The ballet has performed its traditional holiday offering, "The Nutcracker," to taped music in the orchestra's absence.

The Snowcat, Matheny's third recording for Papillon records, is a secular holiday offering.

At first glance, this might seem an ideal holiday offering, festive and sparkling and sentimental.

If you want to talk forgettable, look at the current crop of holiday offerings.

But this season's holiday offerings have been profoundly unspectacular.

To them turkey means big bird for big meal, a holiday offering.

But he still doesn't quite know why so many stations have seized on his film as a holiday offering.

Among this year's holiday offerings: a 11/2-carat square-cut yellow diamond ring for $10,000 and a gift basket containing 1,000 fine chocolates for $250.

Snow is just one of many holiday offerings at New Orleans's 1,500-acre City Park.

As usual, "The Nutcracker" ballet is among the holiday offerings.