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Christmas &
Holiday Guide
2014
V i s i tF re d e ricksb u rg T X .co m
Warm Up Your Kreditkarte
Merry And get ready to shop! Because tucked away in over 150
Weihnachten,
shops, art galleries and boutiques, you’ll find creations
by a variety of local artists. Women’s fashion ranging
from vintage and hand-sewn to upscale contemporary. A
y’all! staggering collection of home décor. Antiques, Western
wear, antiquarian and Texana books. Gourmet food. Several
shops selling award-winning wine from local wineries. You’ll
Mix an Old World German find something for everyone on your list, including yourself!
Christmas with warm Texas
You’ll have to remind yourself.
hospitality, and what you I’m shopping for others....
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Fredericksburg, a month-
long celebration of the
holiday season. Whether it’s our
beautiful light-filled Marktplatz
with its hand-carved, 26‑foot
tall, wooden Christmas
pyramid, or events like the
annual Tannenbaum Ball,
or the nostalgic and gaily
decorated shops filled
with one-of-a-kind treasures,
you’ll find the whole town
decked out in its holiday
finest. Why, there’s even an
ice skating rink! Join us. In
our historic Fredericksburg.
For a Fröhliche Weihnachten Historisch Holidays
you’ll never forget. H Take a trip back in time this holiday season! Visit the Lyndon
B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site and attend the
Christmas Tree Lighting and Evening Tour to get a unique
opportunity to visit with the family of the late President and
see how early German settlers decorated for the season at the
Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm. Or head into town and
let the kids play at the Pioneer Museum’s Kinderfest — where
children can experience holiday customs from generations past.
Architektur & Home Tour Tannenbaum & Parade
Main Street becomes a veritable picture postcard with its On November 28th, you won’t want to miss the official
magnificent lighting display dotting the silhouette of our lighting ceremony of our genuine German pyramid and
historic shopping area. Venture out beyond Main St. by car community Christmas tree on our Main Street Marktplatz.
or horse-drawn carriage, and you’ll see many historic homes It’s wunderbar! Then, on December 5th, take in the annual
“dressed” for the season, too. But don’t stop there. You Light the Night Christmas Parade! It’s enough to jump-start
can even go inside some of Fredericksburg’s most beautiful anyone’s holiday cheer. This evening parade filled with floats,
residences during the annual Christmas Home Tour—an music, lights and fun provides plenty of picture perfect
experience on the wish list of any Architektur or design lover. moments for the whole family. Just smile and say “Käse”!
Make a new tradition of family fun!
Glide on the ice or take in a home tour
for a genuine Hill Country Christmas!
Theater, Entertainment & Musik Wein Trail and Food
If entertainment is on your wish list, then you won’t be Forget milk and cookies for Santa. How about wine and
disappointed. From spectacular chorale concerts and theater cheese! Celebrate the season with our many local wineries
productions to honky tonk dances and a rockin’ Santa during the Holiday Wine Trail. Tastings, tours and special
performing Motown hits, there’s something to suit everyone holiday entertainment abound during this time of year. And
in your group. There’s even a live — and quite moving — don’t forget Fredericksburg’s unique culinary diversity. You
drive-through play depicting the Biblical Christmas Journey. In can savor authentic German cuisine or more adventurous
fact, the best gift of the season just might be the calendar on fare such as seared duck breast with ginger/orange glaze.
back. Read. Plan. Enjoy. And hold your Applaus till the end. Tender steaks. And very naughty desserts. Guten Appetit!
Holiday
Calendar
2014 Thanksgiving Weekend
11/28 Annual Lighting of Community
Christmas Tree and German Pyramid
Ongoing Holiday Events Marktplatz 7pm
(830) 997-6523
11/29–12/1 Christmas at Rockbox (weekends)
12/5–8 Featuring the holiday classics and a 11/28–30 Fredericksburg Trade Days
12/12–15 whole lot of the spirit of the season. 7 miles east of Fbg. on Hwy. 290
12/19–24 Reservations recommended. Fri.–Sat. 9am–6pm;
(830) 997-ROCK Sun. 9am–4pm.
www.rockboxtheater.com
(830) 990-4900
11/28–1/1 Texas Hill Country Regional Christmas www.fbgtradedays.com
Lighting Trail – various communities;
self-guided tour 11/28–30 The Peddler Show –
(830) 997-8515 Gillespie County Fairgrounds
www.tex-fest.com Fri. noon–8pm; Sat. 9am–6pm;
Sun. 11am–4pm
11/28–1/3 Eisbahn in Fredericksburg (outdoor
(800) 775-2774
ice skating rink) – Marktplatz
www.peddlershow.com/fbgnov
Mon.–Thurs. 4pm–8pm; Fri.–Sat.
and School Holidays 10am–10pm;
Sun. 1pm–8pm; Closed Christmas Eve 11/29 Frontier Day at Fort Martin Scott
& Christmas Day; Closes at 2pm on 9am–4pm
New Year’s Eve. 1606 E. Main Street
www.skateinfred.com www.ftmartinscott.org
11/29 Holiday Cookie Decorating
& German Traditions at
Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm –
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
and Historic Site, Stonewall
10am–2pm
(830) 644-2252
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/
lyndon-b-johnson
11/29 Thanksgiving Dance –
Luckenbach Texas with
Thomas Michael Riley
Doors at 8pm; Show at 9pm.
