We are almost at the end of 2025. After 50 days of shutdown, the government has decided to re-open and end the paid vacation of Congress. Which leads to the question do we really need a President or a Congress. Of course we do.
If not, who would there be dancing in the new billion-dollar ballroom? I will wait with bated breath for my invitation to the ball in 2026. I need to start looking for a gown and be ready when my invite arrives in January.
The weather has finally cooled down, but the wind is not wanted. Are we ever satisfied? Cold like in the 70s is okay, but I don’t want a cold, wet Thanksgiving or Christmas.
•Tuesday was Veterans Day. I hope everyone remembered to honor and thank a person who served their country in the military on that day, no matter what the weather was doing.
My brother and my husband served in the Air Force, but they are gone now, so my day was spent quietly at the Martin Senior Citizen Center where the Veterans were served a free lunch of gratitude for their service. If it were up to me, the Veterans would eat free every day of the year.
•I moved to Trinity in the summer of 1997 and was surprised to see how much activity went in a town of 2,000 people. The streets were rolled up on Saturday and Sunday by five o’clock, but the holidays were always booming. There was a group of entrepreneurs who always seemed to have their hands on the pulse of the city and involved in everything.
My first small town experience was the Street Dance on the Four of July downtown. My second community experience was the 49th Trinity Community Fair in September; my third experience was the bonfire at the high school homecoming football event; and my fourth experience was the was the 49th Trinity Chamber of Commerce Christmas Show downtown that was held in the First National Bank Parking lot.
It was the best of times and the beginning of Trinity’s growth spurt around Lake Livingston and the subdivisions in Trinity County. The only thing I did not understand was the rivalry between Groveton and Trinity. Neither one had much to offer in the way of enterprise, but both cities thought they housed the Taj Mahal. Twenty-seven years later, downtown main streets of both cities still house the same two red lights.
•Only 14 days left until Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, the fourth Thursday of November every year. I will have the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner for Thanksgiving Day, but at Christmas I am up to having different sides and entrees as we are not all about eating but having presents and fun.
•Basketball, soccer, and golf tryouts start next week.
•Trinity Methodist Church’s Rummage Sale is this week which is two weeks before Thanksgiving Day. It will be held in the Church’s fellowship hall at 301 N. Elm St. Times are Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13-14, from 8 a.m-5 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 15, the hours are 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. For more information, please call Laura at (936) 594-3826.
•Nov. 21, Martin Senior Citizen Center Thanksgiving Dinner 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.
•Nov. 24-28, Thanksgiving Holidays for students
•Nov. 27, Thanksgiving Day
The week after Thanksgiving is Dec. 6, and the Trinity Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s 27th Christmas Show is being held at the Trinity Community Center that Saturday. The event starts at 10 a.m. in the morning and ends after the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m. on the Fair Stage after the parade ends. Music, food, crafts, and vendors are all scheduled to be inside and outside the Trinity Community Center. Awards and prizes will be announced after the parade ends and judges have selected the winners for 2025.
Music, food, crafts, vendors and Santa Claus pictures are scheduled to be inside and outside the Trinity Community Center all day long. The Big Feat Film Company will have a booth at the show, Danny Cleveland will sing, Kelly Hartsfield will sing, the Trinity Tabernacle Pentecostal Church will perform, the Lions Club Barbershop Quartet will sing, the Jazz Ensemble from Sam Houston College will sing, and the TISD Band and Choir students will perform and march in the lighted parade.
On Saturday, Dec. 13, the Elf Station Opens for all TISD students up to the age of 18. Watch this space for details next week.
Dec.18, Early release day for Christmas/Winter Break
Dec. 19, TISD Student Winter Break
Dec. 25, Thursday, Christmas Day
Students return to school on Jan. 6, 2026.
Martin Luther King Holiday of Service-January19, 2026
Trinity County Crime Stoppers Mardis Gras Cowboy Gala, Jan. 31, 2026
Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2026
Lovelady Love Fest, Feb. 14, 2026
Presidents Holiday, Feb. 16, 2026
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026
Lent Holidays and Dinners TBA
Easter and more Church Events to follow next week.
I hope next year will go a little slower.
