The Drawl

What Your Favorite Holiday Cookies Mean to Their Bakers

The stories behind the sugary treats.

11/26/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

Ice House

How to Thwart Porch Pirates This Holiday Season

Real-life Grinches are out there.

11/26/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

3-in-1

Stages Bets on Three Times the Holiday Fun

We break down Stages' jam-packed schedule.

11/21/2018 By Holly Beretto

Every time a bell rings

It's A Wonderful Life Like You've Never Heard Before

A.D. Players remixes the holiday classic with Joe Landry’s It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

11/20/2018 By Holly Beretto

Do Good

This Houston Poinsettia Sale Benefits Families In Need

Cornelius Nursery's poinsettia sale raises funds for Lena Pope.

11/05/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

December Planning

Two Texas Destinations to Put on the Calendar for the Holidays

By the way, it's only 15 weeks until Christmas.

09/13/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Home for the Holidays: A Tale of One Vile Voyage, Or: Why I'm Never Leaving Texas Again

I see your holiday travel story and raise you this 25-hour cross-country hell trip.

01/08/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Now Playing

6 Movies Worth Your Christmas Day Ticket Purchase

Let us simplify a decision that is known to tear families apart.

12/22/2017 By Morgan Kinney

Holiday Thievery

'Tis The Season For... Wallet and Purse Snatching?

At a Target in December, I got robbed in the Christmas section.

12/22/2017 With Gwendolyn Knapp

Merry and Bright

Where to Take Your Holiday Guests Outdoors

These five Houston destinations will delight every yuletide guest.

12/18/2017 By Gwendolyn Knapp

A Tree Grows in Houston

Tribute Trees Are the Gift That Keeps on Growing

Trees for Houston offers a charitable take on the Christmas tradition.

12/12/2017 By Abby Ledoux

Holiday Gem

Check Out This Christmas Wonderland in Pasadena

Bufkin Christmas Wonderland still delights after 25 years.

12/12/2017 By Gwendolyn Knapp

The LBD

The Traveling Black Dress: Santa's Helper Edition

Deck your little black dress with holiday cheer.

12/11/2017 By Beth Muecke

Into the Woods

You Can Now Watch A Hansel and Gretel 'Micro-Opera' in a Simulated Forest

Rec Room, the never-normal venue, opens an intimate, installation-like setting of the classic holiday opera.

12/08/2017 By Holly Beretto

Stuff Your Stockings

5 More Chances for Holiday Shopping

This weekend, Houston is once again full of holiday pop-ups.

12/06/2017 By Abby Ledoux

Five's Company

Ballet Not Your Thing? WindSync Offers a Twist on The Nutcracker and Other Favorites

The wind quintet teams up with singers and dancers for a non-traditional holiday program.

12/06/2017 By Holly Beretto

Cry time

Wynonna Judd Wants to Make You Cry

The country juggernaut and her band, The Big Noise, arrives Thursday for an emotional holiday tribute.

12/05/2017 By Holly Beretto

Review

Panto Cinderella Hams Up the Holidays at Stages

Ten years in, the city's original British Panto succeeds with slapstick laughs and actually-good audience participation.

12/04/2017 By Doni Wilson

Strike a Pose

5 Tips to Slay Your Holiday Photo Ops

"There's nothing to it," Madonna said. Not so fast, Madge.

12/04/2017 By Beth Levine

Ice House

6 Local Beers We Want For Christmas

Have a hoppy holiday with these brews.

12/04/2017 By Laura Furr Mericas