This Christmas

The film has the perfect formula for holiday cheer: redemption through sentimentality, salvation through schmaltz.

"...Lindo and Elba in a movie as bland as This Christmas? After all, this isn’t the old Hollywood studio..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

List Me This Christmas

A collection of Jimmie D's holiday hard-ons.

"...to burn through in one sitting. Let me preface this by saying I'm known by my in-laws for being..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Jimmie D

Five Things to Do Outdoors This Christmas Weekend

Get into the big outside this holiday season

"...joy into our funky, beating hearts while we're still this side of the grave? Here are five possibilities for..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Light ’em up for everyone's favorite movie stoners.

"...This is the first of the three Harold and Kumar..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Lazy Gourmet's Austin Christmas

Eight dining options to save you from cooking

"...having family and friends over for dinner to celebrate Christmas can be a joy, but for those of us..."

Dec. 19, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Crunk Christmas

The curse (and charms) of Christmas albums

"...Having made it through Scott Weiland's new Christmas coaster, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, I..."

Dec. 20, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Carol

In this season of giving, who is the best Scrooge?

"...Christmas is about … Humbug! The season of giving …..."

Dec. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Feminist Who Stole Christmas

Maybe it’s cold outside, but we still want to go home

"...Loved ones gathered around a Christmas tree, by a lit menorah, or crammed together in..."

Dec. 13, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Tweet This Mess Around: Fred Schneider Tells It Like It T-I-Is! Part 1

What's that on your head? An interview with the B-52's lead man?

"...and on the occasion of the release of a Christmas album, Destination… Christmas! by his other band, the Superions...."

Nov. 5, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Benjamin Markovits' Christmas in Austin

In this novel of a family gathering for the holidays, Austin serves as a mirror for the characters, and perhaps for the reader

"...the lights on 37th Street and to the Zilker Christmas tree. That's all to say that when you come..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Holiday Viewing: Christmas in Connecticut

It's a wonderful lie

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

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Last Christmas

This is a movie inspired by a Wham! song, and you know what? It works.

"...There are so many incredible aspects to Last Christmas, it’s difficult to figure out where to begin. It’s..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ten Things to Do on Christmas Day

Avoid the Grinch-y realm this holiday

"...Christmas is here, and while this can mean paid time-off..."

Dec. 22, 2018 Events Post by Evelin Garcia

The 12 Bars of Christmas

Holiday drinks specials are way better than geese a-laying

"...With Christmas only 12 days away, we wanted to gift you,..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...The best Christmas episodes take the basic DNA of a TV show..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Man Who Invented Christmas

How Charles Dickens created Ebenezer Scrooge

"...In The Man Who Invented Christmas, beloved fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge gets the origin-story treatment...."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

I Hate Christmas

Strange Brew song swap ain’t for suckers

"...from Illinois to Kansas. Waiting for his return at this time of year is typical of my family. Although..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas

The former teen heartthrob turned evangelical entrepreneur shows how to put the faith back into Christmas.

"...heartthrob-turned-evangelical entrepreneur Kirk Cameron "Camsplains" the true meaning of Christmas, Saving Christmas will hold little interest for anyone not..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Christmas Dining in Austin

Here are your last minute dining recommendations, slackers

"...You’ve only got this weekend left to nail down your Christmas dining plans..."

Dec. 23, 2017 Events Post by Mark Fagan

It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

Jingle Bell Rocks! spins under the musical mistletoe

"...and devotional music. In my house, it's not really Christmas until we break out the A Charlie Brown Christmas..."

Dec. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christmas Records

Celtic Christmas Iv

"...Noëls Celtiques: Christmas Music from Brittany (Green Linnet)..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Review

I'll Be Home for Christmas

"...Alexandria Mitchell. Beware of seasonal comedies whose titles echo Christmas carol refrains. Remember Jingle All the Way? Heed the..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Record Reviews: Christmas

"...Funky Christmas (Polydor)..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Review

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...There’s no shortage of Christmas horror movies to choose from, but there’s only one..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol

This slick and polished musical adaptation of the Dickens classic serves up holiday cheer in abundance

"...We all know the story of A Christmas Carol – or we should, anyway. Let's not waste..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

DVDanger: A Christmas Horror Story

Seasonal horror anthology is a holiday delight

"...Christmas is a divisive holiday. There's the "joy to the..."

Dec. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Crazed for Christmas

Grammy nominations, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions, and eight days of Christmas

"...its holiday spirit. Like department stores that begin playing Christmas jingles on December 1, we've already blown our festive..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Most Fun You Can Have at Christmas With Your Pants On

Rebecca Havemeyer and Stanley Roy channel the spirit of some season…

"...Roy brought it! The seventh annual incarnation of their Christmas play: Whatchu’ Talkin' 'bout Christmuss? delivered an absolute riot..."

Dec. 23, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Claire Gordon

Christmas Bloody Christmas

Joe Begos delivers more than coal in this Santasploitation gorefest

"...“The party's on/ The feeling's here/ That only comes/ This time of year/ Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.”..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights

The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas

"...Willis Littlefield buys batteries in bulk this time of year – his gyrating Santas depend on..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

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