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    Here comes Santa Claus

    Festive-fantastic Grapevine home lights up with 1,000 Santas for charity

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    Dec 2, 2020 | 3:46 pm

    If the Murillo family doesn't capture the top spot on Santa's nice list this year, there's no hope for the rest of us. They have filled their front yard in Grapevine with more than 1,000 lighted Santa decorations as a beacon of awareness for a local nonprofit.

    They're calling it, simply, Grapevine Santa House.

    The half-acre property is a "Where's Waldo?" maze of Santa statues, which visitors can walk among, snap photos with, and then, they hope, make a donation to Grace Grapevine's Christmas Cottage program. The charity's seasonal initiative provides new, unwrapped gifts to Tarrant County families facing financial hardship.

    "I've always been a holiday guy, way over the top," says Louie Murillo, the dad and Santa House head honcho. Anyone who's seen the 20-foot Christmas trees perched atop the the two Chick-fil-A restaurants he owns near Dallas Love Field can attest.

    "About a year ago, I bought some Santas on clearance and thought maybe we'd do something with them for a family Christmas card," he says.

    Along came COVID-19, and his holiday passion intersected with a desire to help those who were struggling. During his quarantine free-time, he bought a few more Santas online. Then a few more. Then his idea for a Santa House really began to take shape.

    "Once we dipped our toe in, we decided to go all out," he says of his family, including kids ages 12 and 14.

    His search for Santas took him around Texas and beyond. Murillo even flew to Chicago and drove back a truck loaded with nine reindeer and a sleigh.

    By July, one of the home's three attics was stuffed with Santas. Then a game room overflowed with them. By fall, a storage unit was filling up.

    To be clear, these aren't just any Santa statues. They're "blow molds," a specific kind of hollow, plastic figure popular in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. They're rarely made now, and considered collectibles, costing anywhere from $30 to $140 apiece.

    "How much I've spent is not a number we're gonna discuss nor share with my wife," Murillo says with a laugh. "It definitely got out of hand."

    Then there was the matter of lighting it all up. An electrician helped wire the yard with an additional, 14-outlet breaker, and they're hoping a switch to LED lighting helps ease the electricity bill a little.

    Some decorations are set up in vignettes, and Murillo's favorite piece isn't actually a Santa. It's a vintage church, an expensive piece he found in Chicago. The display also includes carolers and a nativity, and a sign urges people to tune to a radio station to hear the Christmas story from the Bible.

    Murillo reached out to the Grace organization about a partnership at the perfect time. Their need would be higher than ever at a time at the holidays, when fewer gatherings meant fewer opportunities for donations to be collected. Typically, Christmas Cottage serves more than 2,500 individuals and families each holiday season. Families are given a hypothetical “budget” that allows the parents to “purchase” donated toys, home goods, and appliances in a secure, store-like setting.

    The Murillos' goal is to raise $15,000 with Santa House, which will help 120 kids. By December 1, just a few days after turning the lights on, they were already at $9,000.

    Rather than collecting contributions on site, they're encouraging guests to donate online via a GoFundMe page set up in conjunction with the Santa House.

    Among the first visitors to the Santa House was a single mom whose child had been helped by Grace, Murillo says. Mom and daughter enjoyed the lights and then made a donation — they paid the kindness forward.

    "It's cool to see real people being helped that are in need," Murillo says. "It's fun just to see kids' excitement. We've all been stuck indoors, not traveling, and this is something to do as a family."

    The Santa House lights will go on every night from 5-10 pm through December 27. The home is on a cul-de-sac in the Western Oaks neighborhood, and visitors can park along the street.

    The exact location is 3373 Spruce Lane, Grapevine. Follow the Grapevine Santa House Facebook page for updates.

    The Murillo family home has become the Grapevine Santa House.

