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“Holiday Mail for Heroes” is led by the American Red Cross to deliver holiday cards to our service members and their families. Sen. John Cornyn encourages all Americans to send greetings to service personnel and he has provided helpful information on his website: www.cornyn.senate.gov.
This project is in effect from Nov. 11 until Wednesday, Dec. 10.
The Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are teaming up to send holiday cards to service people around the world – those in training, serving overseas or recovering in hospitals and medical facilities across the country. The Red Cross and PB will screen the cards for hazardous materials, sort, package and deliver them.
Note: Military hospitals DO NOT receive and deliver cards. If they are addressed to the hospital, they will be returned.
Now that The Bridge Over Troubled Waters has had their annual Poinsettias fundraising sale, they need some volunteers, generous with their TIME and their VEHICLES. Please consider helping the group deliver the plants around town on Saturday, Dec. 1, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The location is 5520 S. Shaver, Houston.
Call 713-472-0753, ext. 126 or e-mail tjenkins@botw.org..
Please respond by Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Moody Gardens Festival of Lights
7th Annual Festival of Lights through Dec. 31 at Moody Gardens in Galveston — the first large scale event since Hurricane Ike. Themed music and entertainment each night, 6-10 p.m. Thurs. through Satuday, Nov. 22 through Dec. 13 and nightly, Dec. 18-31.
Thursday, Nov. 27
H.E.B. Thanksgiving Day Parade at 9 a.m. near Minute Maid Park. Ice skating rink at Kinder Lake opens right after parade. www.discoverygreen.com.
The 1954 movie “White Christmas” will be shown FREE at Discovery Green, Houston, at 6 p.m. The location is in downtown, McKinney at La Branch, next to Geo. R. Brown Conv. Center.
23rd Annual TXU Energy Uptown Lighting – free event for everyone in the area. Music by the Houston Concert Band and the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Choir. Concluding with fireworks extravaganza. Location is uptown Houston on Post Oak Blvd., between San Felipe and Westheimer. The information line is 713-621-2504 or website www.uptown-houston.com.
Friday, Nov. 28-Dec. 28
Houston Ballet presents Christmas favorite, “The Nutcracker” at Wortham Theater. www.houstonballet.org.
Monday, Dec. 1
A Memorial Tree will be placed in the lobby of Pasadena Funeral Chapel, 2203 Pasadena Blvd. until Dec. 31. They invite the public to come by and place a dove ornament on the tree in memory of your loved one. They are open Monday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 713-473-6206.
Yuletide Texas — the Battleship Texas, La Porte, will be adorned with lights, ornaments and decorations in the spirit of the way crew members who served aboard her did. www.tpwd.state.tx.us or call 281-479-2431. Dec. 1- 31.
Tuesday, Dec. 2-5Jr. Art Park Players Christmas Show, “Scrooge, the Musical,” 1302 Center St. in Deer Park, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5. Call 281-794-2448 for reservations. A show for the whole family. The grounds all around the building are covered with spectacular lights and displays – even a special mailbox for letters to Santa. Dec. 2-7Annual Circle of Wreaths, to honor breast cancer survivors and those who have not survived. Called Louise McBee Circle of Life, 100 percent of proceeds will benefit The Rose. Wreaths will be on display in the lobby of Art Park Theatre in the Theatre/Courts Bldg., 1302 Center St., Deer Park. Sold by silent auction. Sponsors are seeking donations of holiday wreaths in a variety of themes. Deadline to receive donated wreaths is Monday, Dec. 1 by 6 p.m. Raffle of a beautiful Gift Basket. Vendors will offer an amazing array of gift items and decorations for every taste. Concessions will be available. Admission is free. For more information, call 281-794-2448 or 281-478-7288.Wednesday, Dec. 3TUTS Humphreys School of Musical Theatre presents “The Shoemaker and the Christmas Elves” at the Hobby Center, 800 Bagby, through Dec. 5 – six performances. Call 713-558-8887 for times and ticket information.