Tuesday December 15th
Hanukkah Menu in the Soiree Room
Come celebrate the Festival of Light in our sparkling Soiree Dining Room. In addition to our full menu, we now we continue our tradition of getting Steven Brand to cook us a few nights of traditional Hanukkah fare, including his handmade potato latkes and a beef brisket to rival that of your (and his) grandmother’s—and more. Special three-course prix fixe menu ($52) drawn from our delicious Hanukkah prix fixe (menu will be posted on the website). By reservation throughout the evening - $52
UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street 617-864-1933

Wednesday, December 16th
Hanukkah Menu in the Soiree Room - Come celebrate the Festival of Light in our sparkling Soiree Dining Room. In addition to our full menu, we now continue our tradition of getting Steven Brand to cook us a few nights of traditional Hanukkah fare, including his handmade potato latkes and a beef brisket to rival that of your (and his) grandmother’s—and more. Special three-course prix fixe menu ($52) drawn from our delicious Hanukkah prix fixe (menu will be posted on the website). By reservation throughout the evening - $52 UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street 617-864-1933

December 17th - CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE at Mount Auburn Cemetery at 3:00 PM
Mount Auburn Cemetery cordially invites you to participate in our seasonal candle lighting service at Story Chapel. We hold this program to remember the lives of the many who have gone before us and to experience the uniqueness of Mount Auburn as a memorial of beauty and peace. Candles will be available at cost for those who want to light a candle in honor of someone they wish to remember. Weather permitting, we will place the lighted candles in nearby Asa Gray Garden at the conclusion of the Service.  We welcome you to join us as we continue from Asa Gray Garden to Bigelow Chapel for refreshments and conversation.  FREE. Mount Auburn Cemetery , Story Chapel, 580 Mount Auburn Street, 617-547-7105.   

Friday, December 18th
Hanukkah Menu in the Soiree Room
Come celebrate the Festival of Light in our sparkling Soiree Dining Room. In addition to our full menu, we now continue our tradition of getting Steven Brand to cook us a few nights of traditional Hanukkah fare, including his handmade potato latkes and a beef brisket to rival that of your (and his) grandmother’s—and more. Special three-course prix fixe menu ($52) drawn from our delicious Hanukkah prix fixe (menu will be posted on the website). By reservation throughout the evening - $52

December 18th and 19th and Sunday, December 20th Friday
The Harvard Square: Holiday Shop-Over Weekend! Everyone sleeps over Friday and/or Saturday Night with Special Hotel Packages, Late Night Shopping and Dining!  Sunday features Breakfast with Santa at the Inn at Harvard and then Santa strolls through Harvard Square visiting local shops and restaurants and greeting all children shoppers and passersby! 

December 19th - Longy at the RegattaBar : “Notes a-Glist’ning”
December 19, 7:30pm, Longy at the RegattaBar
Join Longy faculty and student performers for a delightful program of winter holiday cheer---carols, popular Christmas songs, topped off by an audience sing-a-long! Additional Information: www.regattabarjazz.com 1 Bennett Street 617-661-5000 or Longy School of Music ,

December 20th - Boston Boy Choir presents “Festival of Carols” at 3:00pm
Boston Boy Choir, 29 Mt Auburn Street, 617-491-8400
Boston Archdiocesan Choir School
John Dunn, Director presents “Festival of Carols” 
special guest Charlene Dalrymple, soprano, Mark Nemeskal, tenor
and works by Biery, Haas, Marier, Rutter, Tchaikovsky, Willcocks, and Woodman

Saint Paul Men's Schola
The BACS Handbell Choir, Jennifer Lester, Director
The BACS Recorder Ensemble, Sheila Beardslee, Director
Jennifer Lester, Organist

Saint Paul Catholic Church, Harvard Square
Reserved Seating, Free parking & Shuttle Service
www.bostonboychoir.org

December 21 through December 23rd - Back by Popular Demand: Three Evenings of Christmas Caroling with Traditional Roast Goose & Chestnut Menu
UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street 617-864-1933

Back by Popular Demand: Three Evenings of Christmas Caroling with Traditional Roast Goose & Chestnut Menu Monday Club Bar and Soiree Room
Monday through Wednesday, December 21 through December 23

Special 3-course menus featuring chestnuts & goose in all its delectable forms in both dining rooms Monday Club Dinner: $45, Soiree Room menu:   $55

To put us squarely in the holiday mood, we can’t wait to offer a classic Christmastime menu on each floor, featuring goose foie gras, chestnut risotto, roasted goose, glace au marron glace and other irresistible traditional Christmas dishes, as interpreted by Susie in the Monday Club and Steve in the Soiree Room. Best of all, carolers will be here to serenade us with Christmas carols in the middle of each evening. We may even sing along!  Menus will be posted shortly on the website.

December 24th - Open Christmas Eve at UpStairs on the Square.
UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street 617-864-1933

We light up our four blazing hearths and open for one of the nicest menus and loveliest nights of the year! Christmas Eve Dinner ~from 5 pm ($85 prix fixe; half price for children) Menu will be posted on the website shortly.
 
December 24th - Sandrines Christmas Eve Menu

Sandrines, 8 Holyoke Street, 617-497-5300

Sandrines is offering a special Christmas Eve menu from 5pm-9pm that includes many of your favorite holiday dishes and a $50 Prix Fixe.

