Dancers join hands as a circle during the Texas Cowboys’ Christmas Ball in Anson in 2023. This year's ball runs 8 p.m.-midnight Dec. 12-14. Murphey will play that Thursday, Dec. 12, the first night.

For the 89th year, the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball returned to Anson with all the magic and history memorialized in the 1890 poem it's based upon.

As a kind of introduction to “The Cowboys’ Christmas Ball.” Visitors stand outside Pioneer Hall in Anson as they await the start of the Texas Cowboy’s Christmas Ball Dec. 14.

Dancers perform during Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Christmas show at the Ector Theatre on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (Odessa American File Photo) ...

The Deadwood Cowboy Christmas Ball, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Deadwood Pavilion, will feature decorations, food and Black Hills entertainers performing holiday favorites.

DEADWOOD - The Cowboy Christmas Ball returns to Deadwood on Saturday, Dec. 10. All proceeds from the event will benefit the new Days of ’76 Museum.

Western singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey brings his Cowboy Christmas concert and ball back to the Bell County Expo Center on Saturday and while some may raise eyebrows at the intersection ...

For the 89th year, the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball returned to Anson with all the magic and history memorialized in the 1890 poem it's based upon.