Fort Worth Stockyards break out Christmas festivities

FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s formally Christmas in Cowtown, and the Fort Worth Stockyards has a tree and ice skating rink to show it. 

That’s proper, whereas many had been nonetheless having fun with their turkey comas the day after Thanksgiving, the Stockyards wasted no time turning the nook towards essentially the most great time of the 12 months. 

An estimated 6,000 folks packed the long-lasting nook of Fort Worth on Black Friday for some buying, music, skating and, properly, falling too. 

In partnership with Hotel Drover, the Fort Worth Stockyards & Mule Alley launched the primary annual Stockyards Rodeo Rink on Friday. 

The skilled ice skating rink will take over the garden of the Livestock Exchange Building from Nov. 25 by Feb. 5. 

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Cowboy Santa was additionally in attendance to assist gentle the 40-foot tree within the Stockyards. 

You can take pictures with Cowboy Santa contained in the Holiday Village on the Livestock Exchange Veranda from Nov. 25 to Dec. 24, each Wednesday by Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Christmas Eve from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To guide an appointment, click on here.