Santa at Sea
Very Merry Showboat
USS North Carolina Battleship
Saturday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m.
Admission $6-$12
This seaworthy holiday event lets kids fly a flag with Santa, write Christmas lists on WWII radio paper, call the North Pole from the Battleship’s radio, track Santa’s journey in the Combat Information Center and craft Christmas cards for veterans in VA hospitals. For more information, call Shelly Robinson at 910-251-5797 or visit www.battleshipnc.com
Christmas Pantheon Performance
Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)
Cape Fear Playhouse
Dec. 11-14, 8 p.m. (Sunday matinee at 3 p.m.)
Admission $15-$20
David Lee Kent directs this madcap amalgamation of holiday traditions both modern and historical that includes Christmas traditions from around the world, seasonal icons from ancient to times to today and renditions of every Christmas carol ever sung. For more information, call 910-367-5237 or visit www.bigdawgproductions.org
Ballet for Young Audiences: The Nutcracker
Thalian Hall
Friday, Dec. 5-Saturday, Dec. 6
Admission, $15-$20
New York’s Ballet for Young Audiences presents a one-hour, narrated rendition of the classic Christmas story in which a young girl is transported to a magical world on Christmas Eve. Show times are 4 and 7 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. on Saturday. For more information, contact the Center Box Office at 910-632-2285.
