Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen

From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure

"...culture is not the most welcoming scene. But the holidays spare no one. There's likely a screen junkie on..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dangerous Toys This Holiday Season

Is that fidget spinner really a killing machine?

"...in Toyland” report itemizing dangerous children’s toys during the holiday season...."

Nov. 27, 2017 News Post by Michael King

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...a note requesting that on Christmas we exchange no gifts. It wouldn't be right, I said, and instead proposed..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Holiday Wish Lists 2003

Presents for public service

"...need specific things. Things that you could offer as holiday gifts! Smart Santas know that at the end of..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Features Feature

Holiday Wish Lists 2005

Give 'til it helps: part one

"...local public service outfits to get in on the holiday hjinks, and better yet, the end-of-the-year tax-write-off rush, and..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Features Feature by Anne Harris

Last-Minute Local Gifts

Edible dreidel prizes and stocking stuffers

"...choice of Lammes Candies' peppermint taffy as a must-have holiday gift. When my mother was alive, I couldn't go..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips: Holiday Gift Guide

Unique Texas gifts worth a day trip

"...Fickle Pickles make great gifts or garnishes with any holiday meal. Crispy and spicy,..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Luv Doc’s Holiday Gift Guide

What you need is enough morphine to send you sweetly into that good night

"...what to get friends and loved ones for the holidays – gifts of both style and substance, obviously. Shit..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Holiday Eventsoff the Beaten Path

Suggestions for those who have done every merry thing

"...weather gets colder (and then randomly hotter), the Austin holiday season wouldn’t be complete without tried and true events..."

Nov. 29, 2022 Arts Post by Ali Juell

Holiday Happenings

'Tis the season

"...festive ATX events will help get you in the holiday spirit...."

Dec. 12, 2016 Events Post by Morgan Menendez

Happy Holidays... and Thanks for Your Many Gifts All Year

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"...long, even if they are more obvious during the holidays. The kind holiday gifts to clients of poinsettias, festive..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column

Holiday Wish Lists 2004, Part 2

Presents for public service

"...Here is Part 2 of our annual Holiday Wish List list. We are grateful for these and..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Holiday Treats for the Locavore Carnivore

With local meats, you and your holiday guests can eat healthily and humanely

"...As the holiday season rapidly approaches, Austin-area cooks are blessed with a..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Gaming Gifts That Aren’t Games

We ask local retailers for suggestions

"...Maybe that person on your holiday shopping list has a relative who spoils them with..."

Dec. 10, 2015 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Five Local Markets to Thwart Holiday Humbugism

Whether it's German traditions or gothic ghoulishness, we've got your gifting options

"...a Scroogey season, you'll need to do a little holiday shopping in the next month. Don't put off shopping..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Arts Column by Katherine McNevins

Austin's Holiday Art Bazaars Are Still Bringing Good Cheer

Who wouldn't love a creative gift by an area artist or artisan? Here's where you can find them.

"...or office Christmas parties, we do know that Austin's holiday art bazaars will still be here to brighten the..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Holiday Wish Lists 2004

Presents for Public Service

"...really appreciates and knows what to do with the gifts it already has...."

Nov. 26, 2004 Features Feature

20 Years of Austin Gifts

... And a slew of other local businesses celebrating significant anniversaries

"...boom, bust, überboom, and near bust again. For our holiday shopping guide, we have chosen to focus on survivors..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

This Holiday Season, Give Political Gifts That Resist

Anti-MAGA merch, feminist nudie mags, Chron swag, and more

"...yet? Celebrate our inch-by-inch movement toward the light with gifts from the heart and the conscience. You can also..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Holiday Gift Guide

Shopping ideas from the Chronicle News staff

"...Obamanos! to the Obama Store for celebratory gifts both serious and lighthearted. In addition to a plethora..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

One Holiday, Two Gifts, 100 Years

Dan Welcher's pair of Yuletide operas shows what a difference a century makes

"...other causes tension among their respective families during a holiday visit...."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

CBD-Centric Gifts to Keep Your Holidays Chilled Out

Seven ways to calm the hell down during this stress-filled season

"...cold brew coffee, and more). When it comes to gifts this season, whether they're for yourself (don't judge; we..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Chefs Share Their Holiday Traditions

Try something completely different this year

"...Year's Eve finish line, we'll have survived yet another holiday season. By now, you've likely been regaled with familiar..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Holiday Wish Lists 2005

'Give' is a four-letter word: part two

"...to invite local public service outfits to submit their Holiday Wish Lists. We have edited these lists as space..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Features Feature by Anne Harris

Luv Doc Recommends: Holiday Hullabaloo

Moxie and the Compound, Saturday, December 13, 2003

"...If you haven’t had one already, your office holiday party is probably just around the corner. Try to..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Local and National Gifts for the Politically Minded

Goodwill to all and coal for a few

"...Who says the News desk can't deliver some holiday peace and goodwill instead of just bad news? Most..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Holiday Viewing: Doctor Who at Christmas

Which are the best (and worst) of the BBC classic's Xmas specials?

"...emptying out a Christmas stocking, with so many little gifts and hints and nods. There are some of the..."

Dec. 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Shopping: The Anti-Mall

"...Celebration! Eclectic Gifts, 3110 Guadalupe #100, 453-6207..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Fogo de Chão Reopens This Weekend, Ember Kitchen Is Opening Soon, Ezov Is Opening Later, Batch Is Open Now, and Would You Believe We Have a Sweet Array of NYE Recommendations for You, O Holiday-Harried Citizen?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...starting on Fri., Dec. 23 – and, in the holiday spirit, donating a portion of first-week sales to Keep..."

Dec. 21, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Viewing: The Lion in Winter

It’s 1183 … but squabbling with the family is timeless

"...me out of jail.” Henry: “It’s only for the holidays.”..."

Dec. 6, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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