Christmas is a great time to get together with family and friends and enjoy their company while dining out, going to the movies, or taking in a show.
Dec 6, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Enjoy Christmas in the Stockyards with pony rides, chicken roping, a petting zoo, and more. The event ends with a parade and a lighting of the 40-foot Christmas tree on Exchange Avenue. Christmas in the Stockyards is free and is held in the Fort Worth Stockyards at East Exchange Avenue in Fort Worth.
Dec 6. Celebrate the holiday season in the historic West End district of Dallas with carolers, Santa and his reindeer, a toy drop-off, and live entertainment.
Dec 6, 4 p.m. The city of Irving is holding a holiday extravaganza that includes music by the Irving Symphony Orchestra, a petting zoo, pony rides, and a fireworks show. A parade winds through the Irving Heritage District starting at 4 p.m. and the tree-lighting ceremony takes place at 6 p.m.
Dec 13-28, 6 p.m.-11 p.m. More than 200 homeowners in the Interlochen neighborhood of Arlington decorate their homes for this tour each year. When touring the neighborhood, keep to the right to allow emergency vehicles and residents to get to the houses. Pedestrian traffic is permitted, if you prefer not to drive. Enter the neighborhood from Westwood Drive at Randol Mill Road.
Dec 15-19, noon-1 p.m. WRR 101.1 FM broadcasts holiday carols live from the lobby of the Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas each weekday. Mon, listen to the Turtle Creek Chorale; Tue, Schola Cantorum of Texas; Wed, Texas Boys Choir/Singing Girls of Texas; Thu, The Women's Chorus of Dallas; Fri, Dallas Symphony Chorus. The Adolphus Hotel is located at 1321 Commerce Street in downtown Dallas.
