Winter Celebrations Around the World

The UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures offers a variety of festive activities and charitable efforts for December’s Free Second Sunday.

International students participating in the AYUSA Global Exchange program will have displays depicting major holidays in their home countries. Dressed in their native attire, they will be available to discuss holiday traditions and other aspects of life at home and their experiences in the U.S.

The San Antonio Children’s Ballet will have two performances, with suites from their rendition of “The Nutcracker.”

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church will perform a traditional Pastorela play, a morality tale about shepherds going to visit the Holy Family in Bethlehem and the snares the Devil uses in attempts to dissuade them.

The institute will accept blankets toward its annual blanket drive for Communities in Schools; and new or gently used books appropriate for grades K – 8 for SA Reads.