(830) 997-3224
www.luckenbachtexas.com
Fredericksburg shopkeepers get into
the holiday spirit with decorations
galore — which creates a picturesque
shopping ambiance for you.
December 12/11–14 Fredericksburg Theater Company
The Sentimental Journey Orchestra”
“
1668 Highway 87 South
12/5–14 Holiday Wine Trail (Hill Country)
Thu.–Sat. 8pm; Sun. 2pm
participating wineries (830) 997-3588
Normal winery hours www.fredericksburgtheater.org
www.texaswinetrail.com
12/12–13 Bethany Lutheran Church Christmas
12/5 Light the Night Christmas Parade Journey – Church Parking Lot
and Afterglow 6pm–8:30pm
Main Street (830) 997-2069
6:30pm www.bethanyfredericksburg.com
(830) 997-6523 12/13 St. Joseph’s Halle Craft Sale
www.fredericksburg-texas.com St. Joseph’s Halle
9am–5pm
12/5 First Friday Art Walk Fredericksburg (512) 355-9041
Fine art galleries in historic district
Open until 8pm 12/13 Tannenbaum Ball
(830) 997-6523 St. Mary’s Event Center
www.ffawf.com 7pm–11:30pm
(830) 990-8441
www.pioneermuseum.net
12/6 Holiday Home Tour
historical homes and buildings 12/19–21 Fredericksburg Trade Days
11am–5pm 7 miles east of Fbg. on Hwy. 290
(830) 990-8441 Fri.–Sat. 9am–6pm;
www.pioneermuseum.net Sun. 9am–4pm
(830) 990-4900
12/6 Kinderfest (Children’s Festival) www.fbgtradedays.com
Pioneer Museum Complex
12/20 Luckenbach Christmas Ball
10am
with Gary P. Nunn
(830) 990-8441 Doors at 8pm; Show at 9pm.
www.pioneermuseum.net (830) 997-3224
www.luckenbachtexas.com
12/6 Fredericksburg Chorale Christmas
Concert – St. Joseph’s Halle 12/21 45th Annual LBJ Tree Lighting –
3pm and 7pm Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
(830) 997-6869 and Historic Site, Stonewall
www.fredericksburgchorale.com 6pm
(830) 644-2252
12/8 Canto Chamber Choir www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/
Christmas Concert lyndon-b-johnson
Hill Country Evangelical Church
7:30pm
(830) 998-0898
12/24 Christmas Eve Services
various churches around town New Year’s Eve
12/26 Boxing Day – Becker Vineyards 12/31 Luckenbach New Year’s Eve Dance
10am–5pm with Thomas Michael Riley
(830) 644-2681 Luckenbach Dance Hall
www.beckervineyards.com 8pm
(830) 997-3224
12/26 Zweite Weihnachten www.luckenbachtexas.com
Fellowship Hall,
Historical Society Building 12/31 Turner Club New Year’s Eve Dance
2pm Turner Club – 103 W. Travis
(830) 997-7928 8:30pm
(830) 997-3936
12/26 Candlelight Tour
Pioneer Museum 12/31 USO Style Hanger Dance
5pm Hangar Hotel
(830) 990-8441 8–9pm Swing Dance Lessons
www.pioneermuseum.net 9pm–12:30am Dancing
155 Airport Road
12/26–31 Auslander Winter Fest (830) 997-9990
Live Music Concerts www.hangarhotel.com
(830) 997-7714
www.theauslander.com 12/31 emorial Volkssport Walk
M
St. Joseph’s Hall
12/26–31 ew Year’s Show at Rockbox
N
Register from 11am–2pm
Reservations recommended.
212 W. San Antonio
(830) 997-ROCK
(972) 530-1026
www.rockboxtheater.com
12/31 ew Year’s Show at Rockbox
N
Reservations recommended.
(830) 997-ROCK
www.rockboxtheater.com
1/1 idnight Volkssport Walk
M
Register from 11pm–midnight 12/31
St. Joseph’s Halle
212 W. San Antonio
(972) 530-1026
Join thousands of other festive onlookers
lining the streets — and balconies
— taking in the annual Chamber Visitor Information Center
Lighted Christmas Parade. 302 E. Austin St., Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
VisitFredericksburgTX.com
866 997 3600
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