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‘Dallas put most northern cities to shame’: ‘Condé Nast’ names city a top destination for Christmas

The magazine highlighted four area attractions in making Dallas one of its top picks.

If the Christmas season starts with a tree, Dallas is a natural choice on Condé Nast Traveler’s list of the nation’s best places to visit at Christmastime.

In promoting its alphabetized, unranked list of 23 destinations, Condé Nast showcased the four-story Christmas tree at the Galleria Dallas Ice Skating Center. This year’s 95-foot-tall tree was erected in mid-November.

In a summary, Condé Nast editors described why Dallas should be among the traditional Christmas destinations — New England, New York and North Pole, Alaska, to name a few — with storybook backdrops:

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“Proving you don’t need cold temperatures to get in the Christmas spirit, the holiday celebrations in Dallas put most northern cities to shame,” they wrote.

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Condé Nast editors also mentioned the Holiday at the Arboretum, a Christmas village with millions of lights animated to music and visits with Santa Claus. The travel magazine also recommended the Dallas Zoo Lights and the Miracle, a holiday-themed pop-up bar at Royal 38.

Condé Nast also throws in the Hilton Anatole as a suggested place to stay. The Hilton Anatole features illuminated train rides, reindeer dance parties, snowman bounce houses and breakfast with Mrs. Claus and Santa.

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The lights at the Christmas Village turned on for the first night of the Dallas Arboretum's...
The lights at the Christmas Village turned on for the first night of the Dallas Arboretum's Holiday at the Arboretum celebration on Nov. 9.(Liesbeth Powers / Special Contributor)

The list didn’t include the Enchant Christmas in Fair Park, “The Trains at NorthPark” or the numerous places to see Christmas lights.

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It also appeared to limit the Christmas-themed attractions to Dallas proper. In North Texas, you’ve got the Christmas Capital of Texas in Grapevine, Six Flags Over Texas’ Holiday in the Park in Arlington, Radiance: Frozen in Frisco, Prairie Lights in Grand Prairie, The Modern Lights of Fort Worth and many more attractions.

The Condé Nast list also includes winter wonderlands in Ashville, N.C.; Kennebunkport, Maine; Senaca Falls, N.Y.; and Park City, Utah. The list also spotlights Christmas attractions with regional flair in Branson, Mo.; Chicago, Denver, Newport Beach, Calif.; and Santa Fe, N.M. Every section of the U.S. (except Hawaii) seems to be represented.