My mailbox has been full of Christmas catalogues lately. And I am sure you have begun to see the Black Friday teasers. Stores have displays of Christmas trees and other decor. This year let’s look past the Starbucks Red Cup controversy, or manufactured controversy depending on how you look at it, and enjoy this Christmas season. Let us be the good in the world. Let’s #ShareTheHolidays together.

I am a sucker for Christmas music especially Christmas hymns. Throw a choir in there and I will tear up no less than half a dozen times. I hope you are moved by the Christmas spirit because today I have a fun giveaway from Omaha Performing Arts. They are kicking off their holiday show season this Sunday. So exciting! It looks like there is a little something for everyone included in this year’s lineup.

OPA Christmas Show Schedule:

• Sunday, November 15, at 7:00 PM The Brian Setzer Orchestra 12th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour, Orpheum Theater, Slosburg Hall. Buy tickets! 
• Thursday, November 19, at 7:30 PM Vienna Boys Choir – Christmas in Vienna, Holland Performing Arts Center, Kiewit Concert Hall. Buy tickets! 
• Wednesday, December 2, at 7:30 PM Cyrus Chestnut Trio – A Jazzy Christmas, Holland Center, Scott Recital Hall *this is a nightclub setting. Buy tickets! 
• Wednesday, December 2, at 7:30 PM A Celtic Tenors Christmas, Holland Performing Arts Center, Kiewit Concert Hall. Buy tickets!
• Friday, December 4, 8:00 PM Michael McDonald – This Christmas, An Evening of Holiday & Hits, Holland Center, Kiewit Hall. Buy tickets!
• December 6, 4:00 PM & 7:00 PM Joyful Noise – A Gospel Christmas featuring Salem Baptist Church, Sunday, Holland Center, Kiewit Hall. Buy tickets! 

How you can #ShareTheHolidays:
Omaha Performing Arts is participating in The Shine the Light on Hunger campaign running Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 at several Omaha venues, including the Orpheum Theater and Holland Center. People attending concerts or shows there can bring non-perishable food items, which will benefit the Food Bank for the Heartland.

 GIVEAWAY TIME!

One lucky reader will win TWO tickets to Joyful Noise: A Gospel Christmas featuring Salem Baptist Church on December 6 at Kiewit Concert Hall at the Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St. Omaha. What excites me most about this giveaway is that Salem Baptist Church is in Omaha! Yay Omaha!

More about the show: Joyful Noise features the harmonious sounds of Omaha’s nationally-recognized and Grammy®-nominated Salem Baptist Church choir, which has more than 70 members, along with special guests Tobbi & Tommy, Pamela Westbrook, Dante Hall, and Chad and Elaine Stoner.

PLEASE READ BEFORE ENTERING: You MUST be able to attend the show in OMAHA, NE on December 6. You can chose between the 4pm or 7pm show. Giveaway will close on Wednesday, November 25 at 11:59 pm CST. The winner will be contacted by email on Friday, November 27 and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Good luck!

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If you are interested in winning tickets to one of the other shows my fellow Omaha Bloggers are giving away tickets too
Kitty and Kevin are giving away tickets to Brian Setzer Orchestra
Mom Saves Money is giving away tickets to Brian Setzer Orchestra too
A Sunshine Life is giving away tickets to Vienna Boys Choir
Her Heartland Soul is giving away tickets to Vienna Boys Choir too
The Walking Tourists are giving away tickets to Michael McDonald