Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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Color me bland The Austinaires perform from the downtown stage during Christmas in the City in 2016. Photos by Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY
KICK-OFF
Friday, Nov. 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Downtown Austin
The annual kick-off to the Christmas season begins Friday with a party downtown. Meet at First Avenue and Main Street at 5:30 p.m. and walk with Santa Claus, the Austinaires, Merry Elf and other holiday characters to the Town Center stage to light the downtown Christmas displays.
KICK-OFF ACTIVITIES Free Photos with Santa by Mary Landherr Photography, located in the Town Center Building. Candy cane treats for the kids. Live Entertainment on stage including the Austinaires, Taylor Bliese and emcee Paul Pruitt. Sound provided by Imagery Sound. Kaptain Kirby Train Rides Magic by Jim Jayes Musical Entertainment in the Town Center sponsored by the Hormel Historic Home: the Ecumenical Bell Ensemble, the Jingle Belles, and more. Free Face Painting in the lower level of the ArtWorks Center by Matchbox Children’s Theatre. Elevator access is available. The Austin Fire Department will have a ladder truck on Main Street, across from Rydjor Bike. Sparky may make an appearance. The Jane Taylor Academy of Dance Christmas Show begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Historic Paramount Theatre. Enjoy scenes from “The Nutcracker” and other holiday dances. Admission is $2 a donation to the Historic Paramount Fund.
Santa Claus waves to fans during Christmas in the City in 2016. models, enjoy free hot cider and goodies. Bendixen Jewelry: Hot apple cider and Christmas treats; 20 percent off all in-stock merchandise.
IN-STORE ACTIVITIES Austin ArtWorks Center second floor gallery opening, 5-7 p.m. open house to view this all-member art show. Free admission. B&J Bar and Grill: Christmas treats Belles and Beaus Bridal and Formal Wear: Watch live
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Bridget’s Dance Conservatory: Cookies, hot chocolate and a fun craft, as well as a dance class with the Sugar Plum Fairy. For all ages. Although children 2 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Free. Coffee House on Main: Stop in for a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.
George’s Pizza: Children who stop in get a red or green glow necklace. Hastings Shoes: Holiday treats. lnnoVision Eyecare: Apple cider, coffee and cookies. Lou’s Forever Framing: Photo ops with life-size elf cutouts, plus a ping pong ball game for children ages 2-13. Novedades Cristal: Free cup of “Ponche.” Piggy Blues BBQ: Holiday Gelato samples. Gift card sale: free $20 card with $100 card purchase. Register for prizes. Poet’s Heart and Life Safety 4-U: Town Center Building. Coloring pages, drawing for free CPR class, candy for kids. Rydjor Bike Shop: Test ride a bike inside the store and get a free Christmas ornament. Salvation Army Kettle Kick-off: In front of ArtWorks Center. Vote for your favorite created kettle with your donation. Trophy awarded to kettle receiving the most donations. Also, register to ring bells. The canteen will be serving free hot chocolate. Sew Chic Alterations: (Inside Hastings) Holiday
treats SPAM Museum: Write your letter to Santa and enjoy a cookie. Sweet Reads: Bookmark making, storytelling and fun with Buddy the Elf The Bakery: Hot chocolate, cider and games for kids. Twice is Nice: See a farmhouse-inspired Christmas transformation of the story and the latest in holiday decorating, with 20 percent off all home decor Nov. 24-25.
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WHY BE THANKFUL? For one thing, because you probably don’t know Harvey
hanksgiving is tomorrow, the day when we are allowed to overeat and nobody gives us grief about it. It is a day of football, a parade that is essentially a giant ad for Macy’s, and dining with the proverbial black sheep family member no one wants
to see, but was invited out of obligation. And after we’ve had our naps that we swear are the result of tryptophan, we have the energy to stampede and trample each other at the stores as we fight for savings on Black Friday, starting Thursday afternoon.
