This Ryan Place Candlelight Tour Is the Perfect Setting for a Hallmark Movie
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Is anyone hoping to live like one of those happy, romantic characters in a Hallmark Christmas movie?
Here’s a thought on how to live out the fantasy right here in North Texas. Put on your cutest coat with a very stylish hat, plus a pair of trendy boots, and maybe extra blush on your cheeks so they look extra rosy. Once you’re picture perfect, head to Fort Worth’s near Southside neighborhood of Ryan Place. Yes, you can live out your holiday fantasies — with carriage rides even! — during the Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place. It’s set for noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the historic Fort Worth neighborhood.
Ryan Place is the type of picturesque neighborhood that would make a perfect set for a Hallmark romance. Stately gates mark the entrance at Elizabeth Boulevard and Eighth Avenue to the Fort Worth neighborhood. Just imagine the movie heroine meeting her future fiancé at these gates and the camera panning to the rows of grand mansions. The couple could walk dreamily hand-in-hand past stucco Mediterraneans and brick Georgians.
Candles on Movie Set
The set would be ideal because during the candlelight Christmas tour where there are candles, of course, setting the scene. The tour, marking its 40th anniversary of celebrating historic homes dating back to the 1920s. Perfect backdrop for a Christmas movie with all these homes decorated for Christmas, right?
As our happy couple strolls through the neighborhood, they’ll see everything from gracious two-stories to darling bungalows. For the 2024 candlelight tour, they can even wander through tours of houses decorated for Christmas. Yes, imagine the camera panning across these homes— The Deufel Home, also known as the Hoffer-Hulen Home, 1221 Elizabeth Blvd.; The Ryan-Drake Home, 2530 Ryan Place Dr; The Mitchell-Mansfield Home, 2521 Fifth Ave.; The Hoffer-Hulen Home, 1221 Elizabeth Blvd.; and The Patton Home, 2307 Fifth Ave.
Perfect Christmas Scenes
Besides these wonderful houses, the home tour has more to offer. It’s enough to add the picture-perfect holiday scenes a Hallmark movie needs. Added fun — sure to leave everyone rosy-cheeked and smiling — includes those horse-drawn carriage rides, plus musical entertainment, pop-up shops, a children’s train, and of course, Santa Claus.
Now the stars of the made-for-couch-watching TV show won’t need tickets, but others will unless you are 12 or under. General admission tickets are available for $30 online now at the 40th Annual Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place Eventbrite page. You can purchase tickets on-site Saturday and Sunday at a ticket booth located at St. John’s Anglican Church, 2401 College Ave.
In the usual Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, the lead characters always live happily ever after, with all things holiday surrounding them. Candlelight Christman in Ryan Place would make a lovely title, don’t you think? Let’s toast each other with hot chocolate and admire the engagement ring…sigh.
