December 2025
“Traveling—It Leaves You Speechless, Then Turns You Into A Storyteller”
Bilbrey Tours is Abilene’s leading resource for tourism opportunities, providing the time to travel, relax, and enjoy the amazing things this country has to offer. Read below to learn about the featured destinations for December 2025.
Grapevine Christmas
ICE!
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Departing Abilene
$169 per person
$25 payment upon booking – Final payment due October 15, 2025
Highlights Include:
- Discover the magic in Grapevine, the Christmas Capital of Texas!
- Gaylord Texas Resort in Grapevine brings the magic of a winter wonderland indoors with its annual ICE! extravaganza. Featuring more than 2 million pounds of colorful, hand-carved sculptures created by more than 40 ice sculpting artisans transformed before your very eyes. ICE! also boasts one-and-a-half million twinkling lights, 12,000 ornaments, 1 52-foot-tall rotating Christmas tree, and a life-sized gingerbread house.
- Shopping at Grapevine Mills Mall with more than 180 discount stores including Burlington, Ann Taylor, Chico’s Outlet, Marshalls, Disney Outlet, Neiman Marcus Last Call & Saks Off Fifth.
Christmas in the Big Apple
New York City
December 7* – 12, 2025 (Fly)
(6 days – 5 nights)
Departing Abilene
$3799 per person (2 people per room)
$4725 per person (1 person per room)
$250 payment upon booking – Final due Sept 5, 2025
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Highlights Include:
- Round trip transportation to DFW
- * Overnight in DFW area on December 7
- Roundtrip airfare from DFW to NYC
- 4 nights at Times Square Hotel
- Christmas Spectacular starring the world-famous Radio City Rockettes
- Broadway Theatre production
- Lunch at Carmine’s Italian Restaurant
- Rockefeller Plaza / Top of the Rock
- Radio City Music Hall – Stage Door Tour
- Christmas Window display – evening walking tour on the famous 5th Avenue
- NYC City Tour to include Grand Central Terminal, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Christmas Tree, and Macy’s
- New York Botanical Gardens’ Holiday Train Show
- Free time for shopping, holiday markets, museums or additional theatre
- Meals: 1 continental breakfast, 4 breakfasts and 2 lunches
Smoky Mountain Christmas
December 9 – 16, 2025
(8 days – 7 nights)
Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, and San Angelo
$2505 per person (2 people per room)
$3085 per person (1 person per room)
$50 due upon booking – Final due October 3, 2025
Highlights Include:
- 2 nights – Pigeon Forge, TN
- Country Tonite Christmas Show
- Dolly Parton’s Stampede Dinner Show
- Biltmore Mansion Tours – Asheville, NC
- Lunch & Dinner at Biltmore Estate
- Incredible Christmas Place
- Asheville City Tour
- Brunch at Omni Grove Park Inn
- Bush’s Beans Visitor Center
- Meals: 7 continental breakfasts, 8 lunches or dinners
Oklahoma Christmas Charm
Including an Evening with Mark Lowry
and Friends Concert
December 17 – 20, 2025
(4 days – 3 nights)
Departing Abilene and San Angelo
$1225 per person (2 people per room)
$1470 per person (1 person per room)
$25 payment upon booking – Final due October 17, 2025
Highlights Include:
- 2 nights in OKC
- 1 night in Miami, OK
- Mark Lowry & Friends Concert
- OKC National Memorial & Museum
- Crystal Bridge Conservatory at Myriad Gardens
- American Banjo Museum and performance
- North Pole City
- Historic Coleman Theatre – Miami, OK
- Bricktown Holiday Boat Excursion
- Meals: 2 breakfasts, 1 continental breakfast, 3 lunches or dinners
Photos courtesy of Mark Lowry / Bilbrey Tours, Inc.