It’s a far cry from the day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens” started by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864. While some may not have experienced the above-mentioned Thanksgiving, it has generally become
the stereotype. But every Thanksgiving, stereotypical or not, we are reminded to be thankful. The question is, are we really? Do we ever truly take the time to think about what we have
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Have you, perchance, ever noticed how beige our Thanksgiving meals are? Beige turkey, beige dressing, beige gravy, colorless mashed potatoes, ditto for the bread, dingy wild rice, doldrumy oysters and a green bean casserole that started life out as green, but once the mushroom soup was added — you guessed it — also turned beige. Ham, corn and sweet potatoes try to save the day, but even their original colors get bleached out by the time they reach the table. Let’s face it, without cranberry sauce we’d be in a deep lusterless funk. The mission of those berries must be a blood transfusion for our eyes. Like a neon light, the glow of their vibrant crimson shocks life into the rest of the visual monotony. Perhaps we should start a turkey revolt. Like flood Jennie-O with requests for colored turkeys. Why not lime green or florescent orange? Jello colors. Would our stomachs protest? Would our turkey revolt be revolting? The irony is that we don’t even see the lack of color in our Thanksgiving feasts. Years of conditioning have taught us that all that beige tastes really yummy. A perfect example of this is dressing. In reality it looks used. Like fagged out food that’s been around the block a few times. But to us its appearance is mouth watering because we know it’s delicious. We also know that if we were to dye it periwinkle blue, it wouldn’t enhance its flavor one iota. It’s perfect just like it is. Beige. If anyone is to blame for this achromatic holiday spread, it has to be the pilgrims. To prove my point have you ever seen a pilgrim wearing a psychedelic dashiki? No, you haven’t because they wore black. Black and that ridiculous sissified white starched collar. Just what did they have against colors? Or perhaps they had really poor vision and hues escaped them. This could well be true for have you ever seen a pilgrim wearing glasses? Just think how different Thanksgiving could have been had InnoVision Eye Care been around then.
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Holiday concert season begins Dec. 1 in Austin public and private schools FRIDAY, DEC. 1 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. Woodson Kindergarten Center Holiday Sing MONDAY, DEC. 4 7 p.m., Ellis Middle School and I. J. Holton Intermediate School Fifth-Eighth Grade Holiday Orchestra Concert, Knowlton Auditorium, AHS. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Neveln Elementary School Holiday Concert, Ellis Middle School Auditorium. THURSDAY, DEC. 7 7 p.m., Ellis Middle School and I. J. Holton Intermediate School Fifth-Eighth Grade Holiday Choir Concert, Knowlton Auditorium, AHS. FRIDAY, DEC. 8 Banfield Elementary School Winter Concert, carpeted gym. Four performances: 9:30 a.m., first grade; 10:30 a.m., fourth grade; 12:30 p.m., second grade; 1:30 p.m., third grade. MONDAY, DEC. 11 6 p.m., Pacelli A. M. Preschool Christmas Program, Pacelli Auditorium. 7 p.m., Ellis Middle School and I. J. Holton Intermediate
School Fifth-Eighth Grade Holiday Band Concert, Knowlton Auditorium, AHS.
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Celebrate Christmas in the County Dec. 8-9 The Mower County Historical Society will host its annual Christmas in the County during the second weekend in December. Its annual Christmas Cookie Bake
Sale will be from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, in the Administration building. The main event will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. Enjoy homemade chili, children’s
activities, silent auction, wagon rides, a raffle drawing and blow the 1004 train whistle. Also visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus from the North Pole.
TUESDAY, DEC. 12 6 p.m., Pacelli P.M. Preschool Christmas Program, Pacelli Auditorium. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13 7 p.m., Pacelli Middle School and HIgh School Christmas Program, Pacelli Auditorium. THURSDAY, DEC. 14 8:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 1 p.m., Southgate Elementary School Holiday Program. 7 p.m., Pacelli Elementary School Christmas Program, Pacelli Auditorium. FRIDAY, DEC. 15 7 p.m., “Christmas At Home,” Paramount Theatre, featuring students from Austin Public Schools. SATURDAY, DEC. 16 2 p.m., “Christmas At Home,” Paramount Theatre, featuring students from Austin Public Schools.
