OKG7 Dining
Carol Smaglinski
Those with a strong attachment to eating calf fries swing on by to sample several pairs, which come with a compatible cocktail sauce. These delicacies are also nicknamed Montana tender-groins and are among Chubby’s top-sellers.

News
Gazette staff

Features
Shannon Cornman
The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve north of Pawhuska is the largest native tallgrass prairie protected on the planet. Prior to settlement, the prairie was one of North America’s biggest ecosystems, spanning 142 million acres and 14 states from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

OKG7 Dining
Carol Smaglinski
Friends stopping by for seasonal libations and pre-dinner delights? That’s easy enough! Stop in at any of the following local restaurants and pick up appetizers to wow your guests. Give the staff plenty of notice by calling ahead.

Food and Drink Features
Charles Martin
Nothing captures the rich decadence of the holiday season quite as perfectly as eggnog. Dense, satisfying and wickedly fattening, even bad eggnog is still darn good. This seasonal drink has reappeared on store shelves, coolers and on some menus of adventurous bars and coffee shops across the metro.

Features
Shannon Cornman
Judging from increased nighttime traffic around neighborhoods and area businesses, it’s safe to assume Oklahoma City residents love looking at Christmas lights. We admit it: We’re gawkers, too.

Features
Gazette staff
Once a year, for about a month or more, people can get away with eye-popping light displays plastered outside their home or business in the name of seasonal decor.

And not just “get away with it,” either, but celebrate it, photograph it and commemorate it with song.

’Tis the season! As photographer Shannon Cornman found, there’s plenty of shining — or twinkling, as the case may be — holiday spirit to soak up among area neighborhoods and icons.