The Perfect Holiday

In this lightweight yuletide fluffery, a young girl turns to a shopping-mall Santa to find a husband for her divorced mother.

"...Charlie Murphy, Katt Williams and Rachel True. Far from perfect and about as much fun as a holiday in..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hideout Theatre's The Hallmark Holiday Musical

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

"...The difference between a Hallmark holiday movie and the Hideout..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Perfect Date Night Is In the Details

A sort of recipe for showing your beloved (and yourself) some love

"...– which was a thing for longtime couples in the Before Times and is even more of a thing..."

Sept. 22, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Not Quite the Usual Holiday Gift Ideas

Something a little different for your loved ones this year

"...In fact, we might do better donating the amount of our usual expenditure to those who need,..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Stack: Holiday Procrastination Reading

"...Breathless features in the style sections of Time and The New York Times..."

Dec. 13, 2007 Design Post by Anne Harris

Naked Graham Perfect Holiday Treat

"...anyone who has a frustrated male-deprived single girlfriend on their Christmas list, get her one of those 2006 calendars..."

Dec. 12, 2005 Postmarks

Holiday Viewing: Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick’s lovely holiday tale of marriage and orgies

"...Merry Christmas from one of the greats of cinema. Eyes Wide Shut is a gift-wrapped..."

Dec. 19, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Burlesque the Hallowed Dead Days

Shopping for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos with Shelby Mine

"...Halloween, hands-down the best holiday. It's a month-long excuse to eat candy,..."

Oct. 31, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Luv Doc: An Upsell for Your Latte

We have pumpkins. The Irish have Guinness.

"...been married (4 years) we have spent Thanksgiving with them. I am happy with this arrangement because my parents..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Auld Lang Syne at the Cinema

How Hollywood has created a holiday of unreasonable expectations and why we should probably stop buying in (but never will)

"...During the three years I lived in New York City, I..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Thanksgiving Orphans Rejoice: There Are Local Options to Save Your Holiday

Booze is one holiday essential that doesn’t grow on a farm

"...your vegetables under a cloak of marshmallows and cream?), the Thanksgiving season can present a stressful prospect...."

Nov. 20, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

10 Places to Kick Off Your Holiday Shopping Weekend in Austin

Shop local for Black Friday, Small Biz Sat. & GivingTuesday

"...In need of holiday shopping and savings recs? We’ve got you covered! Here..."

Nov. 20, 2023 Events Post

Holiday Eventsoff the Beaten Path

Suggestions for those who have done every merry thing

"...As the weather gets colder (and then randomly hotter), the Austin..."

Nov. 29, 2022 Arts Post by Ali Juell

Entertain the Family With These Thanksgiving Weekend Events Around Austin

From holiday lights to puppy yoga, there’s something for everybody

"...aunts and uncles, and we can’t keep politics off the table, either. What we can do is help you..."

Nov. 26, 2019 Events Post by Addie Costello

The 12 Bars of Christmas

Holiday drinks specials are way better than geese a-laying

"...our loyal readers, with a grown up advent calendar: the 12 Bars of Christmas!..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

A Texas Snacker's Guide to the Holidays

Put your gifts where your mouth is

"...funny looking pears to a piece of fresh honeycomb, there's something local for everyone on your list this holiday..."

Dec. 5, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Extended Holiday Edition

Queertastic grrrl events this weekend, and every weekend

"...got to get away. And that’s exactly what Where the Girls Go/ATX is doing for this lovely holiday season...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

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

"...Last November, a few days after the election, I sent my family a note requesting that..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Texas French Bread’s BBQ Epiphany, Little Ola’s Stylish Turkeyday Switch, Getting a L’ILHIGH With Good Work Austin, Falling Into La Condesa, Desert Door at the Driskill, and More

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

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Nov. 22, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Viewing: The Nightmare Before Christmas

A holiday hybrid for outcasts

"...deeply hidden, but all too present, feeling exacerbated by the holidays. While the season is known for jolly family..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Marisa Mirabal

Planting the Seed: A Cannabis Conversation

The Luck Summit starts 4/26 and wraps on Willie Nelson’s birthday, 4/29

"...After seeing the large impact and engagement from Willie's Birthday livestream last..."

April 16, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

This unasked-for sequel fuses the original concept with the well-worn formula of the family-vacation romp.

"...Levy, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling and Alyson Stoner. It’s the snobs vs. the slobs! And this holiday’s no picnic!..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Let’s Celebrate the Fourth of July with Food and Fun

Wave that flag, raise a toast, maybe kiss a fellow American

"...Ah, yes – here comes the 2021 celebration of Independence Day in the good old..."

June 24, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beat the Clock

Rediscovering the Danger in Theatre Under the Gun

"...I could just put one down to fill up the page and hope that I have time to change..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Perfect Game Plan

At Hudson's on the Bend, What's Wild Is Wonderful

"...Hudson's on the Bend photograph by John Anderson Bluebonnets aside, autumn has..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Faraday's Holiday Baking Contest Results

Sweet holiday treats took home great prizes

"...Though there were fewer entries than in past contests, Faraday's customers..."

Nov. 20, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

DVDanger: Three Holiday Horrors

A trio of chillers, but which do you want in your stocking?

"...Horror and the holidays go together like trees and tinsel, eggs and..."

Dec. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City Theatre's The Seafarer

Karen Sneed’s staging is shot through with compassion for the play’s hard-luck, hard-drinking Irishmen

"...In the drunk tank..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"..."Most of the women were bleeding from their anuses after two days,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

In the Mood for a MomRomCom?

The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day

"...was a short, caustic Jewish guy from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Frank Capra, born Francesco, was a short,..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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