The show has been sold to Frostival at Howell Family Farms, a walk-through Christmas park in Arlington, Texas, which plans to fold the Lubbock display's lights into its own event, according to the post. Many longtime visitors were surprised, since the show had grown into a local Christmas tradition at the mall.
Commenters on the original post expressed gratitude for the years the event ran in Lubbock. No word yet on whether a similar drive-through light experience will fill the gap at South Plains Mall this year.
For families who built a holiday routine around loading up the car and driving through the lights, this Christmas looks different. The tradition now belongs to a different state entirely.
Arlington gets the lights. Lubbock gets the empty parking lot where they used to glow.