“Panto Cinderella” – classic in pantomime at Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston. www.stagestheatre.com or 713-527-0220.Thursday, Dec. 4Fiesta Navidad: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (back up group on Linda Ronstadt’s albums) at Jones Hall; singing, vivid sets and choreography. www.spahouston.org. Dec. 4-21Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” comes to Theatre Under the Stars, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby at Walker, Houston. Splashy family show, with a snow fall in the theatre. Stations in the lobby will be “Art for Soldiers,” giving children and adults an opportunity to create greetings for the military. Military families will receive a discount on “White Christmas” one hour before each performance. Call 713-558-8887 for information about tickets and times for each day.Friday, Dec. 5Annual FREE Christmas Tree Lighting at City Hall, Pasadena, 6-9 p.m. Games, refreshments, visit with Santa and musical entertainment.Opening Night for Pasadena Little Theatre’s “A Christmas Story” — old holiday favorite about a boy’s quest to get a Red Ryder BB gun. Plays weekends through Dec. 21 at 4318 Allen-Genoa, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Call 713-941-1758 for ticket information and reservations.Opening Night for “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at Clear Creek Community Theatre, 18091 Upper Bay Road, Nassau Bay. Weekends through Dec. 21 on Friday and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Call 281-335-5228 for ticket information and reservations.Opening Night for “Mame” at Baytown Little Theater, 4328 Hugh Echols Blvd. (off Baker Road across from Sterling High School). Rollicking musical favorite. Plays weekends (Dec. 5,6,7 and Dec. 12, 13 14.) Call 281-424-7617 for ticket information.Christmas Parade, Baytown, down Texas Ave. Begins at 6:30 p.m.on Market Street. Call 281-420-6597 or www.baytown.org.Deer Park “Snow on the Park” at Jimmy Burke Activity Center. Snow slides, choirs, train rides and Santa. Call 281-478-2050 or visit www.deerparktx.gov. Hometown Christmas Festival at Pearland Town Center, runs through Dec. 31. Entertainment, live concerts, movie nights, ice skating, Radio Disney. Location is 3501 Liberty Drive. Call 281-485-3634 for more information.Saturday, Dec. 6Christmas at Heritage Park Museum, on Main St., almost to Hwy. 225, 5-7 p.m. Celebrate Christmas and experience Pasadena history at the same time. Dec. Concert Series by Bay Area Chorus begins at James F. Bay Elementary School, 1502 Bayport, Seabrook. Members are from all over the area, including Pasadena. Dedicating concert to the City of Seabrook and surrounding Bay Area communities — tribute to continuing recovery after Hurricane Ike. No admission for this concert at 7 p.m. Call 713-684-6030. Regular admission is $6 advance for adults; $8 at the door; $7 for seniors,65+; children and students. The 2nd concert is Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Villa de Matel, 6510 Lawndaleand 7 p.m. at Clear Lake Presbyterian Church, 1511 El Dorado Blvd, Houston. On Monday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 2314 Grand Blvd., Pearland. Baytown Christmas on Texas Ave. Arts and crafts, great food, entertainment, antique car show. Begins at 10 a.m. Call 281-424-7838 for more information.Galveston’s “Dickens on the Strand” – Dec. 6 and 735th Annual “Dickens on the Strand” Dec 6 and Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dickens Feast and Holiday Handbell Concerts, Friday, Dec. 5. A great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, Henry Dickens Hawksley, will travel from England to serve as Grand Marshal. Call Molly Dannenmaier at 1-409-771-5105 for general information.Dec. 6-7Tickets are on sale for the Art Park Players’ “Marvelous Wonderettes” holiday musical, rockin’ through the 50’s and 60’s. Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Light and lively at $10 per person. No dinner with this show, but a variety of concessions will be available in the lobby, along with Santa and his elves. Call 281-794-2448 for reservations. Saturday, Dec. 6Houston Symphony presents “Polar Express” at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana. Call 713-224-7575 for detailsChristmas Market, hosted by 4 Our Kids Learning Academy, 7625 Garth Road, Baytown, Saturday, Dec. 6. Deadline to register for a booth is Nov. 7. Contact Micah Dobbs, mdobbs@4-our-kids.com or phone 281-421-9064.Sunday, Dec. 7Pasadena Philharmonic Christmas Concert at 2:30 p.m. in Deer Park Performing Arts Center (South Campus DP High School, 710 S. San Augustine, south on Joe Cathey). Tickets are $7 each. Call Karen Fuller at 713-941-3332 for information.Rosewood Funeral Home invites the community to a Service of Remembrance at 7 p.m. The location is 3939 Pasadena Blvd., Pasadena. A special ornament will be provided for you to hang on the Christmas Tree at the ceremony. The evening will include words of comfort from Dr. Jon Redmond, along with music and refreshments. Please RSVP by Sunday, Dec. 7. Call 713-920-2171. Annual Hanukah Gift Bazaar, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sponsored by Kinneret Hadassah. Gift items for Hanukah and other special occasions. Location is Congregation Shaar Hasholom, 16020 El Camino Real, Houston. For more information, call Jordana at 832-385-2689.Tuesday, Dec. 9Christmas Open House at Madison Jobe Senior Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 1700 E. Thomas, Pasadena. Entertainment, refreshments, sponsored by Texas Health Spring and City of Pasadena. For more information, call 713-477-0175.Wednesday, Dec. 10Toys for Tots Drive at Pasadena Memorial High School Aquatics Night of Fun and wacky relay races at Beverly Hills Intermediate Pool, 7-9 p.m. Admission is an unwrapped new toy for Toys for Tots. For information, call Janet at 713-724-8555.Dec. 10-1425th Annual Singing Christmas Tree at First Baptist Church-Pasadena, 7500 Fairmont. Spectacular music and sights – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 7 and Sunday, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $6 each.Friday, Dec. 12Annual Cookie Extravaganza Sale at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 705 Williams, Pasadena, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sale continues on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors may purchase different sized containers and fill the container with a big variety of homemade cookies. The proceeds will benefit the restoration of the Resale Shop. For information, call the church office at 713-473-8090.Houston Symphony presents “A Very Merry Pops” at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana, Dec. 12, 13 and 14. For details, call 713-224-7575.Saturday, Dec. 13Toys for Tots Toy Run Needs Toys15th Annual USMC Toys for Tots Toy Run at 10:30 a.m. The need for toys is much greater this year, because of the devastation to families during Hurricane Ike. The public is encouraged to attend.The Toy Run is for motorcycle riders, but donations are badly needed from the general public. Admission to the Pasadena Rodeo Grounds is a $5 donation or a new unwrapped toy of equal or greater value. Riders proceed to the Pasadena Rodeo Grounds for a full day of fun for the entire family — a train ride, Santa Claus, his elves and kid games. For adults, bike games, chili cook-off, auction, motorcycle show, VW Auto Club, a 4x4 Show and Shine, a Car Crush. Vendors will offer items for Christmas gifts. A 2008 Softtail Deluxe Harley-Davidson will be raffled for $20 a ticket and a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder will be raffled for $5 per ticket. Visit www.toysfortotstoyrun.com.For more information, call the headquarters at 713-472-2235 or Kathy or call Nancy at 936-269-3360 or 936-645-1761.Christmas Light Parade, Pasadena Fairgrounds, 7902 Fairmont Pkwy. at 7 p.m. One mile parade through the fairgrounds. New event sponsored by the Pasadena Strawberry Festival and the City of Pasadena. Call 281-991-9500 for details.Photos with Santa at Fairmont Branch Library, 4330 Fairmont, from 2-4 p.m. No charge, but parents are encouraged to bring their own cameras. Call 281-998-1095. Fine Art — singing, dancing in high energy. Call 877-285-3624.Santa’s Swingin’ 40’s Christmas in La Porte 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Battleship Texas. Call 281-479-2431 for more information.Dec. 13-14, 20-21“The Christmas Revels – An Elizabethan Celebration” at the Lowe Theater, Fine Arts Center, 2707 Buffalo Speedway (at Westheimer). Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and $22 for adults; $15 for children 12 and under. Visit www.revelshouston.org or call 713-669-9528.Wednesday, Dec. 17Southern Congregational Methodist Church, 603 E. Austin Ave., Pasadena, at 7 p.m. A celebration for this joyous Christmas season. Pastor Helen Brinson invites the community to share this time with the congregation. For information, call 713-991-6566.Friday, Dec. 19Christmas Buffet Luncheon for AARP Chapter 199 at 10 a.m. at South Shore Harbour Country Club, 4300 South Shore Blvd., League City. Tickets from Barbara at 281-334-4698. Please RSVP as soon as possible. Call Carol Leder for general information about AARP Chapter 199, 281-326-2955 or e-mail cleder@hotmail.com. Houston Symphony presents Handel’s “Messiah” at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana through Dec. 21. Call 713-224-7575 for details.2008 Annual Holiday Bear Drive sponsored by Compassionate Care Hospice to collect Teddy Bears to be given to hospice patients and their families through Dec. 31. Call Coordinator “Shay” Rogers at 713-667-3247 or e-mail cchvolunteers@yahoo.com for information. Sunday, Dec. 28Toyota Center hosts the Trans-Siberian Orchestra for 2 shows – string section, full rock band, multiple vocalists, narrator, pyrotechnics, laser and light show and a snowfall. www.toyotacentertix.comJan. 2-4 Radio City Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes at Toyota Center. Includes the “eye-high kicks”, an awe-inspiring “Living Nativity,” Santa flying high above and an indoor snowfall. Radio City Music Hall for over 75 years. www.toyotacentertix.com.
This project is in effect from Nov. 11 until Wednesday, Dec. 10.
The Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are teaming up to send holiday cards to service people around the world – those in training, serving overseas or recovering in hospitals and medical facilities across the country. The Red Cross and PB will screen the cards for hazardous materials, sort, package and deliver them.
Note: Military hospitals DO NOT receive and deliver cards. If they are addressed to the hospital, they will be returned.
Now that The Bridge Over Troubled Waters has had their annual Poinsettias fundraising sale, they need some volunteers, generous with their TIME and their VEHICLES. Please consider helping the group deliver the plants around town on Saturday, Dec. 1, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The location is 5520 S. Shaver, Houston.
Call 713-472-0753, ext. 126 or e-mail tjenkins@botw.org..
Please respond by Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Moody Gardens Festival of Lights
7th Annual Festival of Lights through Dec. 31 at Moody Gardens in Galveston — the first large scale event since Hurricane Ike. Themed music and entertainment each night, 6-10 p.m. Thurs. through Satuday, Nov. 22 through Dec. 13 and nightly, Dec. 18-31.
Thursday, Nov. 27
H.E.B. Thanksgiving Day Parade at 9 a.m. near Minute Maid Park. Ice skating rink at Kinder Lake opens right after parade. www.discoverygreen.com.
The 1954 movie “White Christmas” will be shown FREE at Discovery Green, Houston, at 6 p.m. The location is in downtown, McKinney at La Branch, next to Geo. R. Brown Conv. Center.
23rd Annual TXU Energy Uptown Lighting – free event for everyone in the area. Music by the Houston Concert Band and the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Choir. Concluding with fireworks extravaganza. Location is uptown Houston on Post Oak Blvd., between San Felipe and Westheimer. The information line is 713-621-2504 or website www.uptown-houston.com.
