Holly, Jolly Houston

The Ultimate Holiday Family Fun Guide

How to make the most of the best time of the year.

10/28/2019 By Houstonia Staff

The Drawl

A Houston Holiday Timeline

The actual season may only last a couple of months, but the planning and the buying and the drinking? They go on all year long.

10/28/2019 By Jeff Balke

Merry and Bright

Paige Fertitta Hosts Annual Holiday Trunk Show for the Children's Art Project

The MD Anderson program sells merchandise inspired by pediatric cancer patients' artwork.

10/23/2019 By Abby Ledoux

The essentials

7 Events to Help You Survive the Holidays

For when you really need to get the family out of the house.

12/21/2018 By Holly Beretto

Hallelujah

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Dec. 21–23

Enjoy the calm before the Christmas storm.

12/20/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Party On

Up Your Holiday Party Hosting Game with Marie Flanigan's Last-Minute Tips

Candles, garlands, and oversized balloons can make all the difference.

12/19/2018 By Kirsten Keller

Be Our Guest, Be Our Guest

At The Houston Design Center, Setting the Table Is a Work of Art

The 11th annual Deck the Tables competition gave us serious holiday hosting goals.

12/17/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Sugar 'N Spice

Hansel & Gretel Proves Itself A 'Delightful, Deranged' Hit

The Rec Room twist on the 19th-century classic is a holiday treat.

12/10/2018 By Holly Beretto

Holiday Shear

Do Your Dad-Diligence and Take Your Kid to Bishops This Saturday

To promote spending time together this holiday season, Dove Men+Care and the Midtown Bishops Cuts/Color are offering free haircuts to dads and their kids on December 8.

12/06/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Holiday Loop

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Dec. 7–9

...if the weather holds up, at least.

12/06/2018 By Morgan Kinney

I'll Be Home for Christmas

This Weekend, Make a Holiday Pilgrimage to 4 Beautiful Homes

Houston's oldest home tour from Kappa Kappa Gamma Charitable Foundation returns for its 76th year with River Oaks and Tanglewood stops.

12/06/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Holiday Road

Celebrate Christmas with Las Posadas in San Antonio

A yuletide pilgrimage.

12/06/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Holiday Hunger

Alternate Holiday Cookie Binging with This Mostly Healthy Breakfast

Two fun dishes at The Classic All Day can help stave off those binges.

12/03/2018 By Joanna O'Leary

Drink It Up

Beer News: Christmas Beer Releases, New Brewery Planned for Near Northside

Plus, a crawl that gets you a whole bunch of Eureka Heights.

11/30/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

Double Double X

Jane Austen: Two Ways, Two Stages

Separate local theater companies mount back-to-back stories about the Bennet sisters for the holidays.

11/28/2018 By Holly Beretto

Santa, Baby!

All the Outdoor Holiday Events You Need to Know About

From Downtown to Bayou Bend, here's where Santa will be popping up.

11/28/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Boughs of Holly

This Weekend, See How Five Heights Homes Deck Their Halls

'Tis the season to gawk at someone else's house.

11/27/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Read me

7 Books to Put on Your Holiday Shopping List

We narrow it down so you'll find something for everyone.

11/26/2018 By Ryan Pait

Eight Hungry Nights

Food News: Where to Load Up For Your Hanukkah Feasts

Plus, enjoy some pancakes and eggs with Santa Claus at a local hotel.

11/26/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

Clutch City

Trim the Tree with These Houston-Inspired Ornaments

Get into the Christmas spirit with these Bayou City baubles.

11/26/2018 By Abby Ledoux