Mwezi womalizira wa chaka umapereka mwayi wodzaza masewera okondwerera ku Lone Star State. Ngakhale kuti mzinda wa Texas uli ndi gawo labwino kwambiri la zochitika za tchuthi - kuphatikizapo mabasiketi aakulu, misewu ya vinyo wa tchuthi, ndi mamiliyoni a magetsi a Khirisimasi - nyengo yofatsa imakhala yopita kwa mitundu yonse yozizira. Kuchokera ku zikondwerero zamtundu wachigonjetso ndikuyang'anitsitsa kuyang'anitsitsa mbalame, izi ndi zinthu zabwino kwambiri zoti muzichita ndi malo oti muwone pamene mukupita ku Texas mu December.
01 pa 10
Texas Hill Country
"Misewu yotsegulira" ikufala kudutsa Texas mu December. Pafupifupi mbali iliyonse ya dziko ili ndi njira yowonekera pa tchuthi, kuchokera ku Jefferson ku East Texas kupita ku Texarkana kumalire a Texas / Arkansas kupita ku Texas Hill Country. Pakati pa malo odziwika kwambiri ndi otchuka kwambiri ndi Mapiri a Regional Country Lighting Trail , omwe amaphatikizapo midzi ya pakati pa Texas, Bandera, Boerne, Burnet, Kuthamanga Zitsime, Fredericksburg, Goldwaite, Johnson City, Llano, Marble Falls, New Braunfels, ndi Wimberley.
Njira ina yotchuka yomwe ili ku Texas Hill Country ndi Njira ya Wine Holiday ku Texas. Central Texas amadziƔika chifukwa cha mpikisano wopambana wopambana , ndipo tsiku lililonse December, zochitika zapadera zomwe zimakhala ndi zokolola ndi minda ya mpesa zimakonzera malo awo olawa ndi nyali ndi zokongoletsera zazikulu. Ngakhale mutatha kupita ku malo amodzi a malo ammudzi, anthu omwe akufuna kukhala ndi chidziwitso chonse amatha kutenga nawo gawo muThere la Wine Wine. Chidziwitso chimenechi chimachitika masabata awiri oyambirira mu December, pamene alendo angasangalale ndi zokondweretsa pa malo pafupifupi 50 omwe amapezeka nawo, amadzazidwa ndi zochitika za Khirisimasi.
02 pa 10
Galveston
Chimodzi mwa zochitika zapadera kwambiri m'chaka cha Texas ndi Galveston a Dickens ku Strand. Chochitika chino cha pachaka chikuwona Galveston ndi chingwe cha mbiri yakale chodzaza ndi anthu otchuka kwambiri kuchokera m'mabuku a Charles Dickens. Phwando lachikondwererochi limatenga alendo kuti abwerere ku Victorian Era monga ogulitsa mumsewu ndi makasitomala ogwira ntchito akugwira ntchito pakati pa ojambula komanso oimba mumsewu, pomwe ana amakhala otchuka ku Royal Menagerie Petting Zoo. Monga bonasi, alendo omwe akuwonetsedwa atavala ngati chikhalidwe cha Dickens kapena zovala za Victori amalandira chilolezo chokwanira kwa Dickens pa chikondwerero cha Strand. Chikondwererochi chikuchitika kumapeto kwa sabata loyamba mu December ndipo chimaphatikizapo zochitika zambiri monga chakudya cham'mawa cha Chingelezi komanso kukumana ndi ana a Dickens.
Pamene muli ku Galveston, onetsetsani kuti mukuyendera malo osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo mabomba abwino kwambiri a m'derali, dolphin yomwe imapezeka pamtsinje, kapena Phwando la Miyezi ya Moody Gardens.
03 pa 10
Dallas-Fort Worth
Kuwonjezera pa zochitika zambiri za tchuthi kapena zochitika zina zomwe zinachitika ku Texas mu December, palinso masewera angapo. Chimodzi mwa zochitika zodziwika kwambiri pa chaka, BMW Dallas Marathon, nthawizonse zimagwiridwa pa mwezi wa 12. Palinso mipikisano yambiri ya masewera a koleji ku Texas m'mwezi wa December, kuphatikizapo Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio), Beteli ya Helicopter ya Bomba (Worth Bowl), Texas Bowl (Houston), ndi Brut Sun Bowl (El Paso ). Monga pambali, masewera awiri a mpira wa koleji a ku koleji amachitikira ku Texas patatha chaka chatsopano - mtima wa Texas Bowl (Dallas) ndi AT & T Cotton Bowl (Arlington).
