Christmas Activities & Events
Enjoy festive holiday events like ICE! and our Christmas light show, and join in classic Christmas activities like snow tubing, ice skating, and photos with Santa at Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. Discover our 2023 season lineup now!
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ICE! featuring Dr. Seuss’ "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” Presented by Pepsi & Lexus
ICE!, our signature holiday attraction, features your favorite scenes from the beloved story Dr. Seuss' "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!", brought to life in magnificent sculptures hand-carved from more than 2 million pounds of ice. ICE! is presented by Pepsi and Lexus.
Cirque: Spirit of Christmas
This Cirque-styled Christmas show features dazzling acrobatics, feats of flexibility, and high-flying stunts. This Broadway-style spectacle centers around Noel, a child dismayed and distressed by the hustle and bustle of the holidays. Trying to recapture her lost love of the season, she is visited by spirits who bring back the true meaning of the season in energetic, dreamlike chapters.
Ice Skating
Gingerbread Decorating Corner
Holiday Heist Escape Room
Build-A-Bear Workshop®
#LIT Light Show Presented by Marriott Bonvoy Boundless®️ Credit Card
Our spectacular Lone Star Atrium comes to life with our #LIT Light Show, featuring thousands of dancing lights synchronized to a high-energy, seasonal soundtrack. Animated light curtains glow with Christmas imagery around a centerpiece tree that magically transforms into a gleaming and glowing holiday spectacle.
Presented by Marriott Bonvoy Boundless®️ Credit Card from Chase.
Photos with Santa
Wildlife Rescue – An Augmented Reality Experience presented by bubly™
"Treat Your Elf" at Relâche Spa
Christmas Carousel
Thanksgiving Brunch
Enjoy a delightful Thanksgiving buffet featuring a traditional brunch variety along with a seafood station, carving station, antipasti and more. The experience is complete with a liquid nitrogen gelato bar, a live Mariachi Band and a complimentary mimosa for adults.
It's Showtime! Escape Room
Christmas Village
Live Events at Glass Cactus
Feast with The Grinch™️ Character Breakfast
Even The Grinch can have some holiday cheer, and he's hosting a Christmas breakfast this year! Join The Grinch and his dog Max for a buffet loaded with holiday flavor to savor. Help The Grinch find Christmas amidst great food, fun, and lots of surprises.
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The Grinch's™ Wonderful Awful Idea Scavenger Hunt
School's Out! Holiday Breakout Escape Room
Snow Flow Mountain
Snowball Build & Blast
Ice On The Blocks
Mrs. Claus' Christmas Traditions
Join the jolliest hostess of all for a fun-filled celebration of Christmas traditions. Delight in the retelling of the Christmas classic, "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," sing along to favorite holiday songs, and share a batch of Santa's favorite snack - warm, freshly baked Christmas cookies and ice-cold milk. Presented by Oak Farms Dairy.
Elf Training Academy
Christmas Brunch
Enjoy a delightful Christmas buffet featuring a traditional brunch variety along with a seafood station, carving station, antipasti and more. The experience is complete with a liquid nitrogen gelato bar, a live Mariachi Band and a complimentary mimosa for adults.
Holiday Gifting presented by Lexus
Stop by the Lexus TX station, located at the interior entrance of Christmas Village, on select Saturdays and Sundays leading up to Christmas Day for a complimentary Lexus holiday gift courtesy of your local Dallas-Fort Worth Lexus dealers. Gifts available while supplies last.
Photo Booth and Holiday Gifting presented by the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless®️ Card
The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless®️ Card is spreading some extra holiday cheer this year. Visit the magical, life-sized snow globe (located outside of the Christmas Village on select Saturdays and Sundays) to have your photo taken and enjoy exclusive holiday giveaways (while supplies last).