The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Food Safety Program reminds consumers that with the approach of the holiday season, the preparation of favorite holiday foods containing eggs requires special attention to ensure safety.

The Children's Theatre Company gets into the holiday spirit with the timeless Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas with book and lyrics by Timothy Mason, music by Mel Marvin, orchestration by Anita Ruth, with direction and choreography by Matthew Howe, music direction by Andrew Cook, scenic design by Tom Butsch, costume design by David Kay Mickelsen, lighting design by Rebecca Fuller, and sound design by Chris Heagle.

'Tis almost the season and all the more reason to be jolly - a new stage adaptation of the beloved classic film White Christmas is being produced by The 5th Avenue Theatre this holiday season. Every holiday season, audiences of all ages enjoy the uplifting story of White Christmas.

You can just tell the season to be jolly is nearly upon us: the dark nights, hats and scarves and Jack Frost nipping at our fingers and toes. However, as December draws near, so does the magic of Christmas and pantomime, and what a panto Perth Theatre is offering up this year!

The holiday season is bearing down like a fat man through a skinny chimney, and many of us are still wracking our brains for the perfect gift idea - the tchotchke juste, if you will - something that simply and elegantly says, "I know you well enough not to get you a Target gift card." If you have arts lovers on your list, perhaps a taste of the Twin Cities cultural scene would make a good stocking stuffer.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra welcomes NASA astronaut and Indianapolis native David Wolf, who will provide narration as part of ISO Principal Tuba Anthony Kniffin's performance of the popular children's work Tubby the Tuba to highlight a special concert evening benefiting Riley Children's Foundation and the Orchestra in the second annual Concert With A Cause Tuesday, January 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilbert Circle Theatre.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will be joined by conductor John Morris Russell and the dynamic and eclectic young string trio - Time For Three - to ring in the New Year with two exciting programs featuring familiar light classics plus the music of Leroy Anderson and hits from the "Swing Era" in National Bank of Indianapolis New Year's Eve Concerts Sunday, December 31, at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the Hilbert Circle Theatre.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced that Gross Ticket Revenue for this year's holiday production of Duke Energy Yuletide Celebration has exceeded $1.4 million, and has achieved the second highest sales in the show's 21-year history. Revenue thus far is near, but slightly behind the record pace set last year, when the show topped $1.5 million in sales.

Usher in the holiday season with the annual ROM for the Holidays program at the Royal Ontario Museum. From Wednesday, December 27, 2006 to Sunday, January 7, 2007 visitors are invited to take part in family programming that is sure to please the young and the young-at-heart. Activities run daily from 11 am to 4 pm in the Samuel Hall Currelly Gallery and are free with general ROM admission.

The Air Transport Association of America, the industry trade organization representing leading U.S. airlines, is forecasting that approximately 42 million passengers will travel globally on U.S. airlines during the 2006 winter holiday season for the 21-day period from Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006, through Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007 -- an estimated increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same 21-day period a year earlier.

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1,102 respondents of the market research poll have weighed in on the good and bad of the holiday season.