friday, November 26, 2021 – Sunday, January 2, 2022.  Beginning November 27, tree lights will be on daily from 5:00pm – 11:00 pm. 

The Holiday lights and music will run daily 6-10 PM. This show is free to the public. Visitors may tune in to 107.3 FM on the radio in their vehicles or listen to the music piped through speakers as they take a walk through the Square. The light and music extravaganza is choreographed by Frisco’s own Jeff Trykoski (Illumimax, LLC). Celebrating its 16th year, the light show for Christmas in the Square features over 180,000 lights, 200 dancing snowflakes, 10 miles of wiring, and 8 miles of extension cords. Newly upgraded to feature 4,000 feet of roof edge LED RBG lighting and 3,000 feet of RBG color-changing canopy, Christmas in the Square is unlike anything you have ever seen. With Lights courtesy of CoServ and Music courtesy of Grande Communications, this year’s unforgettable light show will feature 10 songs make it one you will never forget! Join us for the first evening of lights on November 20th beginning at 6 PM.

Experience the magic of Christmas onboard Grapevine Vintage Railroad’s North Pole Express®, presented by Great Wolf Lodge. Get your tickets in October before they sell out!

Cruise the mile-long route through the Dallas oo and enjoy many magical holiday moments along the way. Featuring one million twinkling lights, elaborate holiday-themed displays, larger-than-life sculptures, and animal lanterns from the comfort of your own vehicle.

1. New this year - immersive video projection mapping will transform select areas along the path, and the route ends with a bigger, brighter Reliant Holiday Village.

Visit Plano's Heritage Museum to check out this new holiday light display which includes more than a million lights along a quarter-mile trail with a 20 foot tall Christmas tree and animated light displays. Visits with Santa and more photo opportunities are available!

As the temperature drops, escape to the warmth of Snowland at Great Wolf Lodge. If you love snow and classic holiday family fun, you’ll find plenty of it at our warm and cozy lodge. Find all the wonders of a Great Wolf getaway with the comfort of our heated indoor activities and 84-degree water park. It’s the best time of the year to discover the magic of Great Wolf Lodge. 

This free event features a festive day of activities and entertainment, including photos with Santa and story time with Mrs. Claus, face painting, crafts, games and snow flurries! The day will culminate with a live show featuring performances of holiday music, visits from Santa’s friends Frosty and Rudolph, a performance by Downtown Fever Band and Klyde Warren Park’s annual tree lighting.

Holiday in the Park is back for select days from November to January at Six Flags Over Texas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, filled with enchanting experiences that will help create those special family fun outings again and again. Our breathtaking winter wonderland features a variety of delightful and interactive activities to help capture the holiday spirit.

Gather the family and sip of hot chocolate as you marvel at a cavalcade of sparkling lights animated to the tunes of your favorite holiday classics from the comfort of your own car.

Have a holly, jolly good time at the Fort Worth Zoo with this first-ever seasonal event! Our inaugural Texas Wild! Wonderland will transform Texas Town into an enchanted holiday wonderland that is sure to make your spirits bright. Enjoy holiday-themed shows, seasonal foods, photos with Santa, falling snow and many more festivities. The best part? You can waltz through the Texas Wild! Wonderland during regular operating hours for FREE with Zoo admission or a membership. 

*Additional fees may apply with Zoo attractions, seasonal food items, merchandise, and photos with Santa.