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Family-fun ideas for Thanksgiving week in Texas.
Thanksgiving is an annual national holiday in the United States that celebrates the harvest feast and other blessings of the past year. Thanksgiving Day is usually spent with family and friends, which means many of us will be on the road to another town in Texas or another state. It’s the perfect time to eat great food and reminisce about what you accomplished earlier in the year.
The Thanksgiving holiday season beats out all other holidays on road trips. Last year, we went north to Oklahoma, but our Thanksgiving meal will be at home in North Texas this year. We do get fun fall activities while my son is on Thanksgiving break.
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Things To Do Thanksgiving Week In Texas 2022
Thanksgiving is the time of the year when I start my holiday shopping. I know, a little late, but I just can’t get in the mood until then. After stuffing our faces on Thanksgiving, come Friday, we are ready to get out of the house. Many will be holiday shopping, like us. How about you?
I still can’t get my son to understand that Thanksgiving is the last Thursday of November – every year and all the years after that! Does this happen to you? His birthday is Nov. 29th, so we celebrate both at the same time. One year for his birthday party at school, we made turkey trot holders from egg cartons. They were so cute, and I would get them out every year and put a couple of nuts in them. I think I only have one left now.
So, whether you stay in Texas for your Thanksgiving feast or travel to Texas, you may want to get out and do something after all that pumpkin pie and pecan pie you ate. We have some fun ideas for families to do the week of Thanksgiving while the kids are out of school and on Thanksgiving weekend.
14 Family Fun Ideas For Thanksgiving Week In Texas
Before I get to the things to do in Texas Thanksgiving week, I’m sure some of you will watch football games all day long if you’re a Dallas Cowboy fan. But many of us don’t, so let’s go!!
Also, more ideas will be added as I find them.
1 • Fredericksburg Trade Days Thanksgiving Show
November 25 – 27, 2022
This is where I would be if I lived in the Texas Hill Country. I’ve been here twice, and I left with a vehicle full of treasures each time. Check out fbgtradedays.
2 • Thanksgiving Ball At Luckenbach Dancehall
November 23, 2022, 8:00-11:00 pm
Show stars Dale Watson – Everybody is Somebody in Luckenbach. Doors open at 7 pm, and tickets are $20. Check it out at Thanksgiving Ball in Luckenbach, Texas.
3 • Dickens On Main – Boerne
Thanksgiving Weekend
Dickens on Main is a premier event on Main Street in Boerne.
Look for market vendors, food trucks, live music, local businesses, Santa Claus, holiday lights, live entertainment, and more!
4 • Christmas Wine Affair – THC
November 28 – December 23, 2022
The Texas wine tour starts Thanksgiving weekend until two days before Christmas. Going wine tasting would make a wonderful day trip for the whole family. Most wineries in the hill country are family-friendly.
5 • A Thanksgiving Day Feast At Blair House Inn
Thanksgiving Day
If you want someone else to cook for you and you’re in the hill country – here you go. The Blair House Inn’s Thanksgiving Day Feast is a five-course gourmet dinner in Wimberley, TX.
This reminded me of the year we met my inlaws halfway at a hotel in Oklahoma City for Thanksgiving. I remember the meal being okay, but my MIL can do a better job.
You can also go all out and plan a getaway in one of their cottages or suites and pamper yourself at the Day Spa.
6 • Book A Thanksgiving Getaway
Do something different this year and get away for the weekend to someplace near a lake, state park, winery, in the country, hill country, somewhere warm – you get it. Heck, anywhere!
Ideas coming.
South Texas
7 • Ford Holiday River Parade – San Antonio
November 25, 2022
San Antonio’s Riverwalk Parade is Friday, November 25, 2022, from 6:00-9:00 pm on the River Walk in San Antonio. Check it all out at the Ford Holiday River Parade.
8 • Santa’s Ranch – San Antonion/New Braunfels
November 11-January 1, 2023
A Texas Christmas display lights and the 50′ Christmas tree are all waiting to be adorned by family and friends at Santa’s Ranch.
9 • Corn Maze San Antonio At Traders Village
Thanksgiving Weekend
Traders Village in San Antonio
Gulf Coast
10 • Moody Gardens – Holiday In The Gardens
November 19, 2022 – January 7, 2023
A lot going on in Galveston at Moody Gardens during the holidays, and it all starts before Thanksgiving and runs through the New Year!
11 • Order Your Thanksgiving Meal At H-E-B
Mid-November
If you’re lucky enough to live close to an H-E-B, consider letting them do all the cooking. Treat yourself and your family to a traditional Thanksgiving feast with all the yummy sides. I can only hope we will one day get the Texas grocery store near us!
13 • Sign Up For A Texas Turkey Trot
Thanksgiving Day
Check out all the Turkey trots in Texas. Below are Texas’s cities that are having turkey trots on Thursday, November 24, 2022.
BakerRipley Houston Turkey Trot
North Texas Turkey Trot (Frisco)
14 • Visit A State Park
Texas has many state parks (86 in all), and though offices are closed on Thanksgiving Day and the day after, it’s the perfect place to enjoy the outdoors with the family.
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