Friday, Nov. 28-Dec. 28
Houston Ballet presents Christmas favorite, “The Nutcracker” at Wortham Theater. www.houstonballet.org.
Monday, Dec. 1
A Memorial Tree will be placed in the lobby of Pasadena Funeral Chapel, 2203 Pasadena Blvd. until Dec. 31. They invite the public to come by and place a dove ornament on the tree in memory of your loved one. They are open Monday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 713-473-6206.
Yuletide Texas — the Battleship Texas, La Porte, will be adorned with lights, ornaments and decorations in the spirit of the way crew members who served aboard her did. www.tpwd.state.tx.us or call 281-479-2431. Dec. 1- 31.
Tuesday, Dec. 2-5Jr. Art Park Players Christmas Show, “Scrooge, the Musical,” 1302 Center St. in Deer Park, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5. Call 281-794-2448 for reservations. A show for the whole family. The grounds all around the building are covered with spectacular lights and displays – even a special mailbox for letters to Santa. Dec. 2-7Annual Circle of Wreaths, to honor breast cancer survivors and those who have not survived. Called Louise McBee Circle of Life, 100 percent of proceeds will benefit The Rose. Wreaths will be on display in the lobby of Art Park Theatre in the Theatre/Courts Bldg., 1302 Center St., Deer Park. Sold by silent auction. Sponsors are seeking donations of holiday wreaths in a variety of themes. Deadline to receive donated wreaths is Monday, Dec. 1 by 6 p.m. Raffle of a beautiful Gift Basket. Vendors will offer an amazing array of gift items and decorations for every taste. Concessions will be available. Admission is free. For more information, call 281-794-2448 or 281-478-7288.Wednesday, Dec. 3TUTS Humphreys School of Musical Theatre presents “The Shoemaker and the Christmas Elves” at the Hobby Center, 800 Bagby, through Dec. 5 – six performances. Call 713-558-8887 for times and ticket information.“Panto Cinderella” – classic in pantomime at Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston. www.stagestheatre.com or 713-527-0220.Thursday, Dec. 4Fiesta Navidad: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (back up group on Linda Ronstadt’s albums) at Jones Hall; singing, vivid sets and choreography. www.spahouston.org. Dec. 4-21Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” comes to Theatre Under the Stars, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby at Walker, Houston. Splashy family show, with a snow fall in the theatre. Stations in the lobby will be “Art for Soldiers,” giving children and adults an opportunity to create greetings for the military. Military families will receive a discount on “White Christmas” one hour before each performance. Call 713-558-8887 for information about tickets and times for each day.Friday, Dec. 5Annual FREE Christmas Tree Lighting at City Hall, Pasadena, 6-9 p.m. Games, refreshments, visit with Santa and musical entertainment.Opening Night for Pasadena Little Theatre’s “A Christmas Story” — old holiday favorite about a boy’s quest to get a Red Ryder BB gun. Plays weekends through Dec. 21 at 4318 Allen-Genoa, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. Call 713-941-1758 for ticket information and reservations.Opening Night for “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at Clear Creek Community Theatre, 18091 Upper Bay Road, Nassau Bay. Weekends through Dec. 21 on Friday and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Call 281-335-5228 for ticket information and reservations.Opening Night for “Mame” at Baytown Little Theater, 4328 Hugh Echols Blvd. (off Baker Road across from Sterling High School). Rollicking musical favorite. Plays weekends (Dec. 5,6,7 and Dec. 12, 13 14.) Call 281-424-7617 for ticket information.Christmas Parade, Baytown, down Texas Ave. Begins at 6:30 p.m.on Market Street. Call 281-420-6597 or www.baytown.org.Deer Park “Snow on the Park” at Jimmy Burke Activity Center. Snow slides, choirs, train rides and Santa. Call 281-478-2050 or visit www.deerparktx.gov. Hometown Christmas Festival at Pearland