In December 2024 and again in December 2025, Trophy Club scheduled its biggest holiday night and its most solemn holiday morning on the same Saturday. On Dec. 14, 2024, Wreaths Across America started at Medlin Cemetery at 11 a.m., and the first night of the town's holiday light show started at Trophy Club Town Center at 6:30 p.m. On Dec. 13, 2025, the two events again shared a date. This year the town's calendar puts Winter Wonder Lights on Dec. 12 and Wreaths Across America on Dec. 19, a week apart.
That change is part of a larger one. Over three seasons, Trophy Club has made its holiday programming smaller in footprint and steadier in rhythm. The light show went from two nights to one. Its home moved from the Town Center on TX-114 to Independence Park East. The fall festival now uses the same park. This year the town's major gatherings land on four separate Saturdays, with nothing doubled up.
| Saturday | Event | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 14 | Harvest Festival | Independence Park East, 500 Parkview Drive | 5 to 9 p.m. |
| Dec. 5 | Gingerbread House Decorating | Trophy Club Fire Station | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| Dec. 12 | Winter Wonder Lights | Independence Park East, 500 Parkview Drive | 6 to 8:30 p.m. |
| Dec. 19 | Wreaths Across America | Medlin Cemetery, 1130 Trophy Club Drive | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
How the light show got down to one night in one park
The holiday light show has had three names in three years. In 2024, the town calendar billed it as "Holiday Nights and Winter Show Lights." It ran on two Saturdays, Dec. 14 and Dec. 21, at Trophy Club Town Center, 2240 TX-114. The listing promised "TWO weekends of magic" and a "brand-new holiday drone show."
The following summer, the town's proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget included a new name. Community Impact reported that city documents called for renaming Christmas in the Park to Winter Wonderlights after drones were added the year before, and said the drones would be back that December. In 2025, Winter Wonder Lights ran for a single night, Dec. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and the town's 2025 Parks & Recreation guide placed it at Independence Park East.
The 2026 edition keeps the single night and the park. It is set for Saturday, Dec. 12, at Independence Park East, 500 Parkview Drive, and starts half an hour earlier than last year, at 6 p.m., ending at 8:30 p.m. Holiday vendors could apply for the night through the town's event vendor application, which also lists the Harvest Festival and the gingerbread event.
Last year's program shows the kind of evening the town has built. The 2025 listing called the event free and advertised a holiday-themed drone show at 8 p.m., the annual tree lighting, a choir performance, a Santa meet-and-greet with photos, hot chocolate, face painting, local churches, holiday vendors and giveaways. The 2026 lineup will be posted on the town's Winter Wonder Lights page.
The fall festival moved into the same rhythm
The Harvest Festival follows the same pattern. The same proposed budget called for renaming Taste of Trophy Club as the Harvest Festival, according to Community Impact. The town called the Nov. 15, 2025 edition its inaugural Harvest Festival. That evening ran from 6 to 10 p.m. and promised fall foods, family games, live music, local bites, craft booths, hayrides, fall photo spots and funnel cake.
The second Harvest Festival is this Saturday, Nov. 14, at Independence Park East. It runs from 5 to 9 p.m., one hour earlier at both ends than last year's schedule. In 2026, then, Trophy Club's fall and winter evening events both take place at the same park on Parkview Drive, four weeks apart, and both start earlier than they did in 2025.
Gingerbread gets a longer window
The weekend before the light show, the gingerbread event has changed more than any other item on the calendar. In 2024, Gingerbread House Decorating ran on Nov. 30 in two 90-minute sessions at the Fire Station, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and from noon to 1:30 p.m. In 2025, it shrank to one session, 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 6.
For 2026, the calendar lists Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Trophy Club Fire Station. That is a five-hour window where last year offered 90 minutes. Sign-up details are posted on the town's Gingerbread House Decorating page.
Why the Dec. 19 date matters at Medlin Cemetery
With the light show on Dec. 12, Wreaths Across America has Saturday, Dec. 19, to itself. The ceremony runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Medlin Cemetery, 1130 Trophy Club Drive. The 2026 listing gives the ceremony two hours. In both 2024 and 2025 it was listed for one hour, from 11 a.m. to noon.
The town described last year's event this way:
"Volunteers will be placing wreaths on the graves of our 71 veterans in the Medlin Cemetery. A small ceremony will be before the wreaths are placed on the graves."
That passage comes from the town's 2025 Wreaths Across America listing. It credits the Trophy Club Fire, Police and Parks & Recreation departments and the Metroport Veterans Association for making the event possible. It also notes that Medlin Cemetery began hosting the event in 2019, and that the wreaths stay in place through the New Year before they are collected. Details for 2026 are posted on the town's Wreaths Across America page.
The cemetery has its own long history of volunteer care. The Medlin Cemetery Association says it was created in 1944 and recruited Mary Carpenter in 1947. It credits her research with securing the cemetery's historical marker in 1977, and says the association still maintains the grounds and their history.
The weekday deadlines run tighter this year
The Saturdays are spread out, but the two at-home traditions run on shorter clocks than in past years.
- Letters to Santa runs from Nov. 30 through Dec. 16 at Town Hall, 1 Trophy Wood Drive. In 2025 it ran from Nov. 24 to Dec. 17. Children mailed a letter with a return address and received a reply, using mailboxes at Town Hall or the Fire Station. The 2026 window opens six days later and closes one day earlier. The town's Letters to Santa page carries this year's instructions.
- The Holiday Lights Contest runs from Dec. 1 through Dec. 15. The contest closed on Dec. 18 in 2024 and on Dec. 17 in 2025, so the window has gotten shorter each year. In both of those seasons, the town invited residents to nominate their own homes or a neighbor's, and staff judged nominated homes in seven categories. A Dec. 15 close means displays need to be up and nominated by the Tuesday after Winter Wonder Lights. The Holiday Lights Contest page lists this year's rules.
One more thing on the December map
The Bobcat Boulevard roundabout is scheduled to be under construction through the entire holiday season. The town's roundabout FAQ sets Phase II from mid-September to early January 2027. In that phase, traffic shifts onto the completed half of the roundabout while crews work on the south side of the intersection, and Marshall Creek Road traffic patterns change. Phase II work includes the second half of the roundabout, utilities, lighting infrastructure, decorative stone and lettering, paving and landscaping, and final inspection. The town estimates completion in early January 2027, weather permitting. If a route to Independence Park East or Medlin Cemetery usually goes through that intersection, check the town's construction updates before each Saturday.
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