I'll Be Home for Christmas

"...another offers the world a toast and a Merry Christmas. It's a strange and touchy time, and for those..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Theatre Review: Archive Theater’s The Ghosts of Christmas Past

Pioneer Farms-set production presents ghost stories that are light on scares but full of wintry warmth

"...When I was a kid, it wasn’t Christmas until all the winter books came out. Holidays just..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Mark the Calendar for A John Waters Christmas

The filmmaker and raconteur takes on COVID arguments, sloppy airplane dressing, and how to be rich with class

"...No one wants the same present every Christmas. Yet we all have that relative who will carefully..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Tuna Christmas

After 17 Decembers performing 'A Tuna Christmas' literally thousands of times all over the country, do the folks involved have some holiday tales to tell?

"...yuletide, Austinites can always count on the Zilker Park Tree, the 37th Street lights, and A Tuna Christmas. Every..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Playhouse’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

In its rush to be fun, the show fails to tap all the potential of this rom-com sequel to Pride and Prejudice

"...are novels, films, and plays such as Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. It..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

12 Days of Christmas Desserts

Dessert magic from Janina O'Leary

"...your own home-made homage to the 12 Days of Christmas. But perhaps a tastier use for that money would..."

Dec. 10, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Five Things to Do Outdoors This Christmas Weekend

Get into the big outside this holiday season

"...the team behind Dimension Gallery (located right across the street), this small, verdant park is so well situated and..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Notes From the Larder: A Kitchen Diary With Recipes

"...leftover scraps that go right alongside a recipe for Christmas Bubble and Squeak. The rest of the book will..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...ever wondered what it would be like to celebrate Christmas at Birdland, you can find out this week. Cabaret..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Chilling Time at the Drafthouse

The BBC's classic ghost stories haunt the screen

"...For every light on the Christmas tree, there is a shadow. That's the dark side..."

Dec. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hideout Theatre's The Hallmark Holiday Musical

This delightful improvised spin on Hallmark Christmas movies has just what the real things never do: surprises

"...has built a cottage industry around its incredibly popular Christmas flicks, running them 24/7 from October to January and..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Pre-holiday travel tips

"...with lots of fun festivals before turning on the Christmas lights at the end of November...."

Nov. 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

It's a Wonderful Lie

The breezy, sneaky charms of 1945's Christmas in Connecticut

"...Christmas movies usually come wrapped in a message: appreciate the..."

Dec. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Christina Aguilera My Kind of Christmas (RCA)

Christmas Records

"...Christina AguileraMy Kind of Christmas (RCA) As the closest thing to a teen-pop apologist..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

It's a Wonderful Lie

Breezy, sneaky Christmas in Connecticut airs Christmas Eve on TCM

"...Christmas movies usually come wrapped in a message: appreciate the..."

Dec. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Lovemongers The Last Noel (B2)

Christmas Records

"...LovemongersThe Last Noel (B2) The rule for making worthwhile Christmas music is simple: Sing something different, write something new,..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

TexARTS Cabaret Series

Courtney Sanchez and Matt Wilson bring the Christmas cheer in series debut

"...Coming Home for Christmas is a new medley of yuletide favorites, both the..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls

Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s

"...At the intersection of the Christmas spirit and folk art, this is a unique trail..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Holiday Viewing: Gremlins

Classic black comedy has the blues

"...Melancholy coats Christmas classics like tinsel. Dickens to Lethal Weapon, “the suicide..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alas, Poor Santa!

It takes several troopers to bust one Santa Claus

"...On Friday afternoon, Dec. 21 – with Christmas only days away – Santa Claus stopped by the..."

Dec. 27, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Day Trips

Fritsche's Farm near Giddings is one of several good area options for your Christmas tree shopping.

"...snow on the ground to look like a perfect Christmas wonderland. The neat rows of cone-shaped Virginia pine trees..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Burnett's Christmas Tree Farm outside of Salado is at the end..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Choose your own Christmas tree at one of the many tree farms here in Texas.

"...Christmas tree farms are a great holiday tradition that the..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...photograph by Gerald E. McLeod At Tannenbaum Christmas Tree Farm between New Braunfels and Seguin, three generations..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Texas Christmas tree farms are just a short jaunt over the..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

After a Fashion

Read all about the peacock-themed Christmas tree fit for a Style Avatar!

"...a dizzying array of Austin retailers in pursuit of Christmas decoration perfection this year. Before Thanksgiving, I was already..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Day Trips

Country Christmas tree farms and other holi-day trips.

"...Over the hills and through the woods to Seiler's Christmas Tree Farm outside of Seguin we go, looking for..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...To found Hill Country Christmas Trees, Mark and Carol Mitchell traded careers in the..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Coach's Corner

Why does a nice Jewish boy have to put up a Christmas tree?

"...I don't know much about The Culture of the Christmas Tree. And from my admittedly limited experience in this..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Day Trips

J P Seven Christmas Trees is known for being a good distance out in the country and for having wonderfully fragrant and thick trees

"...J P Seven Christmas Trees, between Hearne and Bryan in Texas, looks like..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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