CHRISTMAS AT THE MISSION: Music ... history ... and the 
holiday season in Goliad...details ahead on Passport to 
Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Tomorrow (December 3) from 8 to 9 p.m., experience 
the sights and sounds of the holiday season at Mission 
Espirito Santo in Goliad during Christmas at the Mission. 

"The Beeville Community Chorus come in and puts on this 
musical extravaganza."

Mary Livingston oversees interpretation at the site. 
Admission is 2-dollars for adults and a dollar for seniors 
and children. State Park Pass holders get in free.

"We decorate the whole interior of the chapel to get this 
beautiful ambience. Candles in the sconces on the walls, 
and decorations on the inside of the chapel. The natural 
acoustics can really take your breath away when we have 
this choir in there performing."

After the performance be sure to take a walk on the 
"historic side", and stroll along the Christmas Lighted 
History Trail in the mission compound.
 
"We have taken the significant time periods of the life of 
the mission, and we have literally cut them out, and 
painted these time periods, and we have them situated on 
the grounds, and we light them up."

All month long, from dark until 10 p.m., visitors can view 
these historic images, ranging from early Native 
Americans to the present.

"And so it's telling you the time period all the way up to 
when Texas Parks and Wildlife will actually take over the 
site. And they're all lit up and they cast these incredible 
shadows."

There's more information about these events in the 
calendar section of the Texas Parks and Wildlife web site.

That's our show for today ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.