December 29th - Holiday Dinner Dance with The Winiker Orchestra at UpStairs on the Square - Dancing to begin around 9 pm

Bo and Bill will be coming with their orchestra ready for holiday music—perfect for dancing—this December.  They’ll be swinging in front of our big Christmas tree and give us the old-fashioned glamour of a dinner dance with all your favorite tunes—from salsa to the fox trot.  Come with friends, come single, or bring your new Christmas beau. Just come and twirl with us in this most romantic of holiday evenings. Reservations for dinner suggested—these evenings fill up this time of year.
UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street, 617-864-1933 

Ring in the New Year with dinner, dancing, music and drinks in Harvard Square for New Years Eve, click here to see what Harvard Square has to offer for New Years Eve

On-Going Holiday Events:

Six Sundays Afternoons in December

Sundays Afternoons in December 6, 13, 20, 27; 2 to 4:30 pm
$28 Tea/$35 Tea with a (Champagne ) Kick

Head to Harvard Square for our bounty of holiday shopping and take respite in the treetops of our bejeweled Soiree dining room for Sunday afternoon tea.  There’s nothing one of Deborah’s famous pecan milk chocolate turtles to help ease the wallet.  Show your local shopping receipt and receive a superb peppermint treat the perfect way to end a Sunday afternoon. 
UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street, 617-864-1933

Through January 1st - Best of Both Worlds - American Repertory Theatre -617-495-2668

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is pleased to present Best of Both Worlds, a holiday musical for the whole family. Bursting with the sounds of R&B and gospel, Best of Both Worlds features book and lyrics by Randy Weiner, music by multiple Obie-winner Diedre Murray, and is directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus.  It stars Gregg Baker, Jeanette Bayardelle, and Mary Bond Davis. The production will feature a rotating roster of Greater Boston’s most celebrated gospel choirs, including community, university, and church choirs.

WHEN:
Fri Nov 20: 8:00pm                    Sat Nov 21: 8:00pm                    Sun Nov 22: 2:00 pm & 7:30pm

Tue Nov 24: 7:30pm                 Wed Nov 25: 7:30pm                              Fri Nov 27: 8:00pm

Sat Nov 28: 8:00pm             Sun Nov 29: 2:00pm & 7:30pm                  Tue Dec 1: 7:30pm

Wed Dec 2: 7:30pm (PRESS OPENING)       Thu Dec 3: 7:30pm             Fri Dec 4: 8:00pm

Sat Dec 5: 2:00pm & 8:00pm      Sun Dec 6: 2:00pm & 7:30pm             Tue Dec 8: 7:30pm

Wed Dec 9: 7:30pm                  Thu Dec 10: 7:30pm                                  Fri Dec 11: 8:00pm

Sat Dec 12: 2:00pm & 8:00pm       Sun Dec 13: 2:00pm & 7:30pm        Tue Dec 15: 7:30pm

Wed Dec 16: 7:30pm                   Thu Dec 17: 7:30pm                               Fri Dec 18: 8:00pm

Sat Dec 19: 2:00pm & 8:00pm       Sun Dec 20: 2:00pm & 7:30pm         Tue Dec 22: 7:30pm

Wed Dec 23: 7:30pm            Sat Dec 26: 2:00pm & 8:00pm         Sun Dec 27: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Tue Dec 29: 7:30pm                  Wed Dec 30: 7:30pm                     Thu Dec 31: 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Fri Jan 1: 8:00pm                     Sat Jan 2: 2:00pm & 8:00pm                     Sun Jan 3: 2:00pm

WHERE: Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge
TICKETS: $25 - $75. Student rush $20.  Seniors $10 off ticket price. Group Rates available. Can be purchased online at www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org, by phone at 617-547-8300, or in person at “This rousing musical has taken the plot from The Winter’s Tale, tossed out anything resembling Shakespearean language, and achieves a hypnotic effect with musical numbers that leave the audience whooping.”— New York Times

“Thrilling for Shakespeare enthusiasts, essential for gospel devotees, and an exciting new work for fans of the American musical . . .moving and meaningful, an allegory for the Holiday Season.  —TheaterMania

Beginning December 11th – The 39TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS REVELS HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

Revels, Sanders Theater , 45 Quincy Street, 617-661-1515

After traveling around the world the past few seasons, Revels’ 39th annual holiday fete’ stays close to home as we celebrate the winter solstice and the rich and varied cultures of North America.

This year, The Christmas Revels includes all the Revels hallmarks that audiences have grown to love over the years. There’ll be holiday carols and peace rounds for all to sing, lively morris dancing, a seriously funny mummers play, Susan Cooper’s classic poem, The Shortest Day, and Revels’ signature piece, Lord of the Dance, which is guaranteed to have you singing – and dancing - through the aisles! In addition, this year’s solstice celebration includes Appalachian folksong, clogging  and fiddling, rousing spirituals, the Jonkonnu (an African American Christmas celebration with dancing, drumming and disguise costumes), Shaker tunes and dances, the story of “Wicked John and the Devil” (a “Jack tale” dramatized by Susan Cooper), and Native American flute playing, stories and poetry. 

The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice features an extraordinary 80-member ensemble including Appalachian singer and tradition bearer Suzannah Park, Native American flute player and storyteller Leon Joseph Littlebird, gospel singer Janice Allen, musicians Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger, The Roaring Gap Chorus, The Pinewoods Morris Men, The Smokey Mountain Dancers, Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble, and musician and song leader David Coffin, celebrating his 30th year on the Revels stage. Please join us for this very special holiday celebration!

The Christmas Revels (17 Performances)
Patrick Swanson, stage director; George Emlen, music director
Friday              December 11            7:30pm
Saturday          December 12            3:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday            December 13           *1:00pm & *5:30pm          * ASL Interpreted
Thursday         December 17           *7:30pm                        
Friday              December 18            7:30pm  
Saturday          December 19            3:00pm & 7:30pm   
Sunday            December 20            1:00pm & 5:30pm
Monday           December 21            7:30pm
Wednesday      December 23            3:00pm & 7:30pm
Saturday          December 26            3:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday            December 27          1:00pm