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Get Amped for Holiday Fun with a Live Performance of This Christmas Classic Image
Get Amped for Holiday Fun with a Live...
Jones Hall is proud to present ’Twas the Night Before Christmas just in time for the holiday season. Envision sugar plums, flying reindeer, and a sleigh filled with toys as the classic holiday story comes to life with live music and narration on Saturday, December 14th! A Visit from St.
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You Will Find Tours, Exhibits, and More at the Moody Mansion This Holiday Season Image
You Will Find Tours, Exhibits, and More at the...
Restored to its turn of the century splendor, the 28,000 square-foot, four-story Moody Mansion was completed in 1895. Today, our guests visit 20 rooms on a tour that depicts the home life of a powerful Texas family. The Moodys established one of the great American financial empires. Based on...
First Day Of Winter
The first day of Winter or winter solstice occurs at the instant when the Sun's position in the sky is at its greatest angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane from the observer's hemisphere. The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradually lengthening nights and shortening days. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the winter solstice occurs sometime between December 20 and December 23 each year in the northern hemisphere, and between June 20 and June 23 in the southern hemisphere, during either the shortest day or longest night of...