Gaylord Texan Making The Holidays Safe And Special This Season

Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine has decked the halls for this year's holiday season with many safety precautions in light of the global coronavirus pandemic.

The opening for their annual Lone Star Christmas opens Friday, November 13th.

The resort will not be hosting Gaylord Ice this Christmas for the first time in 16 years.

Martha Neibling, the PR Director for Gaylord Texan, told CBS DFW, "We had to really re-plan everything this year to make sure that we’re providing safe holiday experiences for our guests. Our hotel team started thinking, what magic can we still bring?"

There will be many safe activities put in place amid the pandemic.

There will be a "build your own" snowman play area for children.

In addition, there will be an outdoor Christmas light walk through and an "I love Christmas Movies" exhibition.

Neibling stated, "That’s a 17,000 square foot immersive exhibition where you’re walking through all your favorite movies like Elf, Polar Express and Christmas Story. There’s also lights and audio and animatronics that just make it a super entertaining experience as you walk through."

Guests can also enjoy ice skating, snow tubing, shopping and massive Christmas displays.

Neibling explained, "You know it’s obviously been a tough year for everyone, and just having that Christmas magic, a little bit of hope and just still have families that can come together safely and do Christmas activities is really important, but also really exciting."

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Source: CBS DFW