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101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Dallas - 2023

KidsOutAndAbout is Dallas's online guide to everything for kids, teens, and families! The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!

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Santa Sightings

 

Nov 4- Dec 24, 2023 Santa's Wonderland- Bass Pro Shops
Nov 11, 2023 Santa Claus is Coming to Town- Stonebriar Centre
Nov 17- Dec 24, 2023 Visit Santaland- Galleria Dallas
Nov 17- Dec 24, 2023 Santa Photos- Firewheel Town Center
Nov 18- Dec 23, 2023 Visit with Santa- Fairview Town Center
Nov 18, 2023 Our Village Glows- The Shops at Highland Village
Nov 18, 2023 Light the Night- Watters Creek
Nov 18- Dec 24, 2023 Santa Visits & Photos- Hillside Village
Nov 19, 2023 Lights at Legacy- The Shops at Legacy
Nov 21- Dec 23, 2023 Miracle on 134th Street- Celina
Nov 24- 26, 2023 Home for the Holidays...A McKinney Christmas
Nov 30, Dec and 14, 2023 Cookies with Santa- Fairview Town Center
Nov 30, 2023 Lights of Ennis Parade, Block Party, & Christmas Market
Dec 1-3 and 8-10, 2023 Santa's Village at Huffhines Park
Dec 2, 2022 Main St. Fest & Holiday Parade
Dec 2, 2023 Santa Day- Frontiers of Flight Museum
Dec 2, 2023 Christmas Tree Lighting- Farmers Branch
Dec 2, 2023 Klyde Warren Park's Tree Lighting Celebration
Dec 2, 2023 Breakfast with Santa- The Grove at Frisco Commons ***SOLD OUT***
Dec 2, 2023 Holiday in the Park- The Colony
Dec 2, 2023 Richardson’s 51st Annual Christmas Parade
Dec 2, 2023 Prosper Christmas Festival
Dec 2, 2023 Southern Star Christmas Celebration- Midlothian
Dec 2, 2023 Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony- Flower Mound
Dec 2, 2023 Breakfast With Santa in McKinney
Dec 2, 2023 Santa on the Square- Carrollton
Dec 2, 2023 Dallas Holiday Parade
Dec 2, 2023 Merry Main Street- Frisco
Dec 2, 9, and 16, 2023 Breakfast with Santa- Fairview Town Center
Dec 7, 2023 Holiday on the Hill
Dec 9, 2023 McKinney Rotary Club Christmas Parade of Lights
Dec 9, 2023 Christmas in Adriatica
Dec 9, 2023 Breakfast with Santa in Flower Mound
Dec 9, 2023 North Pole- Joe Farmer Recreation Center
Dec 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 2023 Breakfast with Santa- Hilton Anatole
Dec 9 and 16, 2023 Breakfast with Santa- Epic Waters
Dec 10- 15, 2023 Santa Routes- Highland Village
Dec 16, 2023 Hot Cocoa With Santa- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Johnson Branch Unit

 

Old-Time Christmas

Nov 30, Dec 7 and 14, 2023 Christmas at the Perry- A.W. Perry Homestead Museum
Dec 1-23, 2023 The Living Christmas Card- The Shops at Highland Village
Dec 2-3 and 9-10, 2023 Holiday Tour of Homes- Chestnut Village
Dec 2-16, 2023 Christmas Exhibit Tours – A Celebration of Christmas: Traditions Around the World
Dec 16-17, 2023 Candlelight- Old City Park

 

Light Displays

Nov 3, 2023- Jan 1, 2024 The Light Park- locations in Arlington and Frisco
Nov 9, 2023- Jan 5, 2024 Holiday at the Arboretum Featuring the 12 Days of Christmas and Christmas Village
Nov 10, 2023- Jan 4, 2024 Santaland- Tyler
Nov 17, 2023- Jan 2, 2024 Dallas Zoo Lights Presented by Reliant
Nov 17, 2023- Jan 7, 2024 Sea of Lights- SEA LIFE Aquarium
Nov 17- Dec 30, 2023 Radiance! Weatherford
Nov 18, 2023- Jan 8, 2024 Christmas in The Square- Frisco
Nov 18, 2023- Jan 1, 2024 Vitruvian Lights- Vitruvian Park in Addison
Nov 19- Dec 31, 2023 Holiday In The Park- Six Flags
Nov 23- Dec 31, 2023 Prairie Lights
Nov 24- Dec 23, 2023 Christmas Carnival- Yesterland Farms
Nov 24- Dec 30, 2023 Lights on the Farm- Heritage Farmstead Museum
Nov 24- Dec 24, 2023 Illumination Celebration- Galleria Dallas
Nov 27, 2023 Celebration of Lights- Dallas Hall at SMU
Dec 1-30, 2023 Deerfield Holiday Lights
Dec 2, 2023- Jan 7, 2024 Christmas Spectacular Light Show- The Colony
Dec 2- 26, 2023 Annual Centennial Holiday Lights- Irving
Dec 8-30, 2023 The North Pole Adventure- Hilton Anatole
Dec 8-9, 2023 Holidays at the Heard

 

Living Nativities

Dec 8-9, 2023 Journey into Christmas- Grace Bible Church- Dallas
Dec 9, 2023 Live Nativity- Lamb of God Lutheran Church- Flower Mound

 

