The 12 Days of Christmas at Night, at the Dallas Arboretum

The Wednesday night before Christmas we bought tickets to go see the 12 Days of Christmas at night at the Dallas Arboretum. The Arboretum closes at 5 pm for daylight viewing and then at 6 pm they open again to ticket holders to see the Arboretum at night with the grounds all lit up and they feature lighted tree walkways, the DeGolyer House (on the grounds) is decorated for Christmas including over 500 Santas, and there are 12 Victorian gazebos decorated as the 12 Days of Christmas.

The lighted walkways:

The DeGolyer House's Trees and Santas:

The gazebos are encased in glass and are automated with the characters from the the song "The 12 Days of Christmas". The gazebos are 25 ft high and are decorated in 3D, and you can see the display from all sides of the gazebo. For example, the "Eight Maids a Milking" gazebo had 4 different sections with 2 maids in each section, and the detail was amazing. There were mice, birds, and cats in random places, and owls in the rafters. You had to stand looking for a while in each section just to see all the little animals. I tried to put two pictures from each gazebo to give you an idea of all the details. They were all lit up and looked and sounded spectacular.

Enjoy the pictures of the 12 days of Christmas.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Twelve Drummers Drumming

Eleven Pipers Piping

Ten Lords a Leaping

Nine Ladies Dancing

Eight Maids a Milking

Seven Swans a Swimming

Six Geese a Laying

Five Golden Rings

Four Calling Birds

Three French Hens

Two Turtle Doves

And A Partridge in a Pear Tree

The "Twelve Days of Christmas" at night was by far my favorite display at the Dallas Arboretum. We had to pay extra to see it at night, but boy, was it worth it.