Updated for the 2025 Christmas season, our Waxahachie Insider’s Guide to Christmas activities brings you the best of the festive performances, Yuletide activities, fun events and things to do that will get you into the holiday spirit in and around Waxahachie, Texas.
Festival of Trees
Date:
November 14, 2025
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
November 15: 2024
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location:
First United Methodist Church, 505 West Marvin Avenue, Waxahachie TX 75165
Decorated trees, wreaths, and a wide variety of holiday season decor and Christmas trimmings, including wreaths, decorations, gift baskets, and weekend getaways, will be presented and available through a silent auction that starts the season of holidays.
Coleman Junior High Old Fashioned Craft Show
Date:
November 22, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Admission: $3
Location:
Coleman Junior High, 1000 N Hwy 77, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Shop for unique Christmas gifts while helping the Student in Need Fund for W.I.S.D. The admission fee is $3.00.
Christmas at Nelson University
Date:
December 1, 2025
6:00 p.m.
Location:
Nelson University, 499 E University Ave #401, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: free
Celebrate the season in this festive family event filled with holiday fun for all ages with hay rides, photos with Santa, train rides, bounce houses, and cozy hot cocoa to warm up the night.
Christmas Music Concert
Date:
December 1, 2025
7:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Location:
Hagee Communication Center, Nelson University, 499 E University Ave #401, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: free
The Waxahachie Area Concert Band will perform upbeat Christmas music, jazz and a few other selections during a free, public concert.
Beauville at Navarro College (Two locations on two dates)
Date:
December 1, 2025
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location:
Navarro College Waxahachie Campus, 1900 John Arden Dr, Waxahachie, TX 75165
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Date:
December 4, 2025
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location:
Navarro College Midlothian Campus, 899 Mt Zion Rd, Midlothian, TX 76065
Admission: free
Navarro College is hosting a family-friendly event full of crafting, train rides, story time, games, Santa pictures, food trucks and more.
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Waxahachie Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting
Date:
December 2, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
The parade begins at Getzendaner Park, 400 S Grand Ave, Waxahachie, TX 75165 and works its way along Main Street to Railyard Park, 455 S College St, Waxahachie, TX 75165.
Join the City of Waxahachie as the community begins the holiday season with an annual lighted Christmas parade and tree lighting ceremony.
- Activities start at 6:00 p.m. at Railyard Park
- Photos with Santa ($5.00 each)
- Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. at Getzendaner Park
- Santa will light the tree at the historic Ellis County Courthouse at 109 W Main St, Waxahachie, TX 75165 after the parade ends.
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Lights of Ennis Christmas Parade, Block Party and Market
Date:
December 4, 2025
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Downtown Ennis, Texas, 201 NW Main, Ennis, TX 75119
Admission: free
Enjoy a festive evening with a holiday parade, children’s Christmas activities, entertaining holiday performances, uplifting caroling, and memorable photos with Santa himself, while keeping an eye out for special guest appearances that are sure to add even more holiday cheer.
Sims Library Winter Fest
Date:
December 6, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location:
Nicholas P. Sims Library, 515 W Main St, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: free
Sims Library is hosting a Christmas season morning of festive activities, including crafts, games, snacks, carolers and the Grinch, and of course, Santa.
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert
Date:
December 5, 2025
7:30 p.m.
Location:
Waxahachie I.S.D. Performing Arts Center, 3001 US-287, Waxahachie, TX 75167
Admission: Tickets start at $15
The Waxahachie Symphony Association presents the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in concert, performing classical renditions of Christmas carols and popular Yuletide music during one of the most popular Christmas season events in Waxahachie.
Bethlehem Revisited
Date:
December 5-7 and 12-14, 2025
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Central Presbyterian Church, 402 N College St, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: free
A totally immersive experience of the birth narrative of Jesus as found in the Books of Matthew and Luke, Bethlehem Revisited takes place the first two weekend of December. Read more in the article, Bethlehem Revisited Draws Thousands to Waxahachie, Texas.
A Christmas Carol
Friday
December 5, 2025 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday
December 6, 2025 1:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Hagee Communications Center, Nelson University, 499 E University Ave #401, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: $17
The Classic Christmas tale comes to the stage at Nelson University.
Movie Magic Light Up Parade and Festivities
Date:
December 6, 2025
1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location:
Heritage Park, 234 N 8th St, Midlothian, TX 76065
Admission: free
The Midlothian Christmas Movie Magic night is a Christmas event that aims to recreate Christmas movie memories.
From 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., take selfies with Santa, try some take-and-make crafts, and do some Christmas shopping during a special holiday market. A light up parade will conclude the evening by starting from the 8th Street bridge at 6:00 p.m. and travel down N. 8th Street to West Avenue and then to Overlook Drive.
Waxahachie Community Theatre Presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Date:
December 12 and 13, 2025
7:30 p.m.
December 14, 2025
2:30 p.m.
Location:
University Church, 221 Solon Rd, Waxahachie, TX 75165
Admission: $15.00
In this Christmas classic presented by the Waxahachie Community Theatre, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!
The Nutcracker
Date:
December 13, 2025
2:30 p.m.
Location:
The Palace Theatre, 112 W 6th Ave, Corsicana, TX 75110
Admission: Tickets start at $25
In this presentation of the nutcracker by Avant Garde Theatre of Dance, a young girl dreams of a nutcracker prince and a fierce battle against the mouse queen.
Waxahachie Y.M.C.A. 5K Santa Run
Date:
December 13, 2025
8:00 a.m.
Location:
Railyard Park, 455 S College Street, Waxahachie TX 75165
Admission: registration required. See the 5K Santa Run website for entry fees.
Join in on the absurd fun of the 12th annual Waxahachie Family YMCA Santa Run during which all participants will be suited in a 5-piece Santa suit and then be let loose for a 5K run with milk and cookies waiting for them at the finish line. Some runners will run as the Grinch who stole Christmas.
Historic Christmas Home Tour
Date:
December 13-14, 2025
1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location:
Five homes in Waxahachie
Admission: $30.00 per person
Tour five historic homes in Waxahachie, all uniquely decorated for the holiday season. This self-guided tour allows you to start at any home in the tour and take in the rest at your own pace.
It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play
Date:
December 18, 19, 20, 2025
7:00 p.m.
Location:
Midlothian Conference Center, 224 S 11th St, Midlothian, TX 76065
Admission: Tickets start at $11.30
Midlothian’s Back Porch Theatre presents an oral presentation of It’s a Wonderful Life.
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