People get a snow ride through Saturday’s snowfall during Christmas in the County at the Mower County Historical Society. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Galactic Cowboy Orchestra to perform Dec. 10 The Austin Symphony Orchestra’s 61st season continues at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, with “A Trans-Siberian Christmas.” The alter native rock ensemble of the Galactic Cowboy Orchestra returns
to Austin High School’s Knowlton Auditorium for an energetic and dynamic performance of Christmas music in the style of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Sonia Larson directs this production. Season tickets are on
sale at www.austinmnsymphony.org and online
donations are always welcomed.
MONDAY, DEC. 18 7 p.m., Austin High School Holiday Program, Knowlton Auditorium, AHS.
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Christmas in the
18th Avenue Northwest and the surrounding area
NORTHWEST Applebee’s: Bring your own camera and have picture taken with Santa. Enjoy hot chocolate and a treat.
Arby’s: Stop in to make a holiday craft and get a treat. Register for prize drawing. Asa Auto Plaza of Austin: While kids are busy crafting a Snowman Stocking Christmas Ornament, adults can enjoy hot apple cider and sign up for our in-store drawing. Austin Holiday Inn: Stop out and sip hot apple cider while making reindeer food and writing letters to Santa. Dolan’s Landscape Center: “Feed the Birds” Make a Pine Cone bird feeder and enjoy cookies and cider. Register for prize drawing. Culvers: Coloring for kids, free
hot chocolate, visit with Santa by the tree, Christmas DVD playing.
regular priced item coupon. Enjoy cocoa, cookies and treats. Sign up for drawings.
Fantastic Sams: Come in and decorate your own ornament. Register for drawing.
Perkins Restaurant: Kids eat free (one child per adult) and kids can register to win 1 of 3 $25 gift cards to be given away.
Games People Play: Stop in for face painting and homemade donuts. Free T-shirt or hat with $25 purchase. Register for prize drawing. Great Clips: Come create an ornament to hang on your Christmas tree. Enjoy punch and cookies. Register for drawing. Hardees: Stop in for hot chocolate and cookies. Make reindeer food and register for a prize drawing. Hy-Vee: Come in for cookie decorating in the Hy-Vee Kitchen. Maurices: Take your picture by our selfie wall, 20 percent off
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Makayla, 6, right and Maci Attleson, 5, wave during the horse-drawn sleigh ride at Wal-Mart. Herald
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 4-7 p.m.
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Pizza Hut: Coloring contest, candy cane ornament craft, drawing for five one-topping large pizzas. Pizza Ranch: Children 10 and under eat free with purchase of adult buffet (1 child per adult). Pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Shopko: Cookies, Apple Cider and juice served while watching a Christmas cartoon and making a Magic Color Scratch Ornament. Super Fresh Produce and Bakery: Kids come in to make your own apple crisp.
The horse-drawn sleigh ride takes its first ride of passengers around the Wal-Mart parking lot during Christmas in the Northwest in 2016.
