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WEDNESDAY [20] film • Super Happy Fun Monkey Bash 5 at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm, $5) film • Danielson: A Family Movie at Alamo Downtown (7pm) film • Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story at Beerland (7pm, Free) film • Delicatessen at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • Weird Wednesday: The Magic Christmas Tree at Alamo Downtown (11:55pm, Free) food • Austin Farmers Market at Whole Food Parking Lot, 525 N Lamar (4-7pm) music •......

We've only ever had fake plastic trees for Christmas - which, invariably, stay up till August - but those of you with giant pinetrees rotting away in your living rooms might consider dropping them off at Zilker Park. Come mid-January, they'll be recycling the lot and grinding them into mulch, which you can then get ahold of for free. But exercise some caution when handling the fetid fertilizers, says the City of Austin: Christmas......

Sunday night it's time for the Annual Zilker Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Go and do your twirl beneath the lights, and be sure to bring your toy donation (for kids 12 and under) for Operation Blue Santa. Hopefully the weather will still be nice and cool. This is one of our favorite local holiday traditions, and it's free! Zilker Tree Lighting Ceremony Sunday, December 4 6pm Zilker Park Parking map......

Austin is on the brink of having its very first outdoor ice rink! We love the idea of not having to hike a gazillion miles (naked, in the frigid weather, uphill-both ways) to North Austin - even if it is just for the holiday season. The lovely elves at Whole Foods at 6th and Lamar are establishing an ice rink and "winter village" atop their Landmark Store from December 2nd to January 1st. The......

Run through a pumpkin patch lately? Neither have we, but dammit if we don't have the urge. We grew up in the midwest and come late September we could count on crisp fall weather and leaves changing to vibrant colors. Autumn has always been our favorite season but here in Austin it just never seems to get there. Is it strange to get giddy over the possiblity of wearing our scarf? Sometime this October......