A Brief History of Holiday Tamales

And where to acquire these little bundles of iconic Texan year-end tradition

"...about whose recipe is best. It's a wild weekend holiday tradition that I look forward to all year."..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

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 Theatre's improvised musical version of..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Holiday Dinners, Holiday Treats

And this list will grow as the year grows toward its end …

"...food team has started rounding up a sampler of holiday culinary options for your perusal, and these are them..."

Dec. 17, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Happenings

'Tis the season

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

Dec. 12, 2016 Events Post by Morgan Menendez

Holiday Viewing: The Spirit of Christmas

A ridiculous delight in the Hallmark movie pantheon

"...It’s becoming a modern Christmas tradition: the inundation of holiday romances. Almost 30 movies were..."

Dec. 12, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

IBIZ Districts: Voting local with holiday dollars

Keep Austin weird by shopping locally

"...weird – then we should remember to throw some holiday spending their way this season. That's the message from..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Five Arts Events to Get You in That Holiday Spirit

Classics, classical music, ballet, and more

"...what we're dead certain of is this: These five holiday entertainments on Austin stages are sure to put the..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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, there is nothing quite like..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Holiday Dessert Contest Winners Recipes Revealed

Two winners of Faraday's Holiday Dessert Contest share their winning recipes

"...The recent Holiday Dessert Recipe Contest at Faraday's Kitchen Store (1501 RR..."

Dec. 1, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Holiday Tamales From Santa Rita Tex-Mex Cantina

Two varieties of tamales are ready to order

"...but the cooks at Santa Rita are keeping the holiday tradition alive. They're busy making tasty handmade tamales filled..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Holiday Productions

Five performing arts groups that revive holiday-themed shows every December share the traditions they've developed within these seasonal traditions

"...Every holiday has its traditions – New Year's Eve parties, Fourth..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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

A Toast to Tradition

The Foods of New Year's Around the World

"...New Year's Eve never seemed much of a food-centered holiday. Sure, there were the incidental finger foods to fiddle..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

The Holiday Spirit, Lightly Warped

John Waters tackles holly and jolly live at the Paramount

"...of Noël Coward than the glad tidings of the holiday. Don't worry: The director of Pink Flamingos and Female..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holiday Viewing: The Nightmare Before Christmas

A holiday hybrid for outcasts

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

Dec. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Marisa Mirabal

Holiday Viewing: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Some Santas belong on the naughty list

"...That's fine if it's Sundblom's Santa spying on you...."

Dec. 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Carol

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

"...beloved book, and his most adapted. He started the tradition by performing it publicly onstage (no mere reading, but..."

Dec. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Celebration of Tradition and Change in Miss Juneteenth

Writer/director Channing Godfrey Peoples gives Black Texans back their crown

"...film was conceived in. Centered around love for a holiday that honors the abolition of slavery, Miss Juneteenth is..."

June 19, 2020 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

Tubular Tradition

Sausage stuffed the good ol' fashioned way

"...settlers from Eastern Europe brought with them their butchery traditions, their lust for many different types of traditional sausage,..."

July 27, 2012 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Day Trips: Holiday Gift Guide

A wish list for the travelers in your life

"...Gaido's pecan pie. Only available during the holidays, these hefty Texas pies are a tradition from one..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Holiday TV Cheat Sheet

A multigenerational guide for the family

"...Holidays, done right, involve a lot of downtime. A packed..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Jacob Clifton

Food-o-File: Holiday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...and continue through Mardi Gras. In keeping with her tradition of adding new flavors every year, this year she's..."

Dec. 23, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Season's Repeatings

Austin Chamber Music Center's lessons on developing a holiday tradition with A Charlie Brown Christmas

"...Most Austinites who don't "Bah! Humbug!" the holidays have a ready phrase to finish that sentence: "spin..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zach Theatre's The Santaland Diaries

A new creative team energizes a Zach Theatre holiday tradition

"...he swore, for good), the future of a beloved holiday tradition seemed uncertain. Since 1998, this stage adaptation of..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Austin Trail of Lights ... Through the Windshield

Zilker holiday tradition adapts to COVID-19 by embracing a drive-through experience

"...year's only point of entry for an enduring Austin holiday tradition, strangers in nearby vehicles waved cheerfully and a..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

There Ain't No Sanity Clause: Nasty Videos for Your Inner Naughty Child

Counter-programming Christmas with bad cheer and body counts

"...wet, and about as warm as Morrissey's Manchester, the holidays are once more upon us, grinning with suspect good..."

Dec. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Four Christmases

From the director of the hit documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters comes this holiday-themed romantic comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Opens Wednesday.

"...would be complete without the crappy Christmas movie. A holiday tradition on par with returning unwanted gifts for cash..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gay Place

Holiday apparel ain't the only thing gay in the gAyTX: Check out some annual traditions.

"...Two super gay traditions continue this week: Rebecca Havemeyer and Stanley Roy's Xmas..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Happy Trail (of Lights) to You

54th annual Zilker Park tradition returns Dec. 10-23

"...the tunnel. Or, in the case of one Austin holiday tradition, a trail of lights...."

Aug. 21, 2018 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

ICYMI: Din Ho Chinese BBQ

The holiday season just isn’t the same without Chinese barbecue

"...impressive dinner for 10 is ideal for Griswold family-sized holiday herds. Choosing the take-out route, of course, is always..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Food Column by Beth Sullivan

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