Stoll: Hurricane survivors in Texas offer inspiration From Page 1 and how lucky we are to have it? I can already hear the questions: “Why should I be thankful? I struggle to make ends meet while an athlete makes millions because he’s fast and can throw a ball. “I work a dead-end job that I hate, but feel like I have no other options. I feel like everyone else has so much while I have so little and that’s not fair. “So tell me, why should I be thankful?” I understand the questions and complaints. After I graduated college, I worked two part-time jobs because I couldn’t find full-time work in my field. The hours were long and the pay less than overwhelming. I had credit card debt with no money to spare, a car on its last legs, and lived in a basement apartment under a family that oddly liked to vacuum their house at midnight. I get it. When you struggle day-to-day, it is very difficult to feel thankful. But you should be thankful. As you may or may not have read, I recently wrote a column about my experience in Port Arthur, Texas, in mid- to late-October. Hurricane Harvey devastated Port Arthur, and I went down there to help our sister paper, The Port Arthur News. Even though the storm was almost three months ago, the situation
in Port Arthur and the surrounding area is still dire. Many residents were displaced as flooding affected 98 percent of the city. Federal and local emergency relief agencies have been doing what they can, but they are spread thin with limited resources because so many people were affected. They have been stuck with trying to decide who is most in need of help and therefore should receive aid and who should be turned away. As a result, recovery has been slow, leaving many frustrated people wondering when they will get help. I heard many tearful testimonies while I was in Port Arthur, but one of the most heartbreaking was that of 61-year-old Linda Lewis. Lewis had lost her husband two weeks before the storm hit. On the night of the storm, she and her daughter were trapped in their house as the water came in. Her neighbor was able to get them out, but the house was a total loss. Before his death, Lewis’s husband was the sole earner in the family. Lewis’s daughter has autism and is prone to having severe fits and breakdowns. Her school does not have anyone qualified to deal with her when that happens, so Lewis must be available during school hours to get to the school quickly in case her daughter has a break down. This prevents Lewis from working, as she has to
constantly care for her daughter. Making matters worse, she had no flood insurance and FEMA denied her request for aid. She has to wait 90 days in order to appeal it. Lewis currently lives in a RV she borrowed from a friend, and for that she was thankful. Another story that really touched me was when I spoke to the Rev. C.W. Crawford of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, the oldest historically black church in Orange, Texas. The church, like so many other buildings, suffered flood damage from the storm, but compounding the problem was the small congregation’s limited means. Crawford said that many of his parishioners were elderly and on welfare and food stamps. But instead of using their limited means to repair the damage to their church, they chose to help others by rebuilding homes, providing food and supplies and giving what they could. It reminded me of the New Testament story of the poor widow who gave two small coins, literally all she had, to the poor box at the Temple. Crawford and his church were the embodiment of that widow, giving despite their need. It was to those who gave and helped them continue their mission of aiding those in need that Crawford told me they were most thankful. So I urge you to take
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If you’re employed, no matter how good or lousy the pay is, be thankful you have a means to earn money. And if you feel like everyone else has so much while you have so little, then be thankful for that little that you do have.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2017
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A Handmade Christmas returns to HHH Dec. 2-3 A Handmade Christmas returns to the Hormel Historic Home Dec. 2 and 3: with 30-plus vendors for the annual craft market. From 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday, there will be wine, walking hor d’oeuvres, massages and music. Then from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday there will be tours of the decorated house, treats and holiday drinks.
Vote Nov. 24 for your favorite ‘Create a Kettle’ entry The time has come to vote for your favorite entry in the Salvation Army “Create A Red Kettle from Scratch” contest. Anyone with a hankering for the holidays ws asked to create a special red kettle — but decorated with a theme, such as a sports team, a movie, a historical event and so on. They had to be submitted by Nov. 20. The will be on display at the ArtWorks Center for the public to vote, through donations, on the best one. All voting will take place during Christmas in the City, from 5-7 p.m. Nov. 24.
Local church events calendar Two-year-old Evalyn Jenson gets her picture taken with Santa Claus at Sterling Drug in 2016 during Christmas in the Southwest. Herald file photo
THURSDAY, NOV. 23
Christmas in the
FRIDAY, NOV. 24
Sterling Shopping Center and surrounding area
SOUTHWEST Apollo Liquor: Come in and enjoy wine tasting and a meat tray. Apollo Superette: Stop by for cookies and hot cider. Berg’s Nursery and Landscaping: Come at 5 p.m. and check out fun, furry, farm animals for young and old. Enjoy hot apple cider, treats and in-store specials. Bursch Travel: Stop in for some fresh popcorn and an activity for the kids. Cornerstone Church: Come jump in our inflatables, make Christmas crafts and enjoy our balloon animals along with cookies and
hot chocolate. Also, come meet the Bruins Hockey players. D&G Ace Hardware: Stop in and enjoy cookies for all. Also, donate to the food shelf and receive $5.00 off your next purchase of any non-sale items.
tree purpose silent auction. Japan Panda: Stop by for some free crab Rangoon. McDonald’s Restaurant: (Oakland Avenue) Come make a holiday craft and enjoy hot chocolate.
