The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex approaches the holidays at Texas scale, from one of the country's most famous residential lighting traditions in Highland Park to the working-cowboy character of the Fort Worth Stockyards. The size of the region means each city in the metroplex has its own distinct holiday identity.

• Highland Park Lighting: The annual lighting of Armstrong Parkway draws crowds to one of the longest-running residential holiday displays in the Southwest.
• Fort Worth Stockyards: The historic cattle district preserves a Western Christmas tradition, with carriage rides, longhorn cattle drives, and country-music programming.
• Reunion Tower and Klyde Warren Park: The Reunion Tower GeO-Deck and the deck park over the freeway host the central public holiday displays in downtown Dallas.
• Texas Holiday Tables: Smoked brisket from Lockhart-tradition spots, Czech-Texan kolaches from bakeries west of Dallas, and tamale orders from Oak Cliff anchor the metroplex's holiday food, paired with Neiman Marcus's annual Christmas Book catalog out of downtown Dallas.