With less than three weeks until Christmas (and less
than two until Hanukkah) it's time to get focused and get into the holiday
spirit...whether you're ready or not. Check out all the festively fun shit
around town this week...pub crawls, holiday trivia, gift fairs, theater, and
more!
HARPOON
HOLIDAY PARTY | Eight
Harpoon beers on tap, complimentary appetizers, and live music by Radio Riot, proceeds benefit Toys For Tots |
Friday, December 9 @ 8 pm | $5 or a toy |
Harp, 85 Causeway St,
Boston | 617.742.1010 or harpoonbrewery.com
HOLIDAY HECK HOUSE: SLEEP NOEL MORE | Holiday "comedy horror" presented by Union Square Round Table featuringa tour through rooms of sketch comedy, videos, performance art, music, and more | Saturday, December 10 @ 9 pm | $10 | Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St, Jamaica Plain | facebook event
A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS | Off-kilter holiday comedy special featuring the "Pope of Trash" himself | Saturday, December 10 @ 8 pm | $35-$60 | Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave, Boston | berkleebpc.com
SEXY SANTAS X-MAS PUB CRAWL | Drink specials, food, and prize for best outfit | Saturday, December 10 @ 2 pm | $20; includes t-shirt | Faneuil Hall, Boston | bostoneventguide.com/events/sexysanta.htm
BEEHIVE'S
SANTA BRUNCH | December 10 from 10:30 am-3 pm | price per meal | Live Christmas music, holiday-themed food, and
photo ops with the Big Guy | Beehive, 541
Tremont St, Boston
| beehiveboston.com
20 BARS
OF CHRISTMAKKAH BAR CRAWL | December 10 @ noon | $10 | Ticket includes wristband, cup, and
drink specials at each stop. Kicks off at McFadden's, 148 State St, Boston
| barcrawls.com/boston
THE BOSTON CAMERATA: A MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS | December 10 @ 8 pm | $10-$46
| Medieval song and poetry performed by a virtuoso consort of voices and
instruments | Old
West Church,
131 Cambridge St, Boston | bostoncamerata.org
8TH
ANNUAL SOWA HOLIDAY MARKET
| Annual holiday art and craft flea market | December 10 @ 11 am | free
| Cathedral High School, 74 Union
Park St, Boston |
sowaholidaymarket.com
HOLLY FAIR | Cambridge's oldest craft fair featuring jewelry, hats, bags, sweaters, scarves, natural
beauty products, handmade soaps, ceramics, stained glass, ornaments,
photographs, cards, prints, paintings, food, and more | Saturday, December 10 from 10 am-5:30 pm + Sunday, December 11 from
noon-5 pm | free | Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 42 Brattle St, Cambridge | 617.547.6789 or ccae.org/hollyfair.html
WATCH CITY DICKENS FESTIVAL AND MARKET Saturday, December 10 from 11 am-6 pm + Sunday, December 11 from 11 am-5 pm | $10; $5 students,
seniors | Charles River
Museum of Industry and Innovation, 154 Moody St, Waltham | 781.893.5410 or crmi.org
SANTA'S HOLIDAY TIPPLE TRIVIA | "Holiday
cocktail lore-themed" pub trivia | "Holiday
cocktail lore-themed" pub trivia | December 11 @ 9 pm | free | Upstairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop St, Cambridge
| upstairsonthesquare.com
RAKS
NATIVITY: A CHRISTMAS PAGEANT | December 11 @ 7:30 pm | $15 | Non-denominational
Christmas pageant told through Middle Eastern Dance | YMCA Theater, 820 Mass Ave, Cambridge
| raksnativity.bellydancernepenthe.com
SANGRIA WITH SANTA CRUISE |
December 15 @ 3 pm | $22.90 | Music, dancing, and lunch | Spirit of Boston, 200 Seaport Blvd, Boston
| spiritofboston.com
ONGOING:
RADIO CITY ROCKETTES | Through December 28 at Citi Performing Arts Center, 270 Tremont St, Boston | citicenter.org
THE SLUTCRACKER | Through December 24 at the Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville | theslutcracker.com
And for extended holiday listings check out our HOLIDAY LISTINGS. Plus, our gift guide has all the DVDs, gadgets, books, ski gear, and even gift ideas for the #Occupiers on your list! Visit
thephoenix.com/giftguide.