Kwanan wata na karshe na shekara yana ba da dama na hutu na hutu a cikin Lone Star State. Duk da yake Texas tana da kyakkyawan ɓangaren abubuwan da suka faru na biki-ciki har da bazaars masu yawa, hutu na ruwan inabi, da miliyoyi masu haske na Kirsimeti - rawar da ke cikin jihar ta zama babban makiyaya ga kowane lokacin hutu na hunturu. Daga lokuta na Victorian -ededed don kallon kallon kallon tsuntsaye, wadannan su ne mafi kyawun abubuwa da wuraren da za su ga lokacin hutu a Texas a watan Disamba.
01 na 10
Texas Hill Country
"Hanyoyin Wuta" suna da yawa a fadin Texas a watan Disamba. Kusan kowane kusurwa na jihar yana nuna fasalin tsararraki mai haske, daga ƙananan Jefferson a Gabas Texas zuwa Texarkana a kan iyakar Texas / Arkansas zuwa filin wasan Texas Hill Country. Daga cikin mafi sanannun kuma mafi mashahuri ita ce hanya mai tsabta ta Hill Hill , wadda ta haɗa da manyan garuruwan Texas da Bandera, Boerne, Burnet, Dripping Springs, Fredericksburg, Goldwaite, Johnson City, Llano, Marble Falls, New Braunfels, da kuma Wimberley.
Wani muhimmin hanyar da ke cikin Texas Hill Country shine Texas Holiday Wine Trail. Central Texas tana da masaniya ga masu cin nasara , kuma kowane watan Disamba, da dama da kuma gonakin inabi sun shirya abubuwan da suka faru kuma suna kwantar da ɗakunan da suke dadi tare da hasken wuta da kayan ado. Duk da yake kuna iya zuwa tastings a kowane wuri daga wurare da dama, wadanda ke son cikakken kwarewa zasu iya shiga cikin Wurin Wine Trail ticketed. Wannan jagoran kai tsaye yana gudana makonni biyu na farko a watan Disamba, lokacin da baƙi zasu iya jin dadin dandanawa a kowane ɗayan wurare kusan 50, sun cika tare da Kirsimeti da kuma carols.
02 na 10
Galveston
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ya fi shahara a cikin Texas shine Galveston's Dickens a kan Strand. Wannan taron na shekara-shekara ya ga yakin tarihi na Galveston ya cika da haruffan da aka ɗauka da dama daga cikin littattafan Charles Dickens. Wannan bikin biki yana daukar baƙi zuwa baya ga Victorian Era a matsayin masu sayar da tituna tare da tura kayan aiki a cikin masu sauraro da mawaƙa na titi, yayin da yara ke aiki a cikin Royal Menagerie Petting Zoo. A matsayin kari, baƙi suna nuna tufafin Dickens ko a cikin tufafi na Victorian suna karɓar kyautar farashi a Dickens a kan Strand festival. Wannan bikin yana faruwa a karshen mako a watan Disamba kuma ya hada da dukan taron abubuwan da ke faruwa tare da su tare da sauran 'ya'yan Dickens.
Yayin da yake a Galveston, tabbas za ku ziyarci duk abubuwan jan hankali , ciki har da mafi kyau yankunan bakin teku , dabbar dolphin ta kan filin jirgin ruwa, ko bikin Mood Gardens na ranar Asabar .
03 na 10
Dallas-Fort Worth
Bugu da ƙari, ga abubuwan da suka faru da yawa da suka faru a duk fadin Texas a watan Disamba, akwai wasu abubuwan da suka faru. Daya daga cikin shahararrun abubuwan da suka faru a wannan shekara, wato BMW Dallas Marathon, ana gudanar da ita ne a cikin watanni goma sha biyu. Har ila yau, akwai] imbin nau'o'in wasanni na kolejin da aka gudanar a Texas a watan Disamba, ciki har da Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio), Bell Helicopter na Sojan Sama (Ft Worth), Texas Bowl (Houston), da Brut Sun Bowl (El Paso ). A gefe guda, ana gudanar da wasanni biyu na kwalejin koleji a Texas bayan da Sabuwar Shekara ta - Zuciya na Texas Bowl (Dallas) da kuma AT & T Cotton Bowl (Arlington).
