Following the Texas Hill Country Regional Christmas Lighting Trail is a perfect trip for RVers in Texas and is a worthwhile trip for any RVing folk in the surrounding states. The trail was lit on November 16, 2007 and remains lit until January 1, 2008.
These cities are included this year:

Boerne • Burnet • Dripping Springs • Fredericksburg
Goldthwaite • Johnson City • Llano • Marble Falls
New Braunfels • Round Mountain • Wimberley

Visit the website for a detailed calender of events for each city listed above.

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Christmas in San Antonio, Texas

Holiday Laser Show
Friday, December 7 at 630 pm, 8 pm, 930 pm
Saturday, December 8 at 11 am, 1230pm, 2 pm, 330 pm
Sunday, December 9 at 2 pm, 330 pm, 5 pm
The Aztec Theatre

This show is a multimedia sensation of choreographed laser beams, vivid animations and dazzling lights dancing to music of the holidays. Designed by laser artist, Tim Walsh, this dramatic forty-five minute presentation is a family-oriented show sure to please all ages. Click for more information such as ticket pricing and location.

The Birthplace of a King: A Drive-Through Christmas Story
Through December 16, 2007
7 pm-9 pm
Trinity Church (click for map)

The story of the first Christmas as told by live actors on outdoor stages. Scenes include Mary’s Visitation, An Uncertain Journey, Herod’s Palace, The Shepherds Wonder, The Marketplace, Kings In Search of the King and the Birthplace of a King. Click for more information.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra
December 23, 2007
3 pm and 8 pm
AT&T Center
For tickets, call 210/224-9600

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra became a holiday music phenomena by modernizing classic Christmas carols. But TSO takes it one visionary step further by using storytelling to drive home a message with emotional resonance.

Fiestas Navidenas
Market Square – El Mercado
Through December 31, 2007

Holiday celebrations including the 30th Annual Blessing of the Animals on December 8 and La Gran Posada on December 16. Santa and Pancho Claus, children’s choirs, shopping specials and much more! Click here for more information on parking and bus lines.

Los Pastores

Los Pastores
December 29, 2007 only
Mission San José

This traditional folk play depicts the shepherds’ journey to worship Christ and the obstacles the devil placed before them. Click here for more information about Mission San José. It is located at 6701 San José Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78214

Christmas on San Antonio River Walk

Paseo Del Rio

The River Walk in San Antonio, Texas is a great place to visit any time of the year, but is especially festive between Thanksgiving and the New Year. With over 122,000 twinkling lights–draped through and from the Cypress trees, bridges and stairways–illuminate a mystical world below street level on the San Antonio River Walk. The lights are lit every evening through January 1, 2008.

Fiesta de las Luminarias

Fiesta de las Luminarias
Through December 16, 2007
Begins at Dusk on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only

Experience the Holiday serenity of the River Walk as you stroll along the lush banks of the San Antonio River guided by more than 2,500 luminarias. Warmly glowing candles in sand filled bags line the walkways to symbolically mark the “lighting of the way” for Holy Family. This centuries old tradition begins at dusk Friday, Saturday & Sunday only.

Holiday Boat Caroling
Through December 16, 2007
630 pm to 945 pm
Begins at river level by Chamber of Commerce

Joyous caroling fills the evening air along the San Antonio River Walk as more than 185 school, church, company, and civic choral groups ring in the holidays by singing traditional carols on cruising boats. The eclectic mix of participants includes bell choirs, folk groups, Latino ensembles, and hearing impaired performers. Join visitors from around the world in impromptu sing-a-longs from the patios of River Walk restaurants.

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Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be;

that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation;

for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war;

for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed;

for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;

and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

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And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;

to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually;

to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed;

to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord;

to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us;

and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

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Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3rd day of October, A.D. 1789.

George Washington
President Of The United States

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