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The San Marcos Mermaid Society presents an eclectic holiday shopping experience this weekend from 5 to 7 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. The event will be held inside and around the grounds of Mermaid Capital of Texas Gift Shop and Gallery, located at the Wonder World Park main building, 1000 Prospect St. in San Marcos.

As weather chills, that dip in temperat is often accompanied by cold and flu season. Many people are anxious to avoi feeling under the weather this time of ye and to help ward off many illnesses, one may only need to look to the kitchen stoVE.

Pigeons have played a major role in warfare through the ages.

Editors note: This is the first part in a two-part series that gives the script of a traditional Christmas Nativity Play. Next Sunday will have the remainder of the script.

The Armadillo Christmas Bazaar (a.k.a The Armadillo), an Austin holiday shopping staple for over 45 seasons, announces the return of the in-person festival for 2021 with an expanded footprint. This season The Armadillo will amplify the fine-art scene with an additional 25,000 of square footage enabling more local and national art, live music and local food than ever before. Treating around 40,000 Texans and tourists to a family-friendly, entertaining holiday shopping experience, The Armadillo will run Dec. 15-24 at the Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin.

Q. I heard that you could get swollen lymph nodes from the COVID-19 vaccination. Is this true?

Last week, the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter held two adoption events across town in its effort to get pets out of the shelter and into homes. The first was held at Ivar’s River Pub on Nov. 14, where two dogs, one from foster and another from the shelter, were adopted and the second, held at the assisted-living community. Brookdale North on Nov. 19, saw the adoption of six cats. From the 301 animals in their care, 166 of those are currently in foster homes.

San Marcos Public Library 625 E. Hopkins St. 512-393-8200 Q. How many species are there on planet earth?