City Place Plaza, 1250 Lake Plaza Dr, Spring
Experience City Place’s Annual Gingerbread Village where a trail of giant candy canes, lollipops, gumdrops, gingerbread men, and cookie trees, lead to a 16-foot high house and 12-foot tall windmill. Gingerbread Village is free to visit, there are no reservations or invitations. All ages are welcome, including dogs! The Gingerbread Village will be open December 1st until the second week in January 2025. Visit website.
Christmas Light Displays: 
Market Street Central Park, 9595 Six Pines Dr, 5:30pm - 9:30pm
Experience Market Street in Lights! With a flip of a switch, thousands of lights on a 70-foot-tall Christmas tree illuminate this popular shopping and dining area, greeting you with a three-minute light show synchronized to your favorite holiday songs. The synchronized light and musical display will dazzle as it “performs” daily every hour on the half-hour, beginning at 5:30 p.m. through 9:30 p.m.
A Christmas lights drive-thru + Santa, fairground amusement rides, live music, and crafts. Big Rivers Water Park, New Caney.
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The Houston Zoo, 6200 Hermann Park Dr, Houston
Sip hot chocolate as you stroll through the beautiful Houston Zoo grounds and take in the sights and sounds of the season. Interact with Candy the Zoo Lights Zebra, get a selfie on a giant ice throne, and take a socially distanced photo with Santa as he prepares for the holidays in his workshop! Stroll through a 125-foot-long, Infinity Tunnel of Light, see dragons come to life in the 4-D Enchanted Forest, and experience “snow” in Texas! Visit website.
Galveston, TX - You don't need a special occasion to visit Moody Gardens, but the Festival of Lights is certainly a can't miss event! Enjoy a festive stroll along this mile-long trail featuring more than two million lights and lighted scenes themed to holiday music that take you around the Moody Gardens property with spectacular views of Galveston Bay. Stops along the way bring you to see Star the Dancing Tree of Light, concession areas, hot chocolate, fireside S'mores and other festive foods, Mistletoe, along with plenty of photo and selfie opportunities!
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Tomball United Methodist Church, 1603 Baker Dr, Tomball
FREE FAMILY EVENT that's open to the Public. Bring your family and friends and enjoy walking through the trail together, seeing Santa, while making family memories that will last a life time!
Three weekends in December:
December 6 & 7
December 13 & 14
December 20 & 21
December 13 & 14
December 20 & 21
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Although driving around to see Christmas light displays is a timeless tradition during the holiday season, after a while the whole song and dance CAN become a bit monotonous and "not so amazing" for kiddos who are sitting in the back seat of a Cheetos-encrusted minivan to see neighborhood after neighborhood, house after house, one reindeer display after another. Eventually, you might even hear “Can we go home now?” Oh the horror!! (I learned this the hard way last year.)
