Caroling and cookie decorating: 12 Christmas events to attend this December

The sounds of the season will drift through The Domain each Saturday night as strolling carolers roam the sidewalks.

• Nov. 29-Dec. 20, Saturdays, 6-8 p.m.
• Free
• The Domain, 11410 Century Oaks Terrace, Austin
• www.simon.com/mall/the-domain/news-and-events

Greater Austin Moms is collaborating with The Domain to host a family-friendly holiday event which will feature activities and entertainment for children including face painting and a custom slime bar.

• Dec. 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Free
• The Domain, 11410 Century Oaks Terrace, Austin
• Eventbrite: Jingle Bell Jamboree

Children of all ages are invited to make perler bead Christmas ornaments to take home to decorate their tree.

• Dec. 6, 1-3 p.m.
• Free
• Milwood Branch, 12500 Amherst Drive, Austin
• https://library.austintexas.gov

Chorus Austin’s Symphonic Chorus will perform alongside Austin Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s “Messiah.” Attendees are welcome to bring their own vocal score or order one in advance to sing along.

• Dec. 7, 6 p.m.
• Pay what you’re able (back section); $20 middle section (seniors); $25 middle section (general admission); $40 front section
• St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 8134 Mesa Drive, Austin
• www.chorusaustin.org

Community members can get their professional pictures taken with Santa Claus and drop off toy donations for patients at Texas Children’s Hospital.

• Dec. 7, noon-2 p.m.
• $15 (photo with Santa Claus)
• Renaissance Austin Hotel, 9721 Arboretum Blvd., Austin
• www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/aussh-renaissance-austin-hotel/experiences/holidays

Women Beyond Real Estate will celebrate the holiday season and end of the year with Christmas festivities, seasonal cocktails and bites, and a holiday market.

• Dec. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
• $23.18
• Goodwin & Company, 11950 Jollyville Road, Austin
• Eventbrite: Merry Mixer

Attendees can celebrate the holiday season with some games of pickleball, a hot cocoa bar, a toy donation drive and ugly sweaters. Every person who brings a toy for the donation drive will be entered in a raffle for a $300 pickleball prize package.

• Dec. 13, 5-7 p.m.
• Free (ages 12 and under), $25 (members), $28 (nonmembers)
• Austin Pickle Ranch, 11000 Middle Fiskville Road, Bldg. B, Austin
• https://austinpickleranch.podplay.app

The event will let individuals enjoy a hands-on experience creating mini neon-style LED lights to take home using a 3D printer.

• Dec. 13, 1-3 p.m.
• Free
• Spicewood Springs Branch, 8637 Spicewood Springs Road, Austin
• https://library.austintexas.gov

Led by Laura Audrey Custom Cookies, the class will teach individuals with all levels of baking experience how to decorate sugar cookies. Participants will decorate four cookies with all materials provided.

• Dec. 13, 1-3 p.m.
• $60
• Make At Rosie, 8711 Burnet Road, Ste. F72, Austin
• www.makeatrosie.com

The creative studio will host an instructor-led painting workshop where attendees will learn how to paint a Northern Lights landscape with a winter twist.

• Dec. 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
• $37 (11x14 canvas); $39 (16x20 canvas); $49 (16x20 wood plank board)
• Painting With A Twist, 8820 Burnet Road, Ste. 507, Austin
• www.paintingwithatwist.com