Farmers Insurance Group Tom Gillard Agency: Come make an ornament, enjoy refreshments and register for drawings.
Re/Max Results: Christmas coloring contest with first-, secondand third-place prizes awarded. Treats too.
H&R Block: Come in and make an ornament.
Sterling Drug Main Street: Free picture with Santa from 4-7 p.m. All children will receive a free gift from Santa.
Habitat Restore: Join us for music and for the bean bag toss to win a Christmas Ornament. There will also be a Christmas
Sterling State Bank: Horse-drawn wagon rides in the parking lot
Brooklyn Thompson and Vanessa Gonzalez make balloon shapes at Cornerstone Church during Christmas in the Southwest in 2016. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Thursday, Nov. 30, 4-7 p.m. co-sponsored by Overby Orthodontics: Come in and enjoy some cookies and warm or cold apple cider. Walgreens: Kids can stop by to enjoy a treat, plus color a Christmas picture to take home.
Thanksgiving Dinner, noon to 3 p.m., Grand Meadow Lutheran Church, 115 First St. NW, Grand Meadow, Fellowship Hall Drumming Circle, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Austin Congregational UCC. Drumming is a way to explore prayer and the natural connection we have with one another. FRIDAY, DEC. 1 Festival of the Nativities, 5-8 p.m., a non-denominational free event with lighted displays of nativities, vocal and instrumental Christmas music, children’s activities and refreshments. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 802 4th St. SW, Austin SATURDAY, DEC. 2 Festival of the Nativities, 4-8 p.m., a non-denominational free event with lighted displays of nativities, vocal and instrumental Christmas music, children’s activities and refreshments. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 802 4th St. SW, Austin n Send calendar items to newsroom@austindailyherald.com
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PERCENTAGE OF U.S. MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS
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Christmas in the
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Jim’s Marketplace (11th St. Northeast) and the surrounding area
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Pick up a passport at one of the businesses listed in GREEN and have it validated at each business you visit. Turn in your completed passport at your final stop for a chance to win $100 in Chamber Bucks. EAGLES CLUB 703: Come make a craft and see Santa. Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies.
Hardy Geranium: 4:30-7 p.m. (100 4th St SE) Visit Santa and enjoy cider and cookies.
EMERGE FITNESS: Come play Reindeer games.
INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES: 5-7 p.m. (101 21st St SE) Decorate Christmas cookies and warm up with hot chocolate.
Heath Tattoos: Kids get your temporary tattoos. HOOT AND OLE’S TAVERN: Stop in to have your picture taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Play a game and enjoy treats. Jim’s MarketPlace Foods: Come inside for Christmas treats. Source: 2016 American Community Survey, table R1106 Multigenerational households U.S. Census Bureau graphic | www.census.gov/acs
THANKSGIVING by the numbers By the United States Census Bureau
In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims — early settlers of Plymouth Colony — held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Many regard this event as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. The Wampanoag Indians in attendance played a key role. Historians have recorded ceremonies
of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America. These include the British colonists in Virginia as early as 1619. The legacy of thanks and the feast have survived the centuries, as the event became a national holiday 154 years ago (Oct. 3, 1863) when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of
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November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving Day should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday. The following facts are made possible by the responses to the U.S. Census Bureau’s surveys.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIRST FEAST
118.9 million
23.8 million
Potential stops for Thanksgiving dinner: This is the number of occupied housing units across the nation in the second quarter of 2017 — potential stops for Thanksgiving dinner.
