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From the Forum: Insider Christmas
Austin is a city with lots of newcomers. Can you remember your first holiday in a new city? Did you know what to do and where to go? An excellent question came in from Josie on the LiveMom Forum:
I’m a relative newcomer to Austin, having lived here for only six months now. I love Christmas time and am feeling like such an outsider because I’m so new to town. I moved from the SF area- a place where I lived for the past twenty years. I knew the celebrations and the “cool” neighborhoods to drive around in looking at Christmas lights. Thanks to this site, my family and I have now seen the Zilker Tree and the Trail of Lights, as well as a couple of other Christmasy type things going on.
What I’d like is some of your insider suggestions on what to do and where to go in Austin to celebrate the holidays. Are there any places that you can recommend or things that we should do that aren’t so mainstream? I want to feel like I know where it’s happenin’ without ten thousand other people fighting to see the same thing!
Can you help? Are there any special places that you and your family like to go to get into that special spirit of the holidays? Any special holiday traditions that just wouldn’t be the same if you lived outside of Austin?
1. Armadillo Bazaar
2. Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market Christmas Fair
3. Lots of local businesses like BookPeople have various Christmas events
4. Volunteer for Blue Santa over at 290 and Industrial
* The lights on 37 street just east of Guadalupe (have heard it’s not what it used to be, but still).
* Lights/Santas/candy canes at Wallis’s house on 12th street, just west of West Lynn.
* there is a great street in East Austin, but we haven’t been for a few years and so I couldn’t tell you although it’s close to Bolm Rd.
our son is 2 so he’s pretty happy with any decorations, so we can pretty much drive in our neighborhood and see stuff he will enjoy!
I haven’t been to see the lights on 37th Street in a couple of years… sad to hear it’s not quite the same, but will give it a go this year to check it out.
All of the above are some great recommendations!