Holiday Theatre

Dec 17-19, 2023 It’s a Wonderful Life – Deaf Theatre- Willow Bend Center of the Arts
Nov 24-Dec 3, 2023 The Nutcracker- Texas Ballet Theater School
Nov 24- Dec 23, 2023 Slappy’s Holiday Circus- Galleria Dallas
Nov 25- Dec 23, 2023 A Charlie Brown Christmas- Dallas Children's Theate
Nov 30- Dec 30, 2023 Dallas Theater Center's a Christmas Carol
Dec 1-17, 2023 Theatre Coppell Presents: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Dec 1- 10, 2023 The Nutcracker- Dallas Ballet Company
Dec 7-17, 2023 The 24 Days Before Christmas- Ennis Public Theatre
Dec 9, 2023 Espresso Nutcracker- Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dec 9-10, 2023 Nutcracker Ballet- Allen Civic Ballet
Dec 14, 2023 A Magical Cirque Christmas - The Texas Trust CU Theatre
Dec 14, 2023 The Muppet Christmas Carol presented by Garland Downtown Business Association
Dec 15-17, 2023 The Nutcracker- Ballet North Texas
Dec 29, 2023 NOCHEBUENA : A Christmas Spectacular

 

Holiday Concerts

Nov 27- Dec 20, 2023 Holiday Performances- Galleria Dallas
Nov 28, 2023 Joy to The World- Jenny Oaks Baker & Family Four
Nov 30- Dec 3, 2023 Vocal Majority Christmas Show- Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts
Dec 1-15, 2023 Sounds of the Season- Stonebriar Centre
Dec 2, 2023 RSO--Holiday Classics Concert - Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts
Dec 1-10, 2023 Dallas Symphony Christmas Pops
Dec 2 and 9, 2023 Dallas Symphony Family Christmas Pops
Dec 2, 2023 6th Annual All Star Christmas Concert- McKinney Boyd High School Auditorium
Dec 6, 2023 Country Christmas- Dallas Symphony
Dec 8, 2023 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas- The Texas Trust CU Theatre
Dec 9, 2023 Four C Notes Christmas- Coppell Arts Center
Dec 9, 2023 Home for The Holidays Presented by Irving Symphony Orchestra (with the Irving Chorale)
Dec 10, 2023 Michael Martin Murphey's Cowboy Christmas - The Texas Trust CU Theatre
Dec 11, 2023 Holidays with the King’s Singers
Dec 15, 2023 Mariachi Herencia De México: A Mariachi Christmas Presented by Irving Arts Center
Dec 15-17, 2023 The Polar Express™ in Concert
Dec 16, 2023 The Coppell Community Chorale Presents: A Jolly Holiday
Dec 16-17, 2023 Rocky Mountain High Experience®, A John Denver Christmas

 

Christmas Tree Experience

Opening Nov 18, 2023 Kadee Farm- Greenville
Opening Nov 24, 2023 Sunset Hill Tree Farm- Alvarado
Opening Nov 24, 2023 4 CeeSons Christmas Tree Farm- Caddo Mills
Opening Nov 24, 2023 Elves Farm- Denison
Opening Nov 24, 2023 Flower Mound Christmas Trees
Opening Nov 24, 2023 Haynie’s Green Acres Christmas Tree Farm- Crowley
Opening Nov 24, 2023 KaJiN Farm- Caddo Mills
Opening Nov 24, 2023 Yesterland Farm- Canton

 

Ice Skating

  Allen Community Ice Rink
Nov 18, 2023- Jan 8, 2024 Skate the Square- Frisco
Dec 3 and 10, 2023 Grand Holiday Ice Show- Galleria Dallas
  Galleria Dallas Ice Skating Center
  Children's Health StarCenter- Farmers Branch
  Comerica Center- Frisco
Outdoor rink opens Nov 25, 2023 Children's Health StarCenter-McKinney
  Children's Health StarCenter- Plano
  Children's Health StarCenter- Richardson
  Children's Health StarCenter - Valley Ranch

 

Hanukkah

Dec 3, 2023 Menorah in the Park- Frisco
Dec 7, 2023 Chanukah Menorah Lighting- Galleria Dallas
Dec 10, 2023 Chanukah Babyccino
Dec 11, 2023 Hanukkah Storytime- JCC
Dec 14, 2023 Hanukkah Singalong- JCC

 

Shopping & Craft Fairs

Nov 18-19, 2023 Plano Christmas Market- Carpenter Park Recreation Center
Dec 2, 2023 Hometown Christmas Craft Show - Midlothian Conference Center
Dec 2, 2023 Wylie Arts Festival
Dec 2, 2023 Holiday Marketplace at The Grove- Farmers Branch

 

New Year's Eve

Dec 29, 2023 Noon Year’s Eve- Lewisville Public Library
Dec 30, 2023 Noon Year's Eve Eve at the South Garland Branch Library
Dec 30, 2023 Noon Year's Eve-  North Oak Cliff
Dec 31, 2023 2024 New Years Eve Party & Sleepover- Metroplex Gymnastics
Dec 31, 2023 Epic Family New Year Celebration- Epic Waters
Dec 31, 2023 Jazzberry Jammin' New Year's Eve- Crayola Experience Plano

 

Miscellaneous

Nov 11, 2023 - Jan 5, 2024 The Trains at NorthPark™
Nov 17, 2023- Jan 7, 2024 Snowday- Galleria Dallas
Dec 2, 2023 Holiday Main St. Fest & Parade- Rowlett
Dec 2, 2023 Frosty 5k - Frisco 
Dec 2, 2023 Gingerbread House Decorating- The Colony Public Library
Dec 3, 2023 Tea with the Sugar Plum Fairy- Allen Performing Arts Center
Dec 3, 2023 Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting- Wylie
Dec 7, 2023 2023 Annual Hot Cocoa Competition and Christmas Parade- Dension
Dec 8, 2023 Merry Movie Night- Midlothian

 


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