04 na 10
Houston
Lokacin hunturu a Houston babban abu ne. Yanayin - sau da yawa dumi da rigar - yana bushe sosai da sanyi tare da manyan wurare a cikin tsakiyar shekarun 60s, yana yin waje da tafiye-tafiye fiye da dadi. Kuma tare da daruruwan kadada na tsire-tsire da titin bike , akwai yalwa da za a yi a waje. Ziyartar watan Disamba na samar da damar da za su iya samun damar da za su iya gano wuraren shakatawa na birane kamar Discovery Green , kuyi ta hanyar gundumar Museum , kuma ku ji dadin kowane ɗakin katako da gidajen cin abinci na birnin.
Duk da yanayin zafi, duk da haka, Houston ya haɗu da lokutan hutu da gusto. Lights Hood Zoo's Zoo sune daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi shahara a wannan shekara, tare da dubban mutanen da ke yin katako mai zafi kamar yadda suke tafiya ta hanyar haske a kusa da dabbobin dabba. Discovery Green ya canza motarsa zuwa wani wuri mai banƙyama , kuma baƙi zasu iya yin kullun waje ba tare da la'akari da irin yadda yanayin zafi ya tashi ba. Kuma gidajen Aljannah da ɗakunan Bayou Bend sun juya zuwa wani yanayi mai ban mamaki, tare da cikakke snow da kuma reindeer. Yana da lokacin sihiri a cikin birnin.
05 na 10
Austin
Austin yana da al'ajabi don wasan kwaikwayo na zamani da kuma bidiyon kida na kide-kide - don haka ya kamata ba mamaki bane a cikin bukukuwan da aka yi a cikin bukukuwan tare da wasu abubuwa masu yawa.
Mafi kyawun watan Disamba shi ne Bazaar Kirsimeti Armadillo. Kusan kusan makonni biyu har zuwa Kirsimeti, Palmer Events Center ya shiga cikin kasuwar kasuwa / fasaha da kida. Dubban 'yan kasuwa suna karbar biki a kowace shekara don sayen kayan kyautar hannu, suna rawa da waƙa da raye-raye masu raye-raye, da raye-raye, da kuma imbibe. Ayyukan zane-zane da sana'ar sayarwa suna kunshe ne daga mutane fiye da 175, kuma masu kida - ciki har da wasu masu fasaha na Grammy - suna taka muhimmiyar rana duk rana.
Idan ba ku cika a Bazaar Armadillo na Armadillo ba, zaku iya yin amfani da Blue Genie Art Bazaar. Ana gudanar da bikin cinikin shekara daga Black Jumma'a zuwa Kirsimeti Kirsimeti kuma yana nuna wani zane-zane na zane-zane, zane-zane, kayan ado, kayan ado, da kuma sauran ayyukan fasaha daga masu zane-zane na gida da na yanki. Ba da kyauta zuwa cikin Bazaar na Blue Genie kyauta, kuma yara da maraba suna maraba.
06 na 10
San Antonio
San Antonio's iconic riverwalk shine wuri mafi kyau a Fiesta da kuma watanni na rani, amma ba lokaci ba ne ya fi jin dadin ziyarci bakin teku fiye da watan Disamba. Daga Thanksgiving zuwa mako na farko a cikin Janairu, an rufe tafkin ruwa tare da filayen hutun daji 122,000, da fice da kuma kwashe daga hanyoyi da dama da tsirrai.
Yayinda babban biki ya fara tafiya a kan kogin jirgin ruwa ya faru a ranar Jumma'a na Thanksgiving, har yanzu za ku iya yin hasken wuta ta hanyar tafiya ta jirgin ruwa ko taksi, ko kuma kawai kuyi tafiya a kan hanyoyi a kan gefen ruwa. Domin San Antonio na hakika, fara tafiya ta kan kai a Alamo , inda dakin ƙarni na ƙarni ke haskakawa ta hanyar hasken rana. Yi hanya zuwa ga kogi a kan kowane ɗayan matakan da ke kusa da shi don yawo kan tituna ko kuma dakatar da jin dadi nachos.
07 na 10
Ƙasar Kudu ta Padre
Yayinda sauran sauran yankunan ƙasar, wannan tsibirin Texas ta kudu ya zauna a cikin aljanna . Kowane Disamba, "Winter Texans" sauka a kan rairayin bakin teku don ciyarwa uku zuwa hudu watanni a cikin rana.
