What does a holiday season in Texas look like to you?
It’s shaping up to be another busy weekend in Texas for Santa with dozens of events to get people jingling all the way to Christmas. If you’re looking for a place to get in the holiday spirit, check out the list below for tips on what’s happening this Friday and Saturday, or browse all the December listings here.
Do you have a favorite event that you’re planning to visit soon? Let us know in the comments, or better yet, share your holiday photos with us on Instagram. We’d love to see Christmas light displays, little ones meeting Santa (whether happy to or not), live nativity scenes, Texas-sized menorahs, luminarias, ice skating in short sleeves–anything that says “holidays in Texas” to you. Just be sure to post your photos with the tag #TxHwysHolidays, and they’ll be added to our slideshow. We’ve posted a few already (above) just to get started. For more details on how it all works, check out the previous blog post.
Holiday happenings this weekend include:
- Baytown: Christmas on Texas Avenue Street Festival, Dec. 8
- Belton: Old-Fashioned Christmas, Dec. 8
- Burnet: Christmas on the Square and Christmas at Fort Croghan, Dec. 8
- Caldwell: Old-Fashioned Christmas on the Square, Dec. 7-8
- Chappell Hill: Holiday Home Tour and Teddy Bear Parade, Dec. 8
- Conroe: Annual Christmas Celebration, Dec. 8
- Fredericksburg: Lighted Community Christmas Parade, Dec. 7; and St. Nikolausmarkt, Dec. 7-8
- Kemah/Clear Lake Area: Annual Christmas Boat Lane Parade, Dec. 8
- Kilgore: Snow Hill Festival, Dec. 7-8; and Holiday Happenings in Historic Homes, Dec. 8
- Lubbock: Candlelight at the Ranch, Dec. 7-8
- McAllen: Candlelight Posada, Dec. 8
- Mesquite: Christmas in the Park, Dec. 6-8
- Round Top: Christmas in Winedale, Dec. 8
- Tomball: Christmas on Commerce, Dec. 8; and the German Christmas Market and Festival, Dec. 7-9
And don’t forget these ongoing events:
- Burnet: Christmas Trail of Lights, Dec. 1-31
- Grapevine: North Pole Express and Christmas on Main, weekends through December
- Johnson City: Lights Spectacular, Hill Country Style, through Jan. 1
- Marble Falls: Walkway of Lights, through Jan. 1
- Midland: Christmas at the Mansion, Dec. 1-29
- Nacogdoches: Nine Flags Festival, through Dec. 8
- Spring: Home for the Holidays, weekends through Dec. 23
- Wichita Falls: ElectriCritters (weekends until Dec. 22) and Fantasy of Lights (through Jan. 1)
- The Woodlands: Winter Wonderland and Woodlands Ice Rink, through Jan. 21