Grapevine, Texas is the place to be this holiday season. Starting on November 10, 2016 – January 1, 2017, Gaylord Texan Resort’s 13th annual Lone Star Christmas event will offer a variety of holiday activities, live entertainment, and grand displays to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. Visitors of all ages will be delighted as the property’s four-and-a-half acres of indoor gardens transform into a magical winter wonderland offering so much to see and do!
The Lone Star Christmas holiday events will include:
Lone Star Christmas
This year, the resort invites visitors inside to enjoy a delightful winter wonderland featuring:
- 2 million holiday lights
- 2 million pounds of hand-carved ice
- 2 million pounds of real Texas snow
- 54-foot-tall Christmas tree
- Magical miniature train sets
- 25-foot-tall Nutcrackers
- 2,300 decorated wreaths
- 5,600 feet of garland
- 15,000 festive ornaments
- Holiday entertainers including Santa, toy soldiers, gift-carrying elves and more!
ICE! featuring “Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town” – Presented by Pepsi
In mid-October, 40 remarkably talented master ice artisans from Harbin, China, will travel halfway around the world to Grapevine to carve 2 MILLION POUNDS of ice into magical holiday scenes, brilliant characters, an “On the Blocks” ice bar (21 & up), and five ice slides – all taking visitors through a brand new theme, the classic television special Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town.
Visitors will feel as though they have been transported to the North Pole as they walk through the 14,000-square-foot attraction kept at a wintry 9 degrees. To keep them warm, the resort will provide free parkas for both children and adults.
Santa's Wild Workshop Snow Tubing
It is going to snow all season long at Gaylord Texan! Made fresh each morning, our 8-lane giant snow tubing hill is constructed with 1.5 million pounds of real Texas snow. Grab a tube and hang on for downhill fun!
Gingerbread Decorating Corner
The holiday season just got a whole lot sweeter! Choose from five decorating options ranging from a gingerbread family to decorating a gingerbread train set. All of the delectably tasty decorations are provided for families to ice, sprinkle, and gum drop to their hearts content.
