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Home for the HolidaysSeasonal Guide

The holiday spirit is alive in the Dallas Region. Whether you are planning your holiday staycation or coming from out of town, Dallas offers a variety of festive experiences for you and your family. With so many things to do, we’ve broken it down into different categories to make it easier for you to plan your holiday season.

Brightest Lights

Christmas Lights Celebration and Shopping Stroll © Highland Park Village

Dallas Zoo Lights © Dallas Zoo

Lightscape at Fort Worth Botanical Gardens © Fort Worth Botanical Gardens

Radiance	Frisco
The Light Park	Arlington
Enchant	Dallas
Vitruvian Lights	Addison
Heritage Farmstead Museum Lights on the Farm	Plano
Kylde Warren Park presents Tree Lighting Celebration	Dallas
40th Annual GM Financial Parade of Lights	Fort Worth
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents The Modern Lights	Fort Worth
Texas Motor Speedway presents Gift of Lights	Fort Worth

Best Shows

Cirque du Soleil: Twas the Night Before… © Cirque du Soleil

Texas Ballet Theater Presents The Nutcracker © Texas Ballet Theater

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Deck the Halls Family Holiday Concert © Dallas Morning News

Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents Christmas Pop	Dallas
Theatre Arlington presents Hooray for the Holidays	Arlington
Dallas Theater Center presents A Christmas Carol	Dallas
Bishop Arts Theatre Center presents Black Nativity	Dallas
Ballet Ensemble of Texas presents The Nutcracker	Coppell
Dallas Children’s Theatre presents Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf	Dallas
Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents C-Suite Christmas	Dallas
Avant Chamber Ballet presents The Nutcracker	Dallas
BenDeLaCreme presents The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show	Dallas
A Charlie Brown Christmas	Dallas
Coppell Arts Center presents A Merry Cirque: A Family Holiday Spectacular	Coppell
Theatre Coppell presents A Little House Christmas	Coppell
Nutcracker! Magic of Christmas Ballet	Dallas
Performing Arts Fort Worth presents Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical	Fort Worth
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents Home for the Holidays	Fort Worth
106.1 KISS FMs Jingle Ball	Fort Worth
Casa Manana presents A Christmas Carol: A New Musical Comedy	Fort Worth
Ballet Frontier presents The Nutcracker	Fort Worth
Circle Theatre presents Holiday Punch	Fort Worth
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents Handel’s Messiah	Fort Worth
Fort Worth Opera presents Amahl and the Night Visitors	Fort Worth
Texas Ballet Theater presents The Nutty Nutcracker	Fort Worth
Cowtown Coliseum presents Legends in Concert: A Very Merry Country Christmas	Fort Worth
Cirque Muscia: Holiday Wonderland	Fort Worth

Holiday Experiences

Trains at NorthPark	Dallas
Texas Christkindl Market	Arlington
Christmas at the Anatole	Dallas
Christmas Wine Train	Grapevine
The Holiday Art Bazaar	McKinney
Santa on the Square	Carrollton
Holidays at the Heard	McKinney
Arthritis Foundation presents Jingle Bell Run	Arlington
Winnetka Heights Holiday Home Tour	Dallas
North Pole Neighborhood	Grapevine
Medal Dash presents A Charlie Brown Christmas 5K	Virtual
Dallas Holiday Parade	Dallas
6th Annual Naughty or Nice Holiday Crawl	Dallas
Dallas by Chocolate presents Christmas Lights, Chocolate & Sips Tours	Dallas
Immersive Nutcracker: A Winter Miracle	Dallas
13th Annual Funky Finds Holiday Shopping	Fort Worth
Stockyards Rodeo Rink	Fort Worth
The Clearfork Holiday Market	Fort Worth
Upright Theatre Co. Presents Holly Jolly Holiday Party	Fort Worth
Jared’s Epic Blaster Battle Holiday Edition	Arlington
Cookies with Santa at Frost Bank Garland Financial Center Uptown Financial Center Oak Cliff Financial Center Euless Financial Center Stockyards Financial Center Central Plano Financial Center Addison Financial Center Denton Financial Center Red Bird Financial Center Richardson Financial Center Colleyville Financial Center Near Northside Financial Center Allen West Financial Center West Dallas Financial Center	Several Locations