Light Up Lakewood

At the 13th annual Light Up Lakewood, take pictures with Santa Claus, hang out at the petting zoo and enjoy performances by the Woodrow Wilson High School Variations choir, Lipscomb Elementary School choir and the Woodrow marching band. Lakewood Shopping Center, Gaston and Abrams, free

DEC. 2-5

Book sale

Find countless donated books, CDs, movies, magazines, cards, puzzles and games at this annual sale beginning at 7:45 p.m. Dec. 2; it runs 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. the other days. Most items are priced between 50-cents and $2. Skillman Southwestern Library, 5707 Skillman, 214-670-6078, dallaslibrary.org, free

DEC. 2-19

Hanukkah and Christmas

One Thirty Productions presents “Romance in D,” a comedy about two apartments, two romances and two holidays.

Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther, 214.670.8749, bathhousecultural.com, $12-$16

DEC. 5

Christmas Bazaar

Bishop Lynch High School celebrates the season with a festival day from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. featuring more than 60 craft vendors. From pottery and jewelry to candles and religious items, proceeds benefit the Brigade Drill Team.

Bishop Lynch High School, 9750 Ferguson Road, free

DEC. 6

German advent service

St. Paul’s Church, celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, presents the 25th-annual “Deutscher Weihnachtsgottesdienst.” The interdenominational all-German advent service begins at 6 p.m. St. Paul’s Church, 6464 E. Lovers Lane at Fisher Road, stpauluccdallas.org , 214.368.7788, free

DEC. 6

Deck the halls

Wilshire Baptist Church presents “Hanging of the Green: A Christmas Festival of Joy,” starting at 6:30 p.m. with several choir performances. The church also offers “Christmas Pops with the Wilshire Winds” starting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15. Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams, 214.452.3100, wilshirebc.com, free

DEC. 12

Ricki Derek

Get into the swing of the holidays with the Frank Sinatra of Dallas. Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville, 214.824.9933, granadatheater.com, $25-$35

Nature-Inspired Holiday

DEC. 19

Barn dance

Join a night of American folk dancing. No experience or partners necessary. A beginner’s lesson starts at 8 p.m. First United Lutheran Church, 6202 E. Mockingbird Lane, 214.821.5929, dallaslutheran.org, $3-$10

DEC. 19

Christmas choral music

The Orpheus Chamber Singers perform holiday music inside this 1940s neogothic church.

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 6306 Kenwood, orpheuschambersingers.org, 214.821.3360, $10-$40

THROUGH DEC. 20 ‘Miracle on 34th Street’

This play based on the 1947 film classic sets the holiday mood with snow, holiday music and, perhaps, the real Kris Kringle?

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $15-$28

THROUGH DEC. 23

Christmas mice

Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts’

A Dallas Tradition Since 1951

“Not a Creature was Stirring” depicts the harrowing adventures of a family of mice who need to steal a pine branch from the farm house’s Christmas tree for their own celebration.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $15-$28

DEC. 26-JAN. 3

Lone Star Circus

Zingari is Dallas-based Lone Star Circus’ tribute to the old gypsy families associated with circus. It includes aerialists, acrobats, equilibrists, jugglers, clowns and animals.

Dallas Children’s Theater, 5938 Skillman, dct.org, 214.978.0110, $27-$48