The number of U.S. residents of English ancestry as of 2016. Some could very well be descendants of the Plymouth colonists who participated in the autumn feast that is widely believed to be one of the first Thanksgivings.
4.6 million The number of multigenerational households in the United States in 2016. It is possible these households, consisting of three or more generations, will have to purchase large quantities of food to accommodate all the family members sitting around the table for the holiday feast, even if there are no guests.
Four The number of places in the United States named after the holiday’s traditional main course: • Turkey Creek, Arizona, population 405 • Turkey City, Texas (367) • Turkey Creek village, La. (357) •Turkey town, N.C. (280). • There are also 11 townships in the United States with “Turkey” in the name.
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6,500 The number of members of the Wampanoag American Indian tribal grouping as of 2010, roughly half of whom resided in Massachusetts. The Wampanoag attended the first Thanksgiving, playing a lead role in the historic event, and were essential to the survival of the colonists during the newcomers’ first year.
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44.5 million The forecasted number of turkeys raised in Minnesota in 2016. Minnesota topped in turkey production, followed by North Carolina (33.5 million), Arkansas (26.0 million), and Indiana (19.5 million)
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The value of U.S. imports of live turkeys in 2016, with 99.9 percent of them coming from Canada and The number of counties, places and the remaining from France. When townships in the United States named it comes to sweet potatoes, the Plymouth, as in Plymouth Rock, the Dominican Republic was the source landing site of the first Pilgrims. The of 49.6 percent ($6.4 million) of total two counties named Plymouth are in imports ($12.9 million). The United Massachusetts (513,565 residents) and States ran a $13.7 million trade deficit Iowa (25,200 residents). in live turkeys during the period but Plymouth city, Minn., is the most populous place, with 77,216 residents in had a surplus of $159.4 million in sweet potatoes. 2016.
Star Liquor: Come in for a cookie. Thoroughbred Carpets and Flooring: Stop in for cookies and cider. Horse drawn sleigh rides in parking lot sponsored by Jim’s Marketplace Foods and Thoroughbred Carpets and Flooring AUSTIN TIRE: (415 10th St NE) Treats for kids, enter tire drawing. Bobee Jo’s: (435 10th St NE) Come in and make a craft and enjoy popcorn, apple cider and treats.
Kwik Trip: (1509 10th Place NE) Stop in for cookies and hot chocolate, mochas and coupons. TOM’S HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING: (1810 E Oakland Ave) Kids, come try the Jingle Ball Toss. Free glow sticks for kids. CCI GRANITE: (1407 10th Drive SE) Enjoy Christmas coloring, cookies, and try the puck shoot. Echo Lanes: (1600 10th Drive SE) Free game pass for all attending. Midtown Auto Clinic: (1502 10th Drive SE) Stop by for treats. Old 218: (1308 10th Drive SE) Christmas coloring books, refreshments, and holiday music Y WASTE: (1100 10th Drive SE) Stop in to decorate your own Christmas cookie.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2017
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HOLIDAY
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CALENDAR times of the holiday season. $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Dec. 3 : Annual Chili Cookoff-Austin Eagles Club. Tasting begins at noon, judging at halftime of the Vikings game. Bring your pot of chili or just come watch the game and sample. Free. Dec. 5: First Farmers and Merchants (Austin) Christmas Open House, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Refreshment served. Dec. 6: Cedars Holiday Lunch and Wrap, at the Mower County Senior Center, 12-2 p.m. Cedars Chef Jack will serve holiday lunch while you have your Christmas gifts wrapped. Free will donations to Senior Center and Advocacy Program. Dec. 6: $5 Movie Night at the Paramount, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” late show 9 p.m. $5 p/p. Dec. 7: St. Mark’s Living-Holiday Craft Fair/Festival of Trees, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join us for this annual event. Local crafters, affordable lunch, tour our building to see all the beautifully decorated trees on display.
