Inyanga yokugcina yonyaka inikeza amathuba amaningi eholide amnandi e-Lone Star State. Ngenkathi iTexas inengxenye yayo enhle yezenzakalo zeholide-ezibandakanya izitolo ezinkulu, izitimela zewayini zeholidini nezigidi zezibani zikaKhisimusi - ubusika bombuso obumnene bwenza kube indawo enkulu kuyo zonke izinhlobo zeholide zasebusika. Kusukela emikhosini emidlalweni yama-Victoriya ukuze ibuke izinkanyezi ekubukeni kwezinyoni, lezi yizinto ezinhle kakhulu okufanele zizenze futhi izindawo zokubona lapho uhlala eTexas ngoDisemba.
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I-Texas Hill Country
bullcreekstudio.com/ Getty Images "Imigwaqo yamaholide" ivame kakhulu eTexas ngoDisemba. Cishe zonke izingxenye zombuso zihlanganisa umzila owukhanyisiwe ozohlala eholidini, kusukela kuJefferson encane e-East Texas kuya eMarkarkana emngceleni waseTexas / Arkansas ukuya ezweni elimangalisayo laseTexas Hill Country. Phakathi kwalabo abaziwa kakhulu futhi abadume kakhulu yi- Hill Country Regional Lighting Trail , ehlanganisa amadolobha aseTexas aseBenera, eBerne, Burnet, Dripping Springs, eFredericksburg, e-Goldwaite, eJohnson City, eLlano, eMarble Falls, eNew Braunfels naseWimberley.
Omunye umzila odumile ohlala eTexas Hill Country yiThotho yamaThailand yaseTexas. I-Central Texas iyayaziwa ngemikhiqizo yayo yokuwina imiklomelo , futhi njalo ngoDisemba, izithelo ezihlukahlukene nezivini zizungeze izenzakalo futhi zizakhele amakamelo abo okunambithekayo nezibani ezihlotshisiwe zokuhlobisa amaholidi. Ngenkathi ungahamba kalula kwi-tastings kunoma iyiphi yezindawo eziningi zendawo, labo abafuna isipiliyoni esigcwele bangabamba iqhaza eThekwini yeTholide yeTholide. Lesi senzakalo esiziholelayo senzeke amasonto amabili okuqala ngoDisemba, lapho izivakashi zingathokozisa ukunambitheka okujabulisayo endaweni ngayinye yezingxenye ezingaba ngu-50 ezithatha inxaxheba, ziqedile ngokuphathwa kukaKhisimusi kanye nama-carols.
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Galveston
I-Musketeer Cyrano / Flickr Enye yezenzakalo eziyingqayizivele kakhulu zonyaka eTexas nguGalveston's Dickens eStand. Lo mcimbi waminyaka yonke ubona i-Galveston's strand yomlando egcwala izinhlamvu ezidutshulwa ngaphandle kwamaveliveli kaCharles Dickens. Lo mkhosi wamaholidi uthatha izivakashi ukuba zibuyele e-Victorian Era njengabadayisi basemgwaqweni abanezinqola zokukhwela basebenza phakathi kwama-carolers nabaculi bomgwaqo, kuyilapho izingane zixakeke e-Royal Menagerie Petting Zoo. Njengobhonasi, izivakashi ezibonise phezulu ezigqoke njengohlamvu lukaDickens noma ezembatho ze-Victorian zithola ukungena kwamanani emigodini ku-Dickens kumkhosi we-Strand. Umkhosi uyenzeka ngempelasonto yokuqala ngoDisemba futhi uhlanganisa yonke imicimbi ehamba phambili njengendlovu yasekuseni yaseNgilandi futhi ihlangane-ne-greets nenzalo kaDickens.
Lapho useseGalveston, qiniseka ukuthi uvakashela noma yikuphi inombolo yezikhangayo , kufaka phakathi amabhishi angcono kunazo zonke , ihlengethwa ebonakalayo emkhunjini, noma uMkhosi Wemibala Yezinsuku ze-Moody Gardens.
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I-Dallas-Fort Worth
Cooper Neill / Stringer / Getty Izithombe Ngaphandle kwemicimbi eminingi eholide noma ephathelene neTexas ngoDisemba, kukhona nemicimbi eminingi yemidlalo. Enye yezenzakalo ezithandwa kakhulu zonyaka, i-BMW Dallas Marathon, ihlale ibanjwe ngenyanga yeshumi nambili. Kukhona nemidlalo encane yebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola lase-Texas phakathi noDisemba, kuhlanganise ne-Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio), i-Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (i-Worth Worth), i-Texas Bowl (i-Houston), ne-Brut Sun Bowl (i-El Paso ). Njengengxenye, imidlalo emibili yebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola likolishi laseTexas nje emva konyaka omusha - iNhliziyo yaseTexas Bowl (Dallas) ne-AT & T Cotton Bowl (Arlington).
