Holiday Season

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Holiday Cocktail Countdown #3: Xmas in December at the Crow's Nest

Like any red-blooded American, Gut Check uses liquid medication to cope with holiday stress. Not only does a good winter cocktail make it possible to tolerate family members, say, inquiring about your procreation plans, it helps keep you warm, too. From now until Christmas, we're calling upon local ... More >>

St. Louis Hills Holiday Light Display Keeps Growing and Glowing

Kholood Eid​Misplaced your Christmas cheer? Hop in the car and head to St. Louis Hills after sundown, because the denizens of the south city neighborhood have plenty to go around. View a slideshow of St. Louis Hills holiday lights. Every November to December, the 6500 block transforms into ... More >>

Where to Eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Image via​For some folks, Christmas is a day of mandatory family time in celebration of some cool old cat's birthday, and for others, it's an ever-annoying nuisance that means little to them except that there's nothing to do. But there's one thing we all have in common: We gotta eat. -Demun ... More >>

Funky Butt Brass Band Holiday Brasstravaganza: Voodoo Christmas

Courtesy of Funky Butt Brass Band​The Funky Butt Brass Band, St. Louis' finest purveyors of second-line struttin', is about to unleash its annual holiday throwdown on Saturday night at Off Broadway. Now in its third year, the Holiday Brasstravaganza gives the six-piece a chance to thoroughly f ... More >>

A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine: All Twelve Tracks, Streaming with Commentary

Roughly what we will look like after attending four Bert Dax Xmas release shows.​A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine has now officially been released. The ninth annual X-Mas compilation, a joint release by Rob Severson from Pancake Productions (subject of a recent music feature) and Matt Ha ... More >>

Black Nativity: A Holiday Celebration, the Grandel Theatre, closes December 18

Roughly what we will look like after attending four Bert Dax Xmas release shows.​A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine has now officially been released. The ninth annual X-Mas compilation, a joint release by Rob Severson from Pancake Productions (subject of a recent music feature) and Matt Ha ... More >>

Holiday Lights, the Easy Way

Roughly what we will look like after attending four Bert Dax Xmas release shows.​A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine has now officially been released. The ninth annual X-Mas compilation, a joint release by Rob Severson from Pancake Productions (subject of a recent music feature) and Matt Ha ... More >>

Every Bert Dax Christmas Volume Nine Track, Streaming with Commentary: Part Four of Six

Krampus!​A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine has now officially been released. The ninth annual X-Mas compilation, a joint release by Rob Severson from Pancake Productions (subject of this week's music feature) and Matt Harnish of The Bert Dax Calvacade of Stars, features a pool of truly d ... More >>

St. Louis Grocers Provide Holiday Cheer for the Less Fortunate

http://commons.wikimedia.org​It is twelve days until Christmas. You've finished your holiday shopping, put up your Christmas lights, and perfected your mother's gingerbread recipe, yet you still feel your holiday mission is not complete. Well, a quick visit to your local grocer may be the answ ... More >>

Every Bert Dax Christmas Volume Nine Track, Streaming with Commentary: Part Two of Six

Image via.​A Very Bert Dax Christmas, Volume Nine has now officially been released. The ninth annual X-Mas compilation, a joint release by Rob Severson from Pancake Productions (subject of this week's music feature) and Matt Harnish of The Bert Dax Calvacade of Stars, features a pool of truly ... More >>

The Ten Best Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend: December 9 to 11

Celia's Yuletide Xpress comes to Off Broadway on Sunday.​It's the most wonderful time of the year! Well, OK, not actually if you're looking for big-name tours. But that doesn't mean you have no choice but to hole up this weekend. Soul party-starters JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound play Off Broad ... More >>

Ralph Linder: St. Louis Christmas Tree Farmer

Julia GabbertRalph Lindner puts it in park at his O'Fallon Christmas tree farm.​Ralph Lindner passes the small lake on his property as the sun starts to descend behind the hills lined with conifers. Lindner, 73, has trouble walking far. Instead, he's utilizing his "wheelchair" -- a red Snapper ... More >>

Justin Bieber And Boyz II Men Want To Get With You, Girl; Also, It's Christmas

Image via​Hey, girl -- you there, in the reindeer sweater -- I need an object lesson. Come over here and dance up on me while I write this Christmas music-related blog entry. See, Justin Bieber and Boyz II Men have just recorded a new Christmas song, "Fa La La," and, uh, it's kind of about Chr ... More >>

