Looking to start a new family tradition or want something new this year to fuel your present opening and holiday merriment? Try out one of these recipes for your cozy Christmas morning breakfast at home. BANANAS FOSTER UPSIDE DOWN CAKE Contributed by Lynn Dickey Adapted from a recipe originally published in Southern Living Magazine submitted by Louis Delaunay “My mom … [Read more...]
#EventsToBeScene: Holidays 2019 Edition
Happy Holidays Abilene! Get your dose of #eventstobescene and check out these awesome local Holiday 2019 activities. Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Abilene Opera presents “Hansel & Gretel” by Humperdink, Disney Medley at Paramount Theatre. Tickets are $5 at the door. Nov. 16, 2 p.m. Abilene Ballet Theatre’s Sugar Plum Fairy Tea at the Abilene Woman’s Club. Tickets $25-$40. … [Read more...]
Christmas Collections: Judy Godfrey’s Nutcrackers
Judy Godfrey, a fine art appraiser and former president of The Grace Museum, has been collecting nutcrackers since 1971. “My first nutcracker was one my mother gave me,” Godfrey said. “It is from the San Francisco Music Box store. He is the traditional Nutcracker Prince standing on top a drum that plays the theme from ‘The Nutcracker.’ Definitely my favorite.“ The … [Read more...]
Christmas Collections: Janet Bailey’s Santas
Janet Bailey’s collection of Santas is diverse, unique and rich in culture, representing the 20+ nations from which they originated. Bailey, technical services manager at the Abilene Public Library, might not have foreseen that when she received a Santa figurine as a Secret Santa gift during her freshman year at Pepperdine University in 1984. But just a year later, while … [Read more...]
Christmas Collections: Jan Woodward’s Christmas Mice
Jan Woodward, former Abilene Reporter-News columnist, said she has always had a penchant for little creatures, especially dressed up in tiny clothes. “I’ve just always thought they were cute,” Woodward said. On a visit to see her grandmother in West Virginia, Woodward and her mother met one of her grandmother’s neighbors who made crafty Christmas ornaments, one of which … [Read more...]