Downtown Christmas Stroll 
December 4 & 5
The sounds and tastes of the season will delight young and old alike during the annual Christmas Stroll and Parade in Downtown Brenham. Enjoy this family weekend beginning Friday, December 4, from 5 pm-10 pm, and Saturday, December 5 from 10 am-5 pm, as the holiday spirit comes to Brenham.
Friday night, enjoy Christmas movies on the square, a Dickens Costume Contest & Stroll, carriage rides and live entertainment. Unique gift items and warming cider and cookies can be found in more than 50 shops, boutiques and restaurants in the historic downtown area.
Saturday morning at 8:30, join the Jingle Bell Stroll 5K that begins downtown. Runners, walkers and leashed pets are welcome.
Edible masterpieces will be on display downtown during the Gingerbread Tour of Homes. Designed as part of the event, decorated gingerbread houses will be auctioned with proceeds benefiting Washington County Habitat for Humanity.
Christmas at the Farmer’s Market returns this year on Saturday from 8 am-5 pm with mouth-watering treats, handmade crafts, and vendors! Finally, the Parade of Lights begins at 6 p.m. Saturday. Join this light-filled old-fashioned parade around the downtown streets, complete with a special appearance from Santa!
Forms for the Dickens Costume Contest & Stroll, Jingle Bell Stroll 5K and the Gingerbread Tour of Homes are all available on www.DowntownBrenham.com.
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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
December 3 – 20
Unity Theatre presents its Christmas offering, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play beginning December 3.
Giving a twist to the classic holiday movie from 1946, this production will be performed as a radio broadcast. In the days before moon-walks or cyberspace, there was radio and news, music, comedy, drama, and soap operas all came into the home via radio broadcasts. It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play will give audiences an opportunity to experience what it might have been like to sit in a radio studio on Christmas Eve in 1946, just after the War, and watch a live “coast-to-coast” broadcast.
A cast of five actors will perform all the characters and create all the sound effects. Charles Sanders, a Unity Theatre veteran, will return to assume the role of Clarence, the Angel Second Class, trying to win his wings by visiting Earth and helping George Bailey, a man so discouraged with life, he wishes he’d never been born. Clarence shows him what the world would have been like without him, and ultimately, convinces him that his is, indeed, a wonderful life.
Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, an additional Saturday matinee at 2:30 pm, and Sunday afternoons at 4 pm. All seats are reserved and tickets are $25. Preview tickets for December 3 are only $15, and the group rate is $20. For more information or to make reservations, call the Unity Theatre Box Office: 979-830-8358 or visit www.unitybrenham.org.
The Nutcracker
Does anything say Christmas more than Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker? For the second year, The Nutcracker will be performed in the incredible Festival Hill Institute Concert Hall – reminescent of the European Concert Halls in Round Top.
This play performed by children for children of all ages spans time and brings the joy of toys and Christmas to the stage. This production is brought to the tiny burg of Round Top by Dancers Workshop and Ovation, Austin.
Don’t miss the chance to see The Nutcracker in the serene hills of Round Top. Make your reservations early! The performance is set for 4 pm on Saturday, December 5. For ticket information, call 979-249-3129 or reserve online at www.festivalhill.org
A Twisted Holiday
December 12
Familiar holiday tunes and not-so familiar “twisted” tunes will tweak your hearing and memory about familiar lyrics and bring you laughter to begin your holiday season. Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston is here for your holiday rescue … twisting up and down Carolers’ Lane.
Then, sing along Christmas carols with James Dick at the piano and mingle with your family and friends, helping yourself to homemade cookies and washing them down with Seasonal beverages at the Service Building near the Festival Concert Hall.
Music Is In the Air!
Here are a few other musical events you just can’t miss!
Dec 4 Music Jamboree
Dec 6 Jazz Ensemble Concert
Dec 7 Brenham Chorale Concert
Dec 9 Symphonic Band Annual Kid Koncert
Dec 13 Symphonic and Concert Band Concert
Dec 19 Brenham Children’s Chorus Christmas Concert
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Christmas at Winedale
December 12
Delight in the sights and sounds of an old-fashioned holiday season when you enjoy Christmas at Winedale. This free event will be held Saturday, December 12, from noon-4 pm at Winedale Historical Complex. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
Winedale’s historic homes, decorated for a 19th-century Christmas, will be open to tour. All around the grounds there will be folk life demonstrations, including quilt making, weaving, spinning, whittling, blacksmithing and basket weaving. Farm animals will be in the corral, and children can make old-time crafts in the Old Winedale one-room schoolhouse.
