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Hill Country Lighting Trail
Boerne
A Hill Country Christmas. 6 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 15. Downtown. Free. A German heritage Christmas with night parades, refreshments, snow shows, arts and crafts, caroling, Santa, a biergarten and live entertainment. (866) 925-2422, www.ahillcountrychristmas.com.
Burnet
Christmas Festival. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 8. Free. Arts and crafts, music, parade with Santa at 5:30 p.m. (512) 756-4297.
Main Street Bethlehem. 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7-9 and 14-16. Washington Street one block south of Texas 29. Walk the streets of the ancient town of Bethlehem amid camels and donkeys, watch costumed townspeople bargain at the city market, draw water from the well, bake bread and pay taxes to the tax collector. See Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus in a cave near the exit. (512) 756-4481, www.fbcburnet.org/html/msb.html.
Christmas Past at Fort Croghan. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 8-9. Step back in time to the fort's first Christmas in 1849. Families in costume make decorations, fireplaces burn in cabins and there is a candlelight tour, plus refreshments. www.fortcroghan.org/special_events.htm.
Dripping Springs
St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church Christmas Bazaar. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 1.
Christmas on Mercer. 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8.
Christmas Home Tour presented by the Friends of the Dripping Springs Community Library. Dec. 8, (512) 858-4740, www.drippingspringstx.org.
Fredericksburg
Eisbahn.Friday through Jan. 6. Outdoor ice skating rink in the Marktplatz.
Christmas Parade.6:30 p.m. Nov. 30. Main Street.
Weihnachten.4 to 10 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2. Marktplatz. Christmas market and festival.
Kinderfest.Dec. 1. Pioneer Museum Complex.
Holiday Wine Trail. Dec. 7-9, 14-16. Hill Country.
Christmas Home Tour. Dec. 8.
Zweite Weihnachten. Dec. 26. Pioneer Museum Complex. (830) 997-6523, (866) 839-3378, www.Tex-Fest.com, www.fredericksburg-texas.com.
Goldthwaite
Lighting displays throughout city.
Hunter's Appreciation Wild Game Supper. Saturday. Mills County Civic Center.
Parade of Lights, Arts & Crafts Festival and Santa Clausarrives Dec. 1, throughout the day.
Goldthwaite Garden Shopping Tour. 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 2. (325) 648-3619, www.goldthwaite.biz.
Johnson City
Lights Spectacular.Friday through Jan. 1. Downtown. Free. One of the state's largest light displays. Courthouse open 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday nights with a tree, ornament sales and crafts. Santa arrives 6:30 p.m. Friday at Chuckwagon Food Court. Austin's Clickety Cloggers perform 5:30 p.m. Saturday followed by Lighted Hooves and Wheels parade at 6:30 p.m.
Christmas at the LBJ Boyhood Home, 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 and 15.
Living Story of Christmas, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 7-8, 14-15, United Methodist Church. Free. (830) 868-7414.
A Timeless Christmas in Johnson City, 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 8, Lamplight tour of LBJ boyhood home. The 1860 Christmas at the Cabin-Johnson Settlement. (830) 868-7128, ext. 244.
Llano
Starry, Starry Nights, 6 to 9 p.m. Friday through Dec. 31, Llano River Park. Lighted outdoor display along north banks of Llano River.
Second Annual Festival of Trees, County Courthouse Grounds, through Nov. 28.
Lighted parade, Dec. 1
Festival of Trees, Dec. 1-15.
Holiday Home Tour, Dec. 1. Llano Women's Culture Club Holiday Home Tour followed in the evening by the Lighted Christmas Parade around the Courthouse Square.
(325) 423-0288, www.llanotx.com, www.llanochamber.org.
Marble Falls
Christmas Walkway of Lights, 6 to 10 p.m. through Dec. 31, Lakeside Park, immediately west of the U.S. 281 bridge. Free. Self-guided walk through lighting display along shores of Lake Marble Falls. (830) 693-2815, www.marblefalls.org.
Mason
Light up our Town, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Courthouse lawn. Free.
Official holiday lighting ceremony, Santa, music, shopping, carriage rides.
Tannenbaum Arts & Crafts Show, 9 a. m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Fort Mason City Park Community Building, U.S. 87 South. Free.
Advent Music Festival, 'A Christmas Cantata,' by Mason Community Choir 7 p.m., Dec. 2, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Christmas Luminary, 7 p.m., Dec. 9, Fort Mason City Park, U.S. 87 South. Free. Drive-through Christmas luminary and live nativity scene.
(325) 347-5758, www.masontxcoc.com.
New Braunfels
Arts and Craft Show, Saturday and Nov. 25, features more than 100 craftsmen at Civic Center on Seguin Street.
Weihnachtsmarkt, Nov. 30 - Dec. 2. German Christmas shopping market featuring unique gift items and antiques from distinctive merchants and artisans. Wursthalle.
Old Gruene Christmas Market Days Festival, Dec. 1-2. Town lighting ceremony, shops, restaurants, entertainment and craft vendors in Gruene Historic District.
Children visit with "German" Santa, Dec. 5, at the Sophienburg Museum (401 W. Coll St.).
Wassailfest, Dec. 6. Wassail sampling, entertainment, food, strolling through historic downtown.
Christmas Gospel Brunch with a Texas Twist, Dec. 9. New Orleans-style gospel brunch. Enjoy Gruene Hall's own Texas twist of inspiring music coupled with a wonderful buffet.
(800) 572-2626, www.nbcham.org.
Caroling on the Plaza, Dec. 13. Arts Council sponsors community get-together to sing traditional Christmas songs. Downtown plaza.
Round Mountain
Holiday lights throughout city.
Wimberley
Santa arrives on the Wimberley Square, Friday 4:30 p.m.
EmilyAnn Theatre's Christmas Trail of Lights, Saturday through Jan 1. Tree Lighting for Trail of Lights is Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m. Entertainment, yule log (nightly weather permitting). www.emilyann.org.
Lion's Club Market Day, Dec. 1.
Hanukkah Celebration at EmilyAnn Theatre, Dec. 5.
Chapel in the Hills Live Nativity, 6 - 8 p.m, Dec. 14-15.
Starlight Symphony Orchestra, 4 p.m., Dec. 16. Afternoon Christmas Concert at Lone Star Theatre. www.starlightsymphony.org.
(512) 847-2201, www.wimberley.org.