Anika Engelmann, 10, of Rochester performs at the 2016 Tuba Christmas in Austin’s Paramount Theatre. Herald file photo Nov. 16: Holiday Card Party at the Hormel Historic Home. 12-4 p.m. Card or Game groups come enjoy touring the decorated home, have lunch, and play games. $10 p/p. Nov. 17: Holiday Tea Luncheon at the Hormel Historic Home, 11-2:30 p.m. Enjoy touring the decorated home, live music, tea luncheon. $15 p/p.
Westminster Presbyterian Church 802 4th St. SW. Enjoy lighted displays of nativities, Christmas music, children’s activities, refreshments. Free. Dec. 2, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Austin Ford Chrysler Holiday Open House, I-90 and Oakland Avenue West (both locations). Tour our newly remodeled and updated facilities.
Nov. 18: Hormel Historic Home-Soup and Santa Family Event, two sessions 10 a.m. or Noon. Enjoy soup and hot chocolate, holiday crafts, Mr. and Mrs. Claus, holiday comedy show, plus tour the decorated home. Free photo included. $5 per person, must pre-register.
Dec. 2: Merry Tuba Christmas at the Historic Paramount Theatre, 11 a.m. annual holiday music concert performed by tubas, sousaphones, euphoniums and bass tubas. All players are invited to join in. The concert is free and open to the public to attend. Players’ fee $10, with registration at 8:30 a.m, rehearsal 9 a.m.
Nov. 18: Soup and Spirits at the Hormel Historic Home, 4-7 p.m. Enjoy evening tours of the historic home, gourmet soup, truffles, and live music. Take vintage selfies, see cooking and cocktail demos. $15 p/p.
Dec. 2: “At Christmas” at the Historic Paramount Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Enjoy this combination of holiday scenes and Christmas songs. Scenes are scripted and improvisational takes on the humorous and tender
Nov. 24: U.S. Bank Holiday Open House, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join us for cookies, cider/coffee. Coloring pages and crafts for children. Free. Nov. 25: VFW 40th annual Turkey Jam and Don Stigney Memorial, 7 p.m. $5 donation. Nov. 29: Golden Tress Salon Holiday Open House, 5-8 p.m. Fabulous door prizes, vendors, light snacks, beverages, gift card bonus bucks. Nov. 29: $5 Movie Night at the Paramount, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 7:30 p.m. $5 p/p. Nov. 30: Polymer Clay Snowflake Ornament Class, 5:30-8 p.m. Austin Artworks Center 2nd Floor. Come create colorful ornaments. Ages 8-98 welcome. $40 non-members, $35 for AACA members. More info at austinareaarts.org. Dec. 1-2: Festival of the Nativities, Friday, 5-8 p.m.; Saturday, 4-8 p.m.
Dec. 7: Community Learning Center-Santa Workshop, 912 1st Ave NE, 5-6:30 p.m. An evening of fun for families with children birth-age 8. This event is an opportunity to enjoy the sounds and activities of the holiday season. Enjoy music, art, sensory play, treats, book fair and Santa. Bring your camera. No registration required. Free.
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AUSTIN Dec. 8: Accentra Credit Union Christmas Open House, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join us for cookies, popcorn, coffee and hot cocoa. Pick up a 2018 calendar, register to win prizes and cash. Dec. 8: Home Federal Savings Bank Holiday Open House 1-4:30 p.m. Join us for holiday cheer, cookies, coffee and hot apple cider. Santa will be joining us from 2:30-4:30 p.m., stop in to get a picture with him. Dec. 8-9: Mower County Historical Society, Christmas in the County, Pre-Sale Cookie/Bake sale Fri. 4-6 p.m., Sat. 11-3 p.m. Sleigh rides, holiday crafts, silent auction, raffle drawings, homemade chili, and Santa.