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Houston
URobyn Correll Isikhathi sasebusuku eHouston siyinto ejabulisayo. Isimo sezulu - ngokuvamile sifudumele futhi simanzi - ngokuvamile siyomile futhi sipholile ngokuphakama phakathi nama-60s, okwenza ukuvakasha kwangaphandle kujabulise ngokwengeziwe. Futhi ngamakhulu amahektare ezindawo eziluhlaza kanye nemigwaqo yebhayisikili , kunokuningi okumele kwenziwe ngaphandle. Ukuvakashela ngoDisemba kunikeze amathuba amaningi okuhlola izindawo zokuhlala zasemadolobheni njengeDiscovery Green , i-meander ngeSifunda seMyuziyamu , futhi ujabulele noma yiyiphi enye imigodi yokudlela yase- patio kanye nezindawo zokudla.
Naphezu kokushisa kwawo okushisa, uHouston uhlanganisa amaholide asebusika nge-gusto. I-Houston Zoo's Zoo Lights ingenye yezenzakalo ezithandwayo kakhulu zonyaka, izinkulungwane zabantu zifaka i-cocoa eshisayo njengoba zihamba ngezibuko ezikhanyayo ezikhanyayo eduze kwezivalo zezilwane. I-Discovery Green iguqula i-rink yayo ye-roller ku-rink yangaphandle ye-iceskating , futhi izivakashi zingakwazi ukukhipha i-skate ngaphandle kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i- indege yokushisa iphakama kangakanani. Futhi izivande nezindlu zendlu kaBayou Bend ziphendukela ebusweni bebusika, ziphelele ngeqhwa eliyisiqhwa ne-reindeer. Yisikhathi somlingo edolobheni.
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Austin
UDavid Betts I-Austin iyingqayizivele yemikhosi yayo yama-epicile futhi umculo ophilayo uphila kahle - ngakho akufanele kusimangaze izindandatho zedolobha emaholide anomcimbi ophezulu we-top-the-top.
Ukukhanga okukhulu kukaDisemba yi-Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. Sekuphele amasonto amabili okuholela kuKhisimusi, isikhungo sezobuciko se-Palmer siguqulwa sibe yindawo enkulu emakethe / yobuciko nomculo. Amashumi ezinkulungwane zabathengi baqhubekela emcimbini njalo ngonyaka ukuthenga izipho ezenziwe ngezandla, ukudansa kumculo ophilayo, ukuzithokozisa, kanye nokunye. Ukudweba nokudweba okudayiswa kufakiwe kusuka kubaculi abangaphezu kuka-175 abahlukene, nabaculi - kubandakanya abaculi abawina imiklomelo ye-Grammy - badlala esiteji esikhulu usuku lonke.
Uma ungagcwalisi ku-Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, ungaphinde ugijime yi-Blue Genie Art Bazaar. Umcimbi wesitolo wonyaka wenziwa kusukela ngo-Black Friday kuze kufike ngoKhisimusi futhi ufaka ukukhethwa okudwetshiwe kakhulu kwemidwebo, izithombe, ubuciko, ubucwebe, nezinye izinto zobuciko ezivela kubaculi basekhaya nabasemakhaya. Ukwamukela ku-Blue Genie Bazaar kukhululekile, futhi izingane zamukelekile.
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San Antonio
skodonnell / Getty Izithombe I- riverwalk ye- San Antonio eyimidwebo yindawo ethanda kakhulu ngesikhathi seFiesta nasezinyangeni zasehlobo, kodwa akekho isikhathi esithokozisa ukuvakashela umfula kunenyanga kaDisemba. Kusukela ku-Thanksgiving kuze kube ngesonto lokuqala ngoJanuwari, umgwaqo wamanzi ukhanya ngezibani ezingaphezu kuka-122,000 zeholide, ugqoke futhi ugobhoke emabhokisini amaningi kanye nemithi ye-cypress.
Ngenkathi iholidi elikhulu lihlehliswa ngaphansi komfula i-Thanksgiving ngempelasonto, ungakwazi ukuvakashela izibani ngezivakashi ngesikebhe noma itekisi, noma nje wenze indlela yakho ngezinyawo emaphethelweni emanzini. Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kweqiniso kwe-San Antonio, qala uhambo lwakho oluqondiswayo e- Alamo , lapho inqaba eneminyaka eminyaka ikhanyiswa khona izibani eziningi zeholide. Yenza indlela yakho eya emfuleni kunoma iyiphi enye yezitebhisi eziseduze ukuze uhambe emigwaqweni noma ume ukuze ujabulele ezinye ze-brisket nacho.
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Isiqhingi saseSouth Padre
Richard Stockton / Getty Izithombe Ngenkathi lonke leli zwe lizamazama, lesi siqhingi sase-Texas esaseningizimu sihlala ipharadesi epholile . Njalo ngenyanga kaDisemba, "i-Winter Texans" yehlela ogwini ukuchitha izinyanga ezintathu kuya kwezine ekukhanyeni kwelanga.
