6 DALLAS OBSERVER • HOLIDAY GUIDE picking out the family Christmas tree? Patton’s Christ- mas Trees has been selling the best fresh-cut trees to Dallasites for 50 years now-you know them from their signature blue and white tent in the Lakewood Village Shopping Center. This East Dallas institution offers real wreaths, garlands, and Christmas trees from 2 to 20 feet tall; you can even pick your picture-perfect tree and have the lights professionally wrapped prior to delivery. Visit pattonschristmastrees.com for informa- tion on onsite sales, delivery, and even post-Christmas disposal. Looking for a spiritual experience? Uptown’s beauti- ful Church of the Incarnation has multiple traditional Christmas Eve services this year, beginning with a noon service, a family service at 2:15 p.m.; a 5 p.m. offering, and a 10:30 p.m. service. In addition, celebrate the won- der of Christmas in Incarnation’s Lessons & Carols. This service features exquisite music, familiar carols, and lessons that tell the story of God’s redemption for the world, read by leaders in the Dallas community. Visit incarnation.org for more about Lessons & Carols, choral events, and other holiday events. The City of DeSoto hosts their annual Holidays on Ice, complete with ice skating rink in DeSoto Town Center from Tuesday, December 3 through Tuesday, January 7; and on Wednesday, December 4, from 6 to 9 p.m., ex- perience the annual tree lighting and Homeland Holiday Block Party. This festive gathering includes carol-sing- ing, music, food and games. A Garland Christmas on the Square, from 5 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, is a magical family event in downtown Garland that includes a tree lighting, live performance from Q The Band, Santa Photo Booth, music from the Salvation Army Brass Band, scavenger hunt for kids, carolers, food and market vendors, cookie decorating, train rides for the kids, and much, much more. The City of Lewis- ville’s Holiday Stroll 2024, in Old Town Lewisville, kicks off on Friday, December 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. Get your photo with Santa from 5 until 6:15 p.m.; enjoy hayrides through the Old Town Historic Home District; marvel at the Santa Sky drone show; and buckle in for all of Kevin McAllister’s housebound hijinks in “Home Alone”, show- ing at 6:45 p.m. On Saturday, December 7, come back for breakfast with Santa, starting at 9 a.m. and a winter carnival through 12:30 p.m., leading up to the big event: ....................................................- rade. Speaking of parades, the Verizon Dallas Holiday Parade is downtown Dallas’ most epic holiday specta- cle—and if you’re not feeling good about your chances of getting a prime spot curbside, don’t worry: CW33 will broadcast the whole thing live beginning at 9 a.m. Whip up some hot chocolate and settle into your couch .................................................... by Santa Claus himself. Dallas Comedy Club will help you take a break from all your holiday to-do lists: get some much-needed belly laughs with their slate of standup headliners, including Trixx on Friday, November 29 and Saturday, November .................................................... December 7; Dov Davidoff Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14; and Cam Bertrand on Friday, December 20 and Saturday, December 21. If the Dallas Theater Center’s traditional production of “A Christmas Carol” at the Wyly Theater from November 29 through December 28, isn’t on your list of holiday musts, you’re a straight-up Scrooge. DTC’s musical version of the classic tale is a heart-warming trip through Christmas- es past, present and future. North Texas Performing