Mafi girma da ya zana wannan lokaci na shekara shi ne kallon tsuntsaye. Tsuntsaye - kamar mutane - tashi a kudu don neman yanayin zafi a cikin hunturu, ya haddasa tsuntsaye a tsibirin kusan kusan biyu. Cibiyar Birding da Tsarin Gudanar da Kudancin Kudancin Kudancin Kudanci ta ba da izinin shiryar da tsuntsayen tsuntsaye a kowace rana, inda baƙi za su iya koyo game da mazaunan tsibirin tsibirin. Lokaci-lokaci, cibiyar yanayi yana bayar da bita don daukar hoto don taimakawa mai ba da amfani da tsuntsaye masu amfani da tsuntsaye masu kama da kudancin bakin teku.
08 na 10
El Paso
Tare da fiye da kwanaki 300 na hasken rana a kowace shekara, El Paso yana daya daga cikin wurare masu kyau a Texas don kayar da waɗannan kwanakin hunturu. Duk da yake dan kadan mai sanyi fiye da gabas Texas - yanayin yanayin zafi zai iya tsoma tsakanin 30 zuwa 60 digiri a cikin hunturu - birnin yana da kasa da inci 10 na hazo a shekara (idan aka kwatanta da Houston na 45+), samar da kyakkyawan jinkirin daga raye-raye kuma ya yi wa annoba jihohi arewacin Disamba.
El Paso kuma babbar manufa ce ga wadanda suke jin dadi sosai da tarihin gaske. Ayyuka na shekaru da yawa da ke kewaye da birni, da wuraren da ke kewaye da birni, da kuma tsaunukan da ke kusa da su suna da dacewa da Instagram-musamman ma bayan dusar ƙanƙara. Domin zurfafa zurfin tarihi a tarihin al'adun gargajiya na El Paso, kai ziyara a kan hanya mai suna "Trail." Hanya tana farawa da kyau San Elizario kuma ya kai ku ga mafi kyaun abinci, wuraren tarihi, da kantuna a yankin.
09 na 10
Corpus Christi
Tare da San Antonio, Austin, da kuma Houston duk da ke cikin motsa jiki, Corpus Christi shi ne babban wuri na Texas na bakin teku don kowane hutu na hunturu. Tsarin birni na kusa da kusa da yanayin da ke kusa da wasu yankuna mafi kyau na yankin - ciki har da Padre Island da Port Aransas - ya zama babban bakin teku har zuwa watan Disamba.
Wani lokacin shakatawa da aka fi so ga mazauna gida da kuma masu yawon bude ido shine kifi. Corpus yana samar da salin gishiri da ruwa na shekara-shekara, kuma zaku iya saukowa a cikin kullun da ya dace daga rairayin bakin teku ko kuma kifi. Texas Parks & Wildlife wallafa rahotanni na kogin mako-mako, saboda haka za ku iya gano ko yaushe abin da ke raguwa lokacin zaman ku.
10 na 10
Babban Bend National Park
Wannan gandun daji na gari mai girma yana zaune tare da Rio Grande River kuma yana da fiye da kilomita 200 na hanyoyi masu tafiya. Ranar rana ba ta da yawa na ra'ayoyi mai ban sha'awa da kuma hotunan hoto, amma hakikanin abin da aka yi a Big Bend a watan Disamba shine stargazing.
Big Bend National Park yana da wasu daga cikin duhu mafi girma a cikin Amurka da kuma daya daga kawai game da dozin shakatawa a duniya don samun wani zane-zane na zinariya daga International Dark Sky Association. Kowane Disamba, Geminid meteor shawa ta wuce ta sama da kuma kololuwa kusa da tsakiyar watan. Ɗaya daga cikin wurare mafi kyau don kama ruwan shagogi shine Hot Springs Canyon Trail. A lokacin zafi na lokacin rani, wannan tafarki mara kyau ba zai iya zama mummunan ba, amma yanayin sanyi na Disamba ya sa ya zama kyakkyawar tafiya, kuma rashin kulawa yana ba da ra'ayoyi masu kyau ga masu tauraron dan adam.
Akwai wurare masu yawa a cikin filin wasa, da kuma wuraren tsaunuka tare da mafi yawan "shakatawa" ga wadanda basu so suyi damun sanyi.
Robyn Correll ya taimaka wa wannan labarin.