Okukhulu kakhulu ukudweba lesi sikhathi sonyaka ukubuka izinyoni. Izinyoni - njengabantu - zihambele eningizimu ukuze zifune ukushisa okushisayo ebusika, okwenza ukuba inyoni kule siqhingi ibe cishe kabili. I-South Padre Island Birding and Nature Centre ibamba ukuhamba kwezinyoni ngezinsuku zonke, lapho izivakashi zingafunda khona okwengeziwe ngesakhamuzi sezinyoni eziyisiqhwaba. Ngesinye isikhathi, isikhungo semvelo siphinde sinikeze ama-workshops wezithombe ukusiza amateur-abalindi abanamathele futhi abanjwe ngezilwane zasendle.
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El Paso
UWalter Bibikow / Getty Images Njengoba kunezinsuku ezingaba ngu-300 zokushisa kwelanga ngokwesilinganiso ngonyaka, i-El Paso ingenye yezindawo ezinhle kunazo zonke eTexas ukushaya lezo zinsuku ezinzima zasebusika. Ngenkathi ipholile kancane kunaseMpumalanga eTexas - amazinga okushisa aphakathi angakwazi ukudibanisa phakathi kwama-30 no-60 degrees ebusika - idolobha lithola amaphesenti angaphansi kuka-10 emvula yamanzi ngonyaka (kuqhathaniswa ne-Houston 45+), okuhlinzekwa okuhle, okomile kusuka ku-sleet ne-slush ihlukumeza izifundazwe ezisenyakatho ngoDisemba.
I-El Paso iyindawo enhle kulabo abajabulela umlando ocebile nobuhle obuqotho. Imihlangano yaminyaka eminyaka edolobheni, ihlane elizungezile, kanye nezintaba eziseduzane i-Instagram-efanele - ikakhulukazi ngemva kweqhwa elingavamile. Ukuze uhambe ngokujulile emlandweni wamasiko ocebile ka-El Paso, thatha uhambo oluziqondisa eceleni "Umzila Wezimfundiso." Umzila uqala nge-San Elizario enhle futhi ikuyisa kwezinye zezindawo zokudla ezihamba kahle, amasayithi omlando, nezitolo ezincane endaweni.
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Corpus Christi
Stefonlinton / Getty Izithombe Njengoba i-San Antonio, i-Austin ne-Houston yonke ibanga elihamba kahle, iCorpus Christi iyindawo ephakeme yokushisa ogwini lwaseTexas nganoma yikuphi ukuvakasha kwasebusika. Isimo sezulu esiseduze nendawo eseduze nendawo eziseduze nakwezinye izindawo ezisemaphethelweni esifundeni - kuhlanganise nePadre Island nePort Aransas - yenza kube indawo enkulu ebhishi ngisho noDisemba.
Isikhathi sokungcebeleka esibusika sabantu basekhaya kanye nabavakashi ngokufanayo ukudoba. I-Corpus inikeza usawoti wombili usawoti-futhi unyaka wonke wokudoba wamanzi, futhi ungakwazi ukuvame ukudoba emanzini ashisayo kusuka ebhishi noma odoba. I-Texas Parks & Wildlife iyashicilela umbiko wezokudoba wamasonto onke, ngakho ungahlala uthola ukuthi yini ehlabayo phakathi nokuhlala kwakho.
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I-Big Bend National Park
joegolby / Getty Izithombe Leli paki elihle elihle elihle lihlala eceleni kweRio Grande River futhi lihlanganisa imigwaqo engaphezu kwamakhilomitha angaba ngu-200. Ukushona kwemini kunikezwa ukuntuleka kokubukwa okuphefumulayo nama-ops wezithombe, kodwa ukuphathwa kwangempela eBig Bend ngoDisemba kuyinkanyezi.
I-Big Bend National Park inezinkanyezi ezimnyama kunazo zonke e-United States futhi ingamapaki angu-12 emhlabeni jikelele ukuba abe nesitifiketi segolide esivela kwi-International Dark Sky Association. Njalo ngenyanga kaDisemba, isithwathwa se-Geminid meteor sidlula esibhakabhakeni sibheke phakathi nenyanga. Enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokubamba ukugeza kwe-meteor yi-Hot Springs Canyon Trail. Ngesikhathi sokushisa kwehlobo, le ndlela engavunyelwe ingaba yingozi kakhulu, kodwa isimo sezulu sikaDisemba esibanda senza kube yindlela enhle kakhulu, futhi ukuntuleka kwekhava kunika imibono ecacile yezinkanyezi-gazers.
Kunezindawo eziningana zepaki ezitholakala kulo lonke ipaki, kanye nezindawo zokuhlala zezintaba ezinezinto eziningi "eziduduzayo izidalwa" kulabo abafuni ukuqinisa isibhamu esibandayo.
URobyn Correll unikezele kulokhu kulesi sihloko.