You may even see the German Weihnachtsmann, also known as Santa Claus, giving out candy coins. Stagecoach and covered wagon rides will carry you from place to place. Music and other entertainment will also be available. Food and drinks will be available for sale; make this a great family outing to get into the spirit of the season.
Winedale Historical Complex is located four miles northeast of Round Top at 3738 FM 2714 (off FM 1457). For more information, please call 979-278-3530 (winedale@austin.utexas.edu), or visit www.cah.utexas.edu.
An Old-Fashioned Texas Christmas
December 12
Christmas; a time for gathering with friends and family and for singing carols around the open fire. A time for making surprises tucked away in pretty packages, for feasting on goodies made with love and for making wonderful memories. Join the Barrington Living History Farm staff on December 12 noon to 6:00 pm as we celebrate this special season with An Old-Fashioned Texas Christmas and with many more surprises to come.
Make sure and stick around for our Candlight Christmas at Barrington Farm from 6 to 8 pm. Enjoy the magic of the holidays celebrated 1850s style at the home of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Experience the magic of the holiday season with a candlelight visit to Independence Hall, the Birthplace of Texas. Enjoy caroling in the Visitors Center while shopping for those special gifts at the Washington Emporium. Stroll down a candlelit trail to Independence Hall and enjoy stories of Washington’s past and learn how the residents of Washington would have celebrated the holiday season. Discover the holiday traditions of Washington-on-the-Brazos…they just might become your traditions as well.
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Site is located off Highway 105 between Navasota and Brenham on FM 1155. For additional details call 936-878-2214 ext. 246.
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Spa…..aaaahhhh 
Another year has zoomed by. We’ve worried about the economy, politics, our families and now the holidays are here.
This is the time to regenerate, breathe and enjoy all this season truly means. So, how do you accomplish this? We have some incredible spas to help you center yourself and relax.
If you need this time to clear your head or know someone needing a bit of R&R… this is it! What a great gift!
Check out the links below:
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Activities Galore!
Dec 3-6 ”It’s a Wonderful Life:
A Live Radio Play”
Dec 3-5 Santa Portraits…
at Hermann Furniture
Dec 3 Shop Late Until 8 Thursdays in
December! @ fancy that!
Dec 4 Event at THYME…..a day spa &
salon
Dec 4-5 Brenham Craft Show and
Holiday Market
Dec 4 Music Jamboree
Dec 4-5 Downtown Brenham’s Christmas Stroll & Lighted
Parade
Dec 4-5 Wrap Up Your Christmas
Dec 5 Jingle Bell Stroll 5K
Dec 5 Christmas At The Mansion
Dec 5 The Brenham Farmers Market
Dec 5 The Nutcracker – Round Top Festival Institute
Dec 6 Christmas Wine and Cheese Party
Dec 6 Jazz Ensemble Concert
Dec 6 Madrigal Dinner
Dec 6 Christmas at the Depot & Country Homes Tour of
Burton
Dec 7 Brenham Chorale Concert
Dec 9 Symphonic Band Annual Kid Koncert
Dec 10-14 ”It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”
Dec 10 Shop Late Until 8 Thursdays in December! @ fancy that!
Dec 11-12 Murski Homestead B & B Gourmet Weekends
Dec 12 The Amazing Christmas Cookie Race
Dec 12 Christmas Up In Washington
Dec 12 Christmas at Winedale
Dec 12 Teddy Bear Parade & Santa’s Visit
Dec 12 The Brenham Farmers Market
Dec 12-13 Chappell Hill Holiday Home Tour
Dec 12 ”Christmas Open House” at Bluebonnet Pottery & Gift
Gallery
Dec 12 A Twisted Christmas – Round Top Festival Institute
Dec 13 Symphonic and Concert Band Concert
Dec 17 Friends of Bluebonnet Opry
Dec 17-20 ”It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”
Dec 17 Christmas Over the Top!
Dec 18 Winter Play Day at the Blue Bell Aquatic Center
Dec 19 Brenham Children’s Chorus Christmas Concert
Dec 24 Til the Last Customer is Served @ fancy that!
As always, check our calendar for additional details… or scope out the upcoming events!
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Stay With Us…
We just love company.
With friendly hotels and over 40 bed and breakfasts in town and in the country, we have plenty of places to stay. Located halfway between Houston and Austin on Highway 290, Washington County is home of Blue Bell ice cream, Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site – “The Birthplace of Texas,” the Burton Cotton Gin and Museum – “The Official Cotton Gin Museum of Texas,” wineries and the historic Brenham Main Street District.
Sincerely,
Seneca McAdams
Washington County Chamber CVB
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