Holidays

This weekend in the arts: "What Goes Up Must Come Down" at The Hill Street Country Club; Jason Magabo Perez's "SDPF2024: Coda"; Welcome Tu Las Californias Festival; Charles Glaubitz; San Diego Dance Theater; plus live music and more.

Broadcast schedule begins Friday, Dec. 20, 2024 at 7 p.m. through Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 1:30 p.m. on CREATE. Christmas in the Alsace region of France is best experienced in the small towns and villages where each community has its own unique holiday traditions, celebrations, food, and of course wine. The Alsatian landscape is covered with medieval towns, castle ruins and vineyards that overflow with charm and history.

This weekend in the arts: The La Jolla Symphony and Chorus explores light, color and nature in music; SoNo Fest heats up with chili and local flair; plus, the annual December Nights shines with the grand reopening of Balboa Park’s Botanical Building.

San Diego's beloved holiday tradition, December Nights, returns to Balboa Park this weekend.

Premieres Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Saturday, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV. It’s Christmas 1969, and the funfair and carol concert add color to frosty Poplar. Yet, the festive spirit at Nonnatus House is dampened by the spread of influenza alongside growing fears of an escaped prisoner after a spate of break-ins.

A small town in Germany turns its town hall into the "world's largest" Advent calendar each December. It started as a way to boost businesses in the winter, but it's grown to mean much more.

Frigid air was expected to move over the eastern third of the U.S. by Monday, while heavy snow was forecast to cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions.

Hallmark's partnership with the Kansas City Chiefs seems perfectly timed to capitalize on Taylor Swift's relationship with Travis Kelce. But the story of a family's devotion to a sports team is something many fans can relate to.

Some parts of the country will receive heavy lake-effect snow and others will see rain or dry weather with subfreezing temperatures.

The Earworm Eraser is a 40-second audio track specifically designed to banish "Jingle Bells," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and other much-too-catchy seasonal tunes.