Town Center, runs through Dec. 31. Entertainment, live concerts, movie nights, ice skating, Radio Disney. Location is 3501 Liberty Drive. Call 281-485-3634 for more information.Saturday, Dec. 6Christmas at Heritage Park Museum, on Main St., almost to Hwy. 225, 5-7 p.m. Celebrate Christmas and experience Pasadena history at the same time. Dec. Concert Series by Bay Area Chorus begins at James F. Bay Elementary School, 1502 Bayport, Seabrook. Members are from all over the area, including Pasadena. Dedicating concert to the City of Seabrook and surrounding Bay Area communities — tribute to continuing recovery after Hurricane Ike. No admission for this concert at 7 p.m. Call 713-684-6030. Regular admission is $6 advance for adults; $8 at the door; $7 for seniors,65+; children and students. The 2nd concert is Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Villa de Matel, 6510 Lawndaleand 7 p.m. at Clear Lake Presbyterian Church, 1511 El Dorado Blvd, Houston. On Monday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 2314 Grand Blvd., Pearland. Baytown Christmas on Texas Ave. Arts and crafts, great food, entertainment, antique car show. Begins at 10 a.m. Call 281-424-7838 for more information.Galveston’s “Dickens on the Strand” – Dec. 6 and 735th Annual “Dickens on the Strand” Dec 6 and Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dickens Feast and Holiday Handbell Concerts, Friday, Dec. 5. A great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, Henry Dickens Hawksley, will travel from England to serve as Grand Marshal. Call Molly Dannenmaier at 1-409-771-5105 for general information.Dec. 6-7Tickets are on sale for the Art Park Players’ “Marvelous Wonderettes” holiday musical, rockin’ through the 50’s and 60’s. Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Light and lively at $10 per person. No dinner with this show, but a variety of concessions will be available in the lobby, along with Santa and his elves. Call 281-794-2448 for reservations. Saturday, Dec. 6Houston Symphony presents “Polar Express” at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana. Call 713-224-7575 for detailsChristmas Market, hosted by 4 Our Kids Learning Academy, 7625 Garth Road, Baytown, Saturday, Dec. 6. Deadline to register for a booth is Nov. 7. Contact Micah Dobbs, mdobbs@4-our-kids.com or phone 281-421-9064.Sunday, Dec. 7Pasadena Philharmonic Christmas Concert at 2:30 p.m. in Deer Park Performing Arts Center (South Campus DP High School, 710 S. San Augustine, south on Joe Cathey). Tickets are $7 each. Call Karen Fuller at 713-941-3332 for information.Rosewood Funeral Home invites the community to a Service of Remembrance at 7 p.m. The location is 3939 Pasadena Blvd., Pasadena. A special ornament will be provided for you to hang on the Christmas Tree at the ceremony. The evening will include words of comfort from Dr. Jon Redmond, along with music and refreshments. Please RSVP by Sunday, Dec. 7. Call 713-920-2171. Annual Hanukah Gift Bazaar, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sponsored by Kinneret Hadassah. Gift items for Hanukah and other special occasions. Location is Congregation Shaar Hasholom, 16020 El Camino Real, Houston. For more information, call Jordana at 832-385-2689.Tuesday, Dec. 9Christmas Open House at Madison Jobe Senior Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 1700 E. Thomas, Pasadena. Entertainment, refreshments, sponsored by Texas Health Spring and City of Pasadena. For more information, call 713-477-0175.Wednesday, Dec. 10Toys for Tots Drive at Pasadena Memorial High School Aquatics Night of Fun and wacky relay races at Beverly Hills Intermediate Pool, 7-9 p.m. Admission is an unwrapped new toy for Toys for Tots. For information, call Janet at 713-724-8555.Dec. 10-1425th Annual Singing Christmas Tree at First Baptist Church-Pasadena, 7500 Fairmont. Spectacular music and sights – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 7 and Sunday, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $6 each.Friday, Dec. 12Annual Cookie Extravaganza Sale