Among the stops on the upcoming Holiday Tour of Homes is Andy Fish’s car museum at 302 S. Western Ave. Tickets for Sunday’s tour are $10 and can be purchased at the Lampasas County Museum and at My Girls. MONIQUE BRAND

Searching for an activity to get into the holiday spirit? Look no further than Johnson City’s Lights Spectacular and PEC’s holiday lights display. Visit PEC’s headquarters and take a stroll under the giant oak trees adorned with more than one million sparkling lights.

Need a gift that provides beauty, entertainment and health benefits throughout the year? With the recent increase in people gardening and bird watching, what could be more perfect than a gift that supports both interests? Just like gardening, bird watching helps us connect with nature, reduces stress and elevates our mood. Plus, the gardeners on your list will appreciate the help birds provide managing insect pests.

The Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas will offer its “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” classes on Monday afternoons in December and January. Sessions are designed to help caregivers take care of themselves while caring for someone else.

Anita Darlene Klose became the bride of James Douglas Allen on Nov. 26, 1971 during a ceremony at First United Methodist Church in Lampasas. The couple continues to reside here, where James Allen has been a rural mail carrier for years, and Anita Allen is a bus driver with the Lampasas Independent School District. COURTESY PHOTO

The renovated home of Debbie Reynolds at 101 Farm to Market 580 East is one of five stops that will be on the 2021 Holiday Tour of Homes Dec. 5. Reynolds has renamed her 1880s-era home The Adelphia. Tickets for the annual fundraiser are available for $10 each at the Lampasas County Museum the afternoon of the event and at My Girls, 415 E. Third St. MONIQUE BRAND

The Shared Blessings thrift shop, operated by St. Mary Catholic Church, will be open the following Saturdays to serve the community: Nov.

Have you ever said to yourself, “I’ll start that diet after the holidays. It’s just too hard to keep it otherwise”? The series of parties and festivities in the latter part of the year throws a lot of people off their diet game, but it doesn’t have to.

The 36 Club met Nov. 11 in the fellowship hall at First Presbyterian Church of Lampasas.