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Dec. 8-10: Matchbox Children’s Theatre presents “A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol,” Historic Paramount Theatre. Friday and Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. This holiday play tells the classic Dickens story with familiar characters such as the Big Bad Wolf, Fairy Godmother, plus many more. Adults $10, Youth 14 and under $6, Age 2 and under get in free. Dec. 9: VFW Dart and Pool Tournament, Noon, $15. 8 p.m. enjoy music by Ventura Highway $5. Both events benefit the Veterans Relief Fund. Dec. 9: Family Fun Night at the YMCA, 6-8 p.m. Enjoy holiday crafts, bounce house, pictures with Santa
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and more. Free to members, $20 for non-member families. Dec. 12: First Farmers and Merchants (Brownsdale) - Christmas Open House, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments served. Dec. 13: $5 Movie Night at the Paramount, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” 7:30 p.m. $5 p/p Dec. 15 and 16: “Christmas at Home” at the Historic Paramount Theatre, Fri. 7 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m. Holiday music by community members. $15 Advance, $20 day of, $5 students.
Dec. 17: Nelson Family Free Christmas Dinner 1-4 p.m., Austin Eagles Club. Please come join us for a ham or turkey dinner with all the fixings. Santa will be here for all the kids and kids at heart. Free. Dec. 20: $5 Movie Night at the Paramount, “Home Alone,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23, Celebrating the Holiday Seasons (Football and Christmas) 5-7 p.m. at the Hormel Historic Home. Enjoy live music from the Bissen Family and Friends Band before the Vikings/Packers game. Tailgate food included. $5 for non-HHH members, free to HHH members.
Keener: Hard to picture 3 days of manly talk From Page 1 There seems to be good reason why they were called pilgrims. Pill and grim. Yup, grim pills. Besides their outfits, much of the blame has to be on those buckles. You know the ones — on their shoes and hats. Can anybody tell me why they were always square — or at least with sharp corners. And big? And dorky? I’m trying to picture the men in Austin wearing buckles on their Nikes along with those big white stiff collars, but I’m having difficulty. I say up with hoodies and t-shirts and pajama tops. Starch never improved the world. Makes you wonder about pilgrim undies. I guess it could be said that the Puritans and Indians started America’s first test kitchen. Think about it. Had the word spread to other tribes they may well have also had America’s first Sioux sous chef ! (Sorry! That was lame.) In November of 1621, 53 pilgrims and 90 Wampa-
noag Indians shared each others’ cuisine. Actually, they feasted for three days. Relations must have been very chummy to have lasted that long. Imagine the scene. Did the women exchange recipe cards? Did they like each others’ food? I wonder if the kiddies got to pull on the wishbones or if turkeys even had wishbones 496 years ago? And who had to clean up all those dirty dishes? With no Super Bowl, what did the men talk about — deer hides, bear tracks and raccoon scat? And do you suppose the pilgrim women admired the softness of the squaws’ gnawed-on suede outfits and if they contemplated how much easier life would be for them if they chewed their collars instead of starching them? It’s hard to picture three days of such conversations. But, then, on the third day, words began to trail off, food grew scarce, hospitality waned and everyone — socially pooped out — finally
went home. We all know that fish and company go bad after three days. The saying probably started there. So, how will your holiday go this year? Will you find someone who’s willing to sit next to Aunt Bertha, and will Grampa D. Cline tell the same jokes you’ve heard at every Thanksgiving gathering for the last decade? Will the children be glued to their iPhones during the meal and will the cook have remembered
to take the bags of unmentionable turkey parts out of the cavities before she baked it? Moreover, will the burps that erupt unwittingly around the table once again be an annual sign of unconditional contentment? I’m guessing that no one will wear anything with starch in it. Nor will they wear fringed suede dresses or buckled hats. I’m thinking that you’ll all have a grand old time and that you’ll be wondering along with the rest
of us why, for goodness sake, when the puritans planned their big shindig, that they did not in-
vent a refrigerator with shelf space large enough to hold a great big turkey?
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