{"id":436947,"date":"2026-09-15T20:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436947\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T20:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:14:08","slug":"christmas-light-cathedral-returns-to-fort-worth-botanic-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436947\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas light Cathedral returns to Fort Worth Botanic Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

A spectacular Christmas light attraction that became Fort Worth’s top spot for holiday-time proposals, greeting-card portraits, and Instagram videos is returning for this holiday season: The Fort Worth Botanic Garden will bring back the towering, twinkling “Winter Cathedral” as part of its 2026 Christmas in the Garden <\/a>presentation.<\/p>\n

First introduced as part of the FWBG’s “Lightscape”<\/a> event in 2022, the Winter Cathedral was described as an18-foot-tall, 110-foot-long cathedral that guides guests through a long tunnel illuminated by tens of thousands of LED light globes. “Andrea Bocelli singing ‘O Holy Night’ adds to a true \u201ccathedral\u201d experience,” CultureMap wrote<\/a> of the experience. “Pause and take in the light-filled spectacle when he gets to the rousing line, ‘Oh Night Divine.'”<\/p>\n

It came back with “Lightscape” in 2023<\/a> and 2024<\/a>, but disappeared when FWBG introduced Christmas in the Garden, a more Christmas-traditional concept, in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back by popular demand, the Winter Cathedral will be the centerpiece of Christmas in the Garden 2026, which will run November 20-January 3 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.<\/p>\n

According to a release, the event will include 22 illuminated installations spread throughout the garden. The Winter Garden will be joined by three new installations making their U.S. debut: Neon Gallopers, a herd of illuminated horses; Nenufars, glowing Japanese flowers set on the water; and Snowflakes, a path lined with illuminated crystal-like forms.<\/p>\n

The garden is also once again leaning into its Texas setting, with cowboy nutcrackers; a display inspired by the “12 Days of Christmas;” a large illuminated Texas flag; and the popular field of lighted Texas bluebonnets.<\/p>\n

The holiday soundtrack will feature music from Sony Music, which is partnering with the Botanic Garden on this year’s event, they say.<\/p>\n

Food will return, too, with Westland Hospitality (the group behind the FWBG’s forthcoming new cafe Flora House<\/a>) as the culinary partner. Its lineup will include Fort Worth favorites JD’s Burgers, Magdalena’s, Pulido’s, Curly’s Frozen Custard, and Margie’s Italian Gardens.<\/p>\n

Here’s a tantalizing tease that would please Santa: Curly’s will offer a Christmas Sugar Cookie frozen custard created for the event, combining vanilla frozen custard with sugar cookie crumbles, vanilla frosting, and sprinkles.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Santa, the jolly old man will be at Santa’s Village each evening through Christmas Eve for family photos.<\/p>\n

“The greatest gifts aren’t wrapped \u2014 they’re felt, in the glow of the lights and the laughter of the ones you love,” said FWBG President and CEO Patrick Newman in a statement. “That’s the kind of gift Christmas in the Garden hopes to give every family who walks through our gates this season.” <\/p>\n

Tickets for Christmas in the Garden go on sale Wednesday, September 16. Advance prices vary by night, with adult tickets ranging from $20 to $34 and children’s tickets from $13 to $22. Members receive discounts on regular- and peak-night tickets. A $5 surcharge applies to tickets purchased at the Garden on the day of the event.<\/p>\n

On-site parking is $25 per car, with remote parking at Dickies available on select nights.<\/p>\n

Tickets and additional information are available at the event website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spectacular Christmas light attraction that became Fort Worth’s top spot for holiday-time proposals, greeting-card portraits, and Instagram…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7748,151403,7746,116,890,118,117,7745,27204,1972,151404],"class_list":["post-436947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-light-attraction","tag-christmas-lights","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-botanic-garden","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-holiday-attractions","tag-holiday-light-displays","tag-holidays","tag-winter-cathedral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}