04 pa 10
Houston
Nthawi yachisanu ku Houston ndi chinthu chosangalatsa. Nyengo - nthawi zambiri imakhala yofunda ndi yonyowa - nthawi zambiri imakhala youma komanso yozizira kwambiri pakatikati pa zaka 60, ndikupanga maulendo akunja osangalatsa. Ndipo ndi mahekitala mazana a malo obiriwira ndi njanji zamagalimoto , pali zambiri zomwe mungachite kunja. Kuyendera mu December kumapereka mipata yambiri yofufuza mapaki ake a mumzinda monga Discovery Green , meander kudutsa mu Museum District , ndipo amasangalala ndi malo ena aliwonse okhala mumzinda wa patio komanso malo odyera.
Ngakhale kuti kutentha kwake kumatentha kwambiri, komabe Houston imakhala ndi maholide a m'nyengo yozizira. Zowala za Zoo za Houston Zoo ndi chimodzi mwa zochitika zodziwika kwambiri pa chaka, ndi zikwi za anthu akuwotcha kakawa pamene akuyenda kudutsa pafupi ndi zozizwitsa zinyama. Kupeza Green kumatembenukira ku kanyumba kanyumba kaja , ndipo alendo amatha kuthamanga kunja kunja mosasamala kanthu komwe kutentha kwake kukukwera. Ndipo minda ndi nyumba ya Bayou Bend zimasanduka chisanu cha chisanu, chodzaza ndi chipale chofewa ndi nyamakazi. Ndi nthawi yamatsenga mumzinda.
05 ya 10
Austin
Austin ndi yodabwitsa chifukwa cha zikondwerero zake zamagulu komanso nyimbo zomveka bwino - choncho siziyenera kudabwitsa kuti mphete za mzindawo zimakhala ndi zikondwerero zapamwamba.
Chikoka chachikulu cha December ndi Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. Kwa pafupi masabata awiri kutsogolo kwa Khirisimasi, Palmer Events Center imasandulika kukhala masewera aakulu a malonda / zamakono ndi nyimbo. Ogula masauzande ambiri amapita kumsonkhano chaka chilichonse kukagula mphatso zopangidwa ndi manja, kuvina ku nyimbo zina zowonongeka, kuzikonda, ndi kubisala. Zithunzi ndi zojambula zogulitsa zikuphatikizidwa kuchokera kwa ojambula osiyana oposa 175, ndi oimba - kuphatikizapo ojambula a Grammy-wopambana mphoto - kusewera pa siteji yaikulu tsiku lonse.
Ngati simukukhuta pa Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, mukhoza kuthamanga ndi Blue Genie Art Bazaar. Chochitika chamagulu chaka ndi chaka chimachitika kuchokera ku Black Friday mpaka pa Khrisimasi ndipo zimakhala ndi zojambulajambula, zojambulajambula, zojambulajambula, zodzikongoletsera, ndi zojambulajambula zina zochokera kwa ojambula. Kuloledwa ku Blue Genie Bazaar ndi ufulu, ndipo ana ndi oyendayenda amalandiridwa.
06 cha 10
San Antonio
Mtsinje wa San Antonio ukuyenda ulendo wokondwerera ku Fiesta ndi miyezi ya chilimwe, koma palibe nthawi yosangalatsa kuyendera mtsinje kusiyana ndi mwezi wa December. Kuchokera kuthokozo mpaka sabata yoyamba mu Januwale, mtsinjewo umayatsa ndi zowonjezera 122,000 zowunikira, kutayira ndi kudumpha kuchokera pamabwalo ambiri ndi mitengo yamphepete.
Ngakhale kuti tchuthi lalikulu la tchuthi pansi pa mtsinjewu lichitika pamapeto a sabata la Thanksgiving, mutha kuyang'ana magetsi kudzera paulendo wa ngalawa kapena teksi, kapena mungoyendetsa phazi pamphepete mwa madzi. Chowonadi chenicheni cha San Antonio, yambani ulendo wanu wodziwongolera ku Alamo , kumene malo achitetezo a zaka mazana aunikiridwa ndi nyali zambiri za tchuthi. Pita kumtsinje kumtunda uliwonse wazitali zapafupi kuti uziyenda mumisewu kapena pumula kuti ukondwere nazo zina.
07 pa 10
Chilumba cha South Padre
Pamene dziko lonse likusunthira, chilumba ichi chakumwera kwa Texas chikhala paradaiso wodekha . Tsiku lililonse la December, "Winter Zima Texans" zimatsika pamtunda kuti zikatenge miyezi itatu kapena inai padzuwa.
