Christmas

This month Ballet Idaho is bringing a holiday favorite back to the stage with their annual production of The Nutcracker, a Christmas classic full of magic and adventure.

For the last 40 years, one Christmas movie has steadily gained a following of faithful viewers, getting bigger and bigger each year: "A Christmas Story." Idaho Matters sits down to talk with Peter Billingsley about the holiday classic and how he is partnering with filmmaker Aidan Brezonick to foster more creativity in the Gem State.

When the pandemic started, many items flew off the shelves – including toys. Now, years later, toy stores are still seeing their sales grow and consumer bases expand.

This is an encore program which originally aired in December of 2017.Generations have grown up with the tales spun by Charles Dickens, and that’s…

This is an encore program which originally aired in December of 2017.Generations have grown up with the tales spun by Charles Dickens, and that’s…

You’ve probably heard the lyrics — “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” — 100 times by now. But the chances of it happening depend on where you’re located in our region.

Here in Boise, one woman is helping to spread holiday cheer by painting windows.

Holidays are fun, but they can also be stressful. Counselor Laurie Strand joins Idaho Matters to give us a little advice on how to handle that stress.

Julia Tai is one of the most dynamic young conductors on stages across the planet, conducting in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico and here in the Northwest. This season, she'll be conducting the Boise Philharmonic's holiday performances of Messiah, the 281-year-old oratorio penned by George Frideric Handel.

Yes, you can make the holidays a bit greener … beginning with selecting an organic Christmas tree. In a recent interview with NPR’s Here and Now, Dawn Gifford, author of “Sustainability begins at Home” said more consumers are looking to reduce their eco-footprint.