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HTX Ready to Jingle 2012

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, with CultureMap’s holiday special series that offers everything to make the season fun and less stressful. Along with the best and newest gift ideas, our team of experts offers tips on holiday entertaining, ideas about the best in entertainment and dispense advice on how to handle the holidays with style.

photos with Santa, December 2012, crying babies, children

Cry baby! Not everyone is thrilled to meet Santa

By Barbara Kuntz - December 16th, 2012

Not all children are thrilled with Santa. And for some, not even one bit.

AIA Houston Gingerbread Build-off, December 2012

Architects, designers, chefs & students compete in the 4th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off

By Whitney Radley - December 15th, 2012

"The story goes that one weekend, about four years ago, I had an instant urge to build a gingerbread house. I thought it would be more fun to do with friends and family around me," explained Ned Dodington, a designer at PDR ...

HTX Ready to Jingle 2012

TRASH TALK

How to dispose of your Christmas tree — responsibly: Recycling the holidays made easy

By Whitney Radley

Dec 28th, 2012 at 3:31 PM

Christmas seemed to be over in a blink this year, so I have kept my tiny evergreen tree up in the dining room, decorated with mix-matched ornaments, to serve as ...


NO LITTLE BLACK DRESS, PLEASE

Dress for New Year's Eve: These sexy and daring looks will make you a stunning femme fatale

By Samantha Webster

Dec 28th, 2012 at 11:40 AM

Say it with me, “I will not wear a black dress on New Year's Eve,” “I will not wear a black dress on New Year's Eve”… Good, it ...


GROOVING FOR CHARITY

Trendy hunks, a 12-year-old DJ, Michael Jackson & more: A Christmas party you won't believe

By Joel Luks

Dec 27th, 2012 at 4:48 PM

Jingle bells rocked harder than ever at Uropa Saturday evening when the ninth annual "Don't Stop Believin' " Christmas Revelry occupied the nightlife hotspot with an assemblage of more than ...


FAMILY TIME

George H.W. Bush does not let being stuck in hospital end his Gigi's Christmas tradition

By Whitney Radley

Dec 26th, 2012 at 11:33 AM

A Christmas Day trip to Gigi's Asian Bistro & Dumpling Bar has been a standing tradition in the George H.W. Bush household. The former president remains at The Methodist ...


SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEERS

Get happy: World's happiest iPhone app lets users spread holiday joy

By Austin Sanders

Dec 25th, 2012 at 10:30 AM

In early 2012, iPhone app developer Farhad Mohit — responsible for the well-known app Shopzilla — launched a new idea aimed at spreading cheer, and just in time for the holidays, comes ...


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