    Santa House Grapevine
      
    Photo courtesy of Louie Murillo
    The Murillo family home has become the Grapevine Santa House.
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    David Byrne looks to the sky for new tour with stop in Dallas

    Alex Bentley
    Jun 10, 2025 | 9:40 am
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    Eclectic singer David Byrne has a big 2025 planned, hitting the road for a large tour in support of a new album, including a stop at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas on November 28 and 29.

    The album, Who Is the Sky? (due out September 5), is Byrne's first new album since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia.

    The extensive tour, which will include 26 cities and 43 dates in the U.S, and Canada alone, starts on September 14 in Providence, Rhode Island, running domestically through December 6 before heading abroad for 25 more dates in 2026.

    In addition to Dallas, Byrne will go to Austin for two concerts, November 25 and 26.

    Byrne, who first came to fame with the band Talking Heads, was omnipresent with American Utopia, which morphed from an album and tour into a Broadway show that was subsequently filmed by Spike Lee for HBO.

    On the new album, he is joined by musical friends old and new, including St. Vincent (the Dallas singer with whom he made the 2012 album Love This Giant), Paramore’s Hayley Williams, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner, and American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco.

    The touring band will comprise 13 musicians, singers, and dancers, including members of the American Utopia band, all of whom will be mobile throughout the set.

    Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday, June 13 at whoisthesky.davidbyrne.com. Fans can sign up for the artist presale, which will begin on Tuesday, June 10 at 10 am ET through Thursday, June 12 at 10 pm.

    DAVID BYRNE TOUR DATES

    • 09/14/2025 - Providence, RI - Veterans Memorial Auditorium
    • 09/16/2025 - Pittsburgh, PA - Benedum Center PAC
    • 09/17/2025 - Columbus, OH - Mershon Auditorium
    • 09/19/2025 - Akron, OH - Akron Civic Theatre
    • 09/21/2025 - Schenectady, NY - Proctors
    • 09/23/2025 - Syracuse, NY - Landmark Theatre
    • 09/25/2025 - Buffalo, NY - Shea’s Buffalo Theatre
    • 09/27/2025 - Washington D.C. - The Anthem
    • 09/28/2025 - Washington D.C. - The Anthem
    • 09/30/2025 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
    • 10/01/2025 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
    • 10/03/2025 - Boston, MA - Boch Center Wang Theatre
    • 10/04/2025 - Boston, MA - Boch Center Wang Theatre
    • 10/07/2025 - Wallingford, CT - Toyota Oakdale Theatre
    • 10/08/2025 - Portland, ME - Merrill Auditorium at City Hall
    • 10/10/2025 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
    • 10/14/2025 - Richmond, VA - Altria Theater
    • 10/16/2025 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
    • 10/17/2025 - Philadelphia, PA - The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
    • 10/21/2025 - Toronto, ON, Canada - Massey Hall
    • 10/22/2025 - Toronto, ON, Canada - Massey Hall
    • 10/25/2025 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
    • 10/28/2025 - Chicago, IL - The Auditorium
    • 10/29/2025 - Chicago, IL - The Auditorium
    • 10/31/2025 - Chicago, IL - The Auditorium
    • 11/03/2025 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
    • 11/04/2025 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
    • 11/06/2025 - Denver, CO - Bellco Theatre
    • 11/07/2025 - Denver, CO - Bellco Theatre
    • 11/11/2025 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
    • 11/12/2025 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
    • 11/16/2025 - San Francisco, CA - The Theater at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
    • 11/17/2025 - San Francisco, CA - The Theater at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
    • 11/20/2025 - Los Angeles, CA - Dolby Theatre
    • 11/21/2025 - Los Angeles, CA - Dolby Theatre
    • 11/25/2025 - Austin, TX - Bass Concert Hall
    • 11/26/2025 - Austin, TX - Bass Concert Hall
    • 11/28/2025 - Dallas, TX - Music Hall at Fair Park
    • 11/29/2025 - Dallas, TX - Music Hall at Fair Park
    • 12/02/2025 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
    • 12/03/2025 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
    • 12/05/2025 - Miami, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theatre
    • 12/06/2025 - Miami, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theatre
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