'Tis the season

New drive-thru 'holiday light spectacular' to debut in 3 North Texas cities

There'll be 160 feet of animated RGB light tunnels.

Photo courtesy of Radiance

A new holiday lights event is on its way to brighten up 2020 for North Texas. "Radiance! A Holiday Light Spectacular" flicks on in Frisco, Weatherford, and Decatur on November 11 and runs through January 3.

A production of the Peerless Production Group, Radiance will be a drive-thru lights experience that is more than a mile long and takes 20 to 30 minutes to complete, according to a release. Visitors can tune their car radios to a special station that will play coordinating holiday tunes as they meander through the light displays on each side of the car and through 160 feet of animated RGB light tunnels.

Festive food and beverages, including hot chocolate and holiday cookies, will be available for purchase without leaving the car. So the whole thing promises to be not only a holly jolly-good time, but a socially distanced one, too.

“Just in the 'St. Nick' of time — gather your family and friends to marvel at 2 million lights, animated to the tunes of your favorite holiday classics all from the safety and comfort of your car,” says PPG founder and CEO Bryan Lank in the release. “It has been a challenging year, and we can all use a little Christmas magic to brighten our lives. We want to bring Christmas to North Texas early this year with not just one, but three drive-through, COVID-safe, family-friendly light show spectaculars.”

Strict health and safety protocols will be in place, the company adds.

Names and locations of the events will be:

Radiance! Frisco at Dr Pepper Ballpark, 7300 Roughriders Tr., Frisco
Radiance! at the Ranch at Parker County Sheriff’s Posse, 2251 Mineral Wells Hwy., Weatherford
Radiance! Decatur at Reunion Grounds, Joe Wheeler Park, 3101 FM 51, Decatur

General admission tickets are $30 per vehicle. VIP tickets, $50 per vehicle, include hot chocolate for each guest in the car, special Magic Light Glasses for each child, and a dedicated VIP lane, which reduces wait time on busier days.

Cars, SUVs, and trucks are permitted, but limousines, buses, RVs, and any vehicle with a trailer are not allowed, they say.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, October 22, on the event's website.

Radiance is the second new DFW holiday lights event unveiled in recent weeks. An immersive experience called Luminova Holidays promises millions of twinkling lights, an outdoor ice rink, and larger-than-life displays in and around Arlington's Globe Life Field.

Other popular yuletide events, including Arlington's Texas Christkindl Market, are going virtual this year.

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World Cup game recap

Japan and Netherlands battle to 2-2 draw in FIFA World Cup opener in Dallas

Netherlands v Japan: Group F - FIFA World Cup 2026

Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Daichi Kamada scored on a header off Koki Ogawa's corner kick in the 88th minute, sending the Samurai Blue fans into a frenzy and giving Japan a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in their World Cup opener on Sunday.

While the Dutch extended their unbeaten streak to 16 games in group play, the orange-clad Oranje supporters were stunned by the late goal that left them at 21-2-11 in group play at the World Cup.

Virgil Van Dijk and Crysencio Summerville scored off each post for the Netherlands early in the second half, while Keito Nakamura had a goal between those as part of a three-goal flurry in just 14 minutes.

An uneventful first half changed quickly after the break for a crowd evenly split at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys with the retractable roof that offered relief from the muggy Texas heat, and the giant video board that fans had a hard time keeping their eyes off.

Summerville gave the eighth-ranked Dutch the lead in the 64th minute, and Japan was running out of hope when Ogawa sent the corner that Kamada timed perfectly. The ball deflected slightly again on its way toward Bart Verbruggen, who got his hands on it with a sprawling dive but couldn't keep it from going in.

Van Dijk sent a header toward the far post on the right in the 50th minute, bending forward from inside the penalty area as he stared at the ball before it caromed in for the Dutch captain’s 13th international goal.

Nakamura answered seven minutes later for 18th-ranked Japan, turning and rifling a shot past Verbruggen from the left side of the arc after taking a pass from Takefusa Kubo.

Another seven minutes later, Summerville took a pass from Ryan Gravenberch and sent a left-footed shot to the far left post past Zion Suzuki, where it caromed in again.

The Dutch’s most recent loss before the elimination round came the last time the World Cup was in the United States in 1994, when a group play defeat was followed by a quarterfinal loss to Brazil at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

In Group F, the Netherlands plays Sweden on Saturday in Houston, while Japan goes to Monterrey, Mexico, to face Tunisia on Saturday.

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