I-San Antonio isele ibe ngenye yeendawo zaseTexas eziphakamileyo. Ngezinto ezininzi ezikhangayo kunye nemithendeleko ephezulu ehamba kuwo wonke unyaka, akumangalisi ukuba iSixeko saseAlamo sidonsa isihlwele. Nangona kunjalo, iSan Antonio ininzi ngaphezu kwehlobo leentsapho zekhefu. Enyanisweni, enye yezona zihlandlo ezilungileyo kakhulu zonyaka ukuya kuSan Antonio yixesha 'leholide.'
Njengoko kunjalo kuyo yonke indawo, iSan Antonio ikhupha ixesha layo leeholide.
Kuya kuba nemisebenzi eyahlukeneyo kulo lonke isixeko phezu kweveki ye-Thanksgiving. I-Museum ye-San Antonio Children's Museum iya kubamba imisebenzi yeentsapho zokubonga ngokubonga yonke iveki. Ngokuqinisekileyo, iSan Antonio idume ngokubanzi kwiindawo zokuthenga ezithengisa umhlaba, ngoko ke ukuthengwa koMnyama ngoLwesihlanu kuya kuba nzima kakhulu. Iindawo zokutyela kuwo wonke umzi ziya kuba neenkcukacha zokudla isidlo sakusihlwa, esinika iindwendwe kunye nabemi ngokufanayo indlela yokufumana isidlo esikhulu sokubonga ngaphandle kwayo yonke intlekele.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuhamba phambili kweveki yokubonga kuya kuqhutywa emva komhla wokuBonga. NgoLwesihlanu ubusuku, i-Holiday River Parade kunye nokuKhanya kweMlambo kuza kwenzeka kwi-RiverWalk. I-RiverWalk "iyalala" ngo-7: 00 ngoLwesihlanu. IHolide River Parade iqala ngokukhawuleza emva koko ize ihlale iyure epheleleyo njengemikhosi yokutshiza kunye nemithamo yamanzi ehlotshiswe ngomoya wayo endleleni ehamba ne-San Antonio River ecaleni kweCorrectWalk.
Emva kokuvuthwa ngoNovemba 25, i-RiverWalk kunye nommandla ojikeleze ngaphaya kwedolophu yaseSan Antonio ikhanyiswa ubusuku bonke ngoJanuwari 1. Le ngenye yezona zibonisa ukukhanya kweeholide ekuboniseni yonke iTexas.
Ukukhanyiswa koMlambo kukwabakho ukukhawuleza iMikhosi yeeholide yamaPaseo Del Rio yonyaka, ukuxhaswa kweziganeko eziqhutywe kunye ne-RiverWalk kwixesha leeholide.
Phakathi kwezinto ezicwangcisiweyo i-Holiday Boat Caring, iKrisimesi iColor Caroling neSanta, kunye neFiesta de las Luminarias.
Asikho yonke imisebenzi ekhoyo kwiSan Antonio ngexesha leeholide liza kubakho iholide, nangona kunjalo. Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo zezixeko ezininzi ezikhangayo ezifana neHemisphere Needle, i-Alamo, kunye neemyuziyam ezininzi kunye neevenkile ziya kuqhubeka zidweba iintshukumo zabantu ngosuku ngalunye. Unyaka ngamnye uSan Antonio uyamkela enye yeyona midlalo yebhola yebhola ekhatywayo kwilizwe, i-Valero Alamo Bowl. Kulo nyaka, i-Alamo Bowl isetyenziswe ukuba iqhubeke ngoDisemba 29 (amaqela athatha inxaxheba aya kuthi azaliswe emva kokupheliswa kwexesha lebhola lebhola ekhatywayo).
Njengoko i-holide yomoya isondela ekupheleni, iSan Antonio inika umkhosi wokugcoba kunye noNyaka woNyaka woNyaka omtsha. I-carnaval de San Antonio izixhobo zomculo eziphilayo, izixhobo zomlilo kunye nokunye. U-Eva ngamnye woNyaka omtsha, ngaphezu kwesigidi sezigidi zabantu zikhukhula ukuya ngasecaleni kwe-San Antonio (isiganeko sijolise kwiHemisphere Park, kunye nezinye izigaba kunye neendawo ezikufutshane) ukuze uthathe inxaxheba kule mali yeeyure eziyi-6 ukuya kunyaka omtsha. Ebizwa ngokuba yinto yokubhiyozelwa koNyaka omtsha kuzwelonke , iCarnaval de San Antonio yindlela enkulu yokutyelela kwisixeko saseAlamo ngexesha leeholide.
Enye into ekufuneka iindwendwe zihlale zikhumbule ukuba ziceba ukutyelela iSan Antonio ngexesha leeholide ukuceba kwangaphambili. Nangona iSan Antonio ihlala kwikhaya elingaqinisekanga leehotele kunye neendawo zokutyela, zonke izinto zihamba ngokukhawuleza ngexesha leeholide. Oku kuyinyani ngokukodwa kwiehotele eziseMfuleni Walk, ezinika izilungiso ezifanelekileyo kunye neendawo ezithandekayo ukuba zithathe zonke iindwendwe kunye nemisebenzi. Ngoko, ukuba unethemba lokuba e-San Antonio naliphi na ixesha phakathi kwe-Thanksgiving kunye neNew Year, unganqikazi ukwenza indawo yokugcina indawo. Kanye apho, nangona kuya kubakho "imicimbi yeholide" ukugcina uxakeke, ungaphuthelwa ekudleni kwezinye iindawo zokutya ezilungileyo ezibonelelwa kwiindawo zokutyela ezilungileyo kuyo yonke i-Alamo City.