Welcome to your comprehensive guide to holiday happenings in the tri-state!

How One Mantra is Helping Me Conquer Procrastination in 2025
I started practicing it last week. Turns out, they weren’t as hard as I had built them up to be.

Restaurants That Have Short Wait Times in the Evansville Owensboro Area
Tired of all the holiday cooking and the mega clean-up after? Craving something other than the festive turkey and ham of the past couple of months? Here are some sit-down places to cure the holiday break cabin fever and to change up the fare on your dinner plate.

12 Strays of Christmas
This holiday season, I reached out to local organizations and asked for their longest residents to feature in my "12 Strays of Christmas." In the past, this project has led to incredible outcomes—longtime shelter residents finally finding their forever homes, even when it seemed impossible.


White Christmas?
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about tri-state weather, it’s to expect the unexpected.

Indiana & Kentucky Parents Share Their Love-Hate Relationship with School Dress Up Days
A fun and honest dive into the ups and downs of school dress-up days, with personal stories, hilarious parent takes, and a few tips to survive the holiday madness.

Elves Gone Wild: Your 'Bad' Elf Could Win You a Big Prize!
When your naughty elf is causing chaos and you think, 'What the elf?!', it’s time to snap a pic, and share the mischief because holiday havoc deserves a little restitution #TreatYoElf"

Holiday Hours for Grocery Stores in Indiana & Kentucky
If you’re anything like me and often find yourself in a Christmas pickle, you’ll need to figure something out because major retailers are announcing they’ll be closed on Christmas Day. Humbug, right? Haha, just kidding. Here's what's open and closed.

Win Tickets to "Elf Night" With the Evansville Thunderbolts!
Get ready for a festive night of hockey fun at "Elf Night" with the Evansville Thunderbolts. Register to win tickets here!

Win a Trip to Indianapolis with Our ‘Feast & Find’ Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt
Families all over the tri-state area can team up to play our Thanksgiving scavenger hunt to win a family getaway from Visit Indy.

A Reindeer Rendezvous – Meet Santa’s Magical Sleigh Team in the Christmas Town of Indiana
We've attended in years past and have loved experiencing the holiday magic throughout the entire town of Santa Claus.

Managed Mischief in Chandler
Chandler resident Bill Moorman invited the neighborhood kids to TP his yard. And boy did they! Here's why he let them have a little managed mischief.
