COMPILED BY KRISTA WADSWORTH
2022 HOLIDAY GUIDE
Lights on the Farm COURTESY HERITAGE FARMSTEAD MUSEUM
Frisco’s Frosty 5K and Merry Mile COURTESY CITY OF FRISCO
Holly Days COURTESY CITY OF KELLER
Merry Main Street COURTESY CITY OF FRISCO
(activities), tree lighting (5:30 p.m.), drive-in movie (6 p.m.). Free. Plaza and South Lawn at City Hall, 90 Main St., Colleyville. www.colleyville.com FREE KID FOOD & DRINK 02 CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH THE CITY OF KELLER The city of Keller kicks o the holiday season with its Holly Days event. In addition to the town’s tree lighting ceremony, activities include a parade, performances by local singers and dancers, laser light show, in atables, vendors and food trucks. 6 10 p.m. Free entry. Keller Town Hall, 1100 Bear Creek Parkway. www.cityoeller.com 03 RUN OR WALK IN A HOLIDAY 5K AND FUN RUN Walkers, joggers or runners can take part in the city of Frisco’s Frosty 5K and Merry Mile event. All participants receive a Frosty 5K long-sleeve T-shirt and a nisher medal. 8:30 a.m. (Merry Mile), 9 a.m. (Frosty 5K), 10 a.m., (party in the plaza/awards). $35 (Frosty 5K), $30 (Merry Mile), $30 (virtual participation), additional $5 for day-of registration. Simpson Plaza (in front of City Hall), 6101 Frisco Square Blvd., Frisco. www.friscotexas.gov KID 03 CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS IN FRISCO Merry Main Street, Frisco’s o cial kicko to the holiday season, includes a parade, shopping opportunities and the city’s tree lighting ceremony. The Santa & Friends Parade kicks o festivities at 3:30 p.m. along with the Holiday Gift Market and food vendors. Frisco Elementary School choirs perform on three stages, and the Kids Holiday Store operates from 4-8 p.m. The tree lighting ceremony takes place at 6 p.m. 3:30-8:30 p.m. Free (admission). Simpson Plaza (in front of City Hall), 6101 Frisco Square Blvd., Frisco.
workshop include gingerbread houses, elf decorating, fairy dust scrubbies, ornaments, elf stockings, trees, wreaths, soaps, perfumes and facial mists. Participants are also sent home with ribbon and tissue paper for wrapping. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $80. Jump Into Art Studio, 404 N. Church St., McKinney. 214-937-9153. www.jumpintoart.com KID 03 RUN AND WALK FOR A GOOD CAUSE This seventh annual 5K and fun run bene ts the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division. Runners and walkers will meet Santa at the nish line, and vendors will be set up in Santa’s workshop. Leashed dogs and strollers are welcome. 9 a.m. (fun run), 9:30 a.m. (5K). $20 (fun run), chip-timed 5K $25 (student), $30 (adult), $35 (day of registration). Downtown Grapevine. www.elvesontherun5k.com SHOW IN GRAPEVINE Grapevine’s second annual Merry & Bright Drone Show features a eet of 160 drones in a show in front of Peace Plaza. 8 p.m. Free, but VIP seating will be available for purchase. 815 S. Main St., Grapevine. www.gograpevine.com/event/ droneshow FREE KID 03 GET SOME EXERCISE IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE KID FOOD & DRINK 03 AND 17 WATCH A HOLIDAY DRONE The fourth annual Reindeer Run 5K and Grinch Sprint takes place at Bakers eld Park, and participants are encouraged to wear holiday attire. Hosted by the Flower Mound Rotary Club, the Reindeer Run is a chip-timed 5K, and the Grinch Sprint is a 1-mile fun run for kids. Santa and The Grinch will pose for photos after the race, and hot beverages will be served. All participants will receive a medal and a T-shirt, and proceeds bene t the charity work of the Rotary Club. 9 a.m. (5K), 9:45 a.m. (Grinch Sprint). Advance tickets are $35 (Reindeer Run), $20 (Grinch Sprint). Bakers eld Park, 1201 Duncan Lane, Flower Mound. www.reindeerrun5k.com KID FOOD & DRINK 03 TAKE PART IN A PARADE AND TREE LIGHTING Flower Mound’s day to kicko the holiday
season starts with a 5K and ends with the annual Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony event. The parade, with its “Toyland Christmas” theme, begins at Spinks Road and Lexington Avenue and ends at the Flower Mound Community Activity Center. The tree lighting ceremony takes place at the Community Activity Center and begins with live performances from local groups, pictures with Santa, food trucks, activities for kids and more, and ends with the lighting of the 50-foot Christmas tree. The Summit Club of Flower Mound is also accepting canned good and nonperishable food items to bene t Christian Community Action. 6-9 p.m. Free (admission). Flower Mound Community Activity Center, 1200 Gerault Road, Flower Mound. https://tx- owermound2.civicplus.com/ HOLIDAY STYLE The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Refuge has a special two-day event where wildlife and the holidays meet. Holiday lights and decorations accentuate a half-mile nature trail, and walkers will also see some of the Dinosaurs Live! exhibit along the way. Live holiday music will take place in the outdoor amphitheater. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Members: $8 (adults), $5 (children ages 3-12), free (children under age 2); non- members: $11 (adults), $8 (children ages 3-12), free (children age 2 and under). 1 Nature Place, McKinney. 972-562-5566. www.heardmuseum.org KID FOOD & DRINK 10 CAROL ON THE SQUARE IN MCKINNEY Participants can meet up at McKinney’s Hall Library for peppermint sticks and hot chocolate, then walk to the Square to sing Christmas carols before the McKinney Rotary Christmas Parade of Lights begins. Songbooks will be provided, and holiday attire is encouraged. 5 p.m. Free. Hall Library, 101 E. Hunt St., McKinney. 972-547-7500. www.mckinneytexas.org FREE KID FOOD & DRINK 10 KICK OFF THE HOLIDAYS IN TROPHY CLUB Trophy Club’s major Christmas event FREE KID FOOD & DRINK 09 THROUGH 10 MINGLE WITH WILDLIFE
Santa’s Workshop Gift Making Extravaganza COURTESY JUMP INTO ART STUDIO
Holidays at the Heard COURTESY KATHY CARTER
Trophy Club Christmas in the Park COURTESY TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB
includes a tree lighting, a reading of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Mayor Alicia Fleury, choir performances by Lakeview Elementary School students, pictures with Santa, face painting, refreshments and giveaways. 6:30- 8:30 p.m. Free. Independence Park East, 500 Parkview Drive, Trophy Club.
www.friscotexas.gov FREE KID FOOD & DRINK 03 AND 10
CRAFT HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Jump Into Art Studio is providing an opportunity for children in rst grade through high school to make eight gifts for family and friends during its Santa’s Workshop Gift Making Extravaganza. Project options during the two-hour
www.trophyclub.org FREE KID FOOD & DRINK
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GRAPEVINE COLLEYVILLE SOUTHLAKE EDITION • NOVEMBER 2022
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