Chofunika kwambiri kukwera nthawi ino ya chaka ndi kuyang'ana mbalame. Mbalame - monga anthu - zimauluka kummwera kukafuna kutentha kutentha m'nyengo yozizira, zomwe zimachititsa kuti mbalameyi pachilumbachi ikhale pafupifupi kawiri. Pachilumba cha South Padre Birding and Nature Center amachititsa kuti mbalame ziziyenda tsiku ndi tsiku, kumene alendo angaphunzire zambiri za nthenga za chilumbachi. NthaƔi zambiri, chikhalidwechi chimaperekanso maofesi ojambula zithunzi kuti athandize owonetsa mbalame ndi owonetsa mbalame kuti azigwira nyama zosiyanasiyana zakutchire.
08 pa 10
El Paso
Kwa masiku opitirira 300 a dzuwa tsiku lililonse, El Paso ndi imodzi mwa malo abwino kwambiri ku Texas kuti amenyane ndi masiku otenthawa. Ngakhale kutentha pang'ono kuposa kum'mawa kwa Texas - kutentha kumatha kusambira pakati pa madigiri 30 ndi 60 m'nyengo yozizira - mumzindawu umapeza mpweya wa masentimita 10 pachaka (poyerekezera ndi 45+ ku Houston), kutulutsa zabwino, zowuma kuchokera ku sleet ndi kupopera miliri ya kumpoto mu December.
El Paso ndi malo opambana kwa iwo omwe amasangalala mbiri yakale ndi kukongola kwenikweni. Mayiko a zaka mazana mazana ambiri, malo oyandikana ndi chipululu, komanso nsanja zapafupi ndi Instagram-zoyenera - makamaka atagwa matalala. Kuti mudziwe mwakuya mu mbiri yakale ya chikhalidwe cha El Paso, tengani ulendo wodziwongolera pa "Mission Trail." Njirayo imayambira mu San Elizario wokongola ndikukutengerani ku zakudya zabwino kwambiri, malo olemba mbiri, ndi masitolo ang'onoang'ono m'deralo.
09 ya 10
Corpus Christi
Ndili ndi San Antonio, Austin, ndi Houston ponseponse, Corpus Christi ndi malo apakati a m'nyanja ya Texas omwe amawotcha nthawi yozizira. Chikhalidwe cha mzindawo chomwe chimakhala chosasinthasintha komanso pafupi ndi madera ena a m'mphepete mwa dera - kuphatikizapo Padre Island ndi Port Aransas - zimakhala malo otchuka a m'nyanja ngakhale mu December.
Nthawi yowonjezera yozizira kwa anthu amderali ndi oyendayenda mofanana ndi nsomba. Corpus amapereka mchere ndi madzi atsopano chaka chonse, ndipo nthawi zambiri mumatha kugwira nsomba zochititsa chidwi kuchokera ku gombe kapena kupha nsomba. Texas Parks & Wildlife amafalitsa lipoti la nsomba ya mlungu ndi mlungu, kotero kuti nthawi zonse mumatha kupeza zomwe zikuwomba mukakhala.
10 pa 10
Nkhalango ya Big Bend National Park
Malo okongola kwambiri a paki akukhala pamtsinje wa Rio Grande ndipo umakhala ndi misewu yodutsa maulendo oposa 200. Masana samapereka kusowa kwa maonekedwe ochititsa chidwi ndi ops photo, koma chithandizo chachikulu pa Big Bend mu December ndi stargazing.
Mzinda wa Big Bend National Park uli ndi mdima wandiweyani ku United States ndipo uli ndi malo okwana khumi ndi awiri padziko lonse lapansi omwe ali ndi chidziwitso cha golide kuchokera ku International Dark Sky Association. Mwezi uliwonse, Geminid meteor shower kudutsa mlengalenga ndikukwera pakati pa mwezi. Mmodzi wa malo abwino kwambiri kuti agwire meteor shower ndi Hot Springs Canyon Trail. Pakati pa nyengo ya chilimwe, misewu iyi yosasunthika ikhoza kukhala yaukali kwambiri, koma nyengo yozizira ya December imapangitsa kuyenda bwino kwambiri, ndipo kusowa kwa chivundikiro kumapereka malingaliro omveka bwino owona nyenyezi.
Malo ambiri okhala pamisasa ali pakiyi, komanso malo ogona a mapiri okhala ndi "zozizwitsa zowonjezera" kwa iwo omwe safuna kulimba mtima.
Robyn Correll anathandizira nkhaniyi.