at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 705 Williams, Pasadena, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sale continues on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors may purchase different sized containers and fill the container with a big variety of homemade cookies. The proceeds will benefit the restoration of the Resale Shop. For information, call the church office at 713-473-8090.Houston Symphony presents “A Very Merry Pops” at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana, Dec. 12, 13 and 14. For details, call 713-224-7575.Saturday, Dec. 13Toys for Tots Toy Run Needs Toys15th Annual USMC Toys for Tots Toy Run at 10:30 a.m. The need for toys is much greater this year, because of the devastation to families during Hurricane Ike. The public is encouraged to attend.The Toy Run is for motorcycle riders, but donations are badly needed from the general public. Admission to the Pasadena Rodeo Grounds is a $5 donation or a new unwrapped toy of equal or greater value. Riders proceed to the Pasadena Rodeo Grounds for a full day of fun for the entire family — a train ride, Santa Claus, his elves and kid games. For adults, bike games, chili cook-off, auction, motorcycle show, VW Auto Club, a 4x4 Show and Shine, a Car Crush. Vendors will offer items for Christmas gifts. A 2008 Softtail Deluxe Harley-Davidson will be raffled for $20 a ticket and a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder will be raffled for $5 per ticket. Visit www.toysfortotstoyrun.com.For more information, call the headquarters at 713-472-2235 or Kathy or call Nancy at 936-269-3360 or 936-645-1761.Christmas Light Parade, Pasadena Fairgrounds, 7902 Fairmont Pkwy. at 7 p.m. One mile parade through the fairgrounds. New event sponsored by the Pasadena Strawberry Festival and the City of Pasadena. Call 281-991-9500 for details.Photos with Santa at Fairmont Branch Library, 4330 Fairmont, from 2-4 p.m. No charge, but parents are encouraged to bring their own cameras. Call 281-998-1095. Fine Art — singing, dancing in high energy. Call 877-285-3624.Santa’s Swingin’ 40’s Christmas in La Porte 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Battleship Texas. Call 281-479-2431 for more information.Dec. 13-14, 20-21“The Christmas Revels – An Elizabethan Celebration” at the Lowe Theater, Fine Arts Center, 2707 Buffalo Speedway (at Westheimer). Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and $22 for adults; $15 for children 12 and under. Visit www.revelshouston.org or call 713-669-9528.Wednesday, Dec. 17Southern Congregational Methodist Church, 603 E. Austin Ave., Pasadena, at 7 p.m. A celebration for this joyous Christmas season. Pastor Helen Brinson invites the community to share this time with the congregation. For information, call 713-991-6566.Friday, Dec. 19Christmas Buffet Luncheon for AARP Chapter 199 at 10 a.m. at South Shore Harbour Country Club, 4300 South Shore Blvd., League City. Tickets from Barbara at 281-334-4698. Please RSVP as soon as possible. Call Carol Leder for general information about AARP Chapter 199, 281-326-2955 or e-mail cleder@hotmail.com. Houston Symphony presents Handel’s “Messiah” at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana through Dec. 21. Call 713-224-7575 for details.2008 Annual Holiday Bear Drive sponsored by Compassionate Care Hospice to collect Teddy Bears to be given to hospice patients and their families through Dec. 31. Call Coordinator “Shay” Rogers at 713-667-3247 or e-mail cchvolunteers@yahoo.com for information. Sunday, Dec. 28Toyota Center hosts the Trans-Siberian Orchestra for 2 shows – string section, full rock band, multiple vocalists, narrator, pyrotechnics, laser and light show and a snowfall. www.toyotacentertix.comJan. 2-4 Radio City Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes at Toyota Center. Includes the “eye-high kicks”, an awe-inspiring “Living Nativity,” Santa flying high above and an indoor snowfall. Radio City Music Hall for over 75 years. www.toyotacentertix.com.
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