Six Better Things To Do This Christmas Season Than Listen To Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Now a Christmas tradition, Trans-Siberian Orchestra will make a trek to St. Louis next month. I've been an outspoken critic of TSO for years now, and admit that my disdain toward the band has bred some unintentional negativity. This holiday season, let's explore the positive alternatives -- here are ... More >>

The Black Rep's Gift to St. Louis

Now a Christmas tradition, Trans-Siberian Orchestra will make a trek to St. Louis next month. I've been an outspoken critic of TSO for years now, and admit that my disdain toward the band has bred some unintentional negativity. This holiday season, let's explore the positive alternatives -- here are ... More >>

Here Comes Santas

Now a Christmas tradition, Trans-Siberian Orchestra will make a trek to St. Louis next month. I've been an outspoken critic of TSO for years now, and admit that my disdain toward the band has bred some unintentional negativity. This holiday season, let's explore the positive alternatives -- here are ... More >>

Training for Christmas

Now a Christmas tradition, Trans-Siberian Orchestra will make a trek to St. Louis next month. I've been an outspoken critic of TSO for years now, and admit that my disdain toward the band has bred some unintentional negativity. This holiday season, let's explore the positive alternatives -- here are ... More >>

Ten Non-Traditional Holiday Songs To Keep You Sane

We're all force-fed holiday cheer from Halloween through New Year's, and even if you really, really love Christmas music, hearing the same old standards and modern classics over and over again can begin to fill you with exactly the opposite of holiday cheer. To avoid the monotony of those soft-rocki ... More >>

Funky Butt Brass Band Christmas Show

9 p.m. Saturday, December 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Bud Lights

9 p.m. Saturday, December 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Up and Down the Hill

9 p.m. Saturday, December 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

There's something for everyone in these new holiday albums, even for Wilson Phillips fans

9 p.m. Saturday, December 18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Ten Essential 2010 Holiday Albums

​For many musicians, the lure of the Christmas songbook is hard to resist. Despite the challenge of reworking well-worn (and, in some cases, worn out) songs, each year a few dozen acts try to make something fresh out of these seasonal favorites. This year's crop is heavy on female-fronted pop, ... More >>

Floors of Florals

​For many musicians, the lure of the Christmas songbook is hard to resist. Despite the challenge of reworking well-worn (and, in some cases, worn out) songs, each year a few dozen acts try to make something fresh out of these seasonal favorites. This year's crop is heavy on female-fronted pop, ... More >>

Markt It, Dude

​For many musicians, the lure of the Christmas songbook is hard to resist. Despite the challenge of reworking well-worn (and, in some cases, worn out) songs, each year a few dozen acts try to make something fresh out of these seasonal favorites. This year's crop is heavy on female-fronted pop, ... More >>

City of Many Santas

​For many musicians, the lure of the Christmas songbook is hard to resist. Despite the challenge of reworking well-worn (and, in some cases, worn out) songs, each year a few dozen acts try to make something fresh out of these seasonal favorites. This year's crop is heavy on female-fronted pop, ... More >>

Reindeer Meat for Christmas? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

Christmas Eve…Lives On!

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

Dream of A Bright Christmas

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

The Reason for the Season in Song

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

G-L-O-R-I-A

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

Ein echte Deutsche Weihnachten

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

Holidays (and Nights)

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

Mary Little Christmas

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

Here Comes Santa(s)

Image viaThis picture of a baby reindeer just sleighs me.​Then one foggy Christmas eveSanta came to say,"Rudolph with your nose bright,you'll be on my plate tonight."In a PR nightmare that no one could have possibly foreseen, the British supermarket chain Lidl is being blasted for selling reindeer ... More >>

Holi-Daze

Christmas through a cracked lens

Christmas with the Chorale

Yule love it

Wine and Weihnacht

Gettin' German in Hermann

Here Comes Christmas

Ready or not

Road to Tradition

Ready or not

Keepin' It Jolly

Ready or not

Claus with Claws

Unreal chats up a brave Santa, rebels against the holidays and shops for porn.

Boone's Lit Road

Unreal chats up a brave Santa, rebels against the holidays and shops for porn.

A Tree for You and Me

Unreal chats up a brave Santa, rebels against the holidays and shops for porn.

Bombshells over Soulard

Unreal chats up a brave Santa, rebels against the holidays and shops for porn.

Blah-liday

Unreal chats up a brave Santa, rebels against the holidays and shops for porn.

Happy Xmas

(War is onscreen)

Christmas Eve Has Found You

(War is onscreen)

Lego My Messiah!

Behold! In Belleville, the glory of the Lord shines 'round about...lots of blocks.