Hear a Christmas story with spurs at Rawhide Ranch

The Southern California region used to be part of the Old West, alive with cowboys, herds of cattle and campfires.

On December 14 part of that heritage will return in the form of Stan Kruml’s “From the Heart of a Cowboy: A Cowboy Christmas Show” at Rawhide Ranch in Bonsall.

The show includes stories and poetry told by Kruml of his memories of Christmas on the family ranch and of his life.

His stories include one of his boyhood wish to meet Santa – who wears spurs, as it turns out – and if the crowd is lucky, he may just tell the tale of a ruckus in the henhouse, his father with a shotgun and a...