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The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia's December On Stage listings make note of four productions of A Christmas Carol (one of which, admittedly, I loved), plus productions of A Christmas Story, Christmas City Follies, Comet, the Fifth Reindeer, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, The Holiday Goose - A Musical, Holiday Show at the Swing Club, The Nutcracker, O'Henry Christmas, The Santaland Diaries, Tiny Tim's Christmas, and Winter Musicale 2007. In short, the season is saturated...

This week's quote comes from the movie A Christmas Story, and is likely repeated in the play, opening next week at The Players Club of Swarthmore. It's what pretty much everybody tells Ralphie whenever he mentions that he wants a BB gun for Christmas. Now, on with the listings! A Christmas Carol - Marley was dead, to begin with. November 30-December 30. Tickets online. A Christmas Story - Now, about that BB gun... November 23-December...

Forever's a Long Time

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

Basically I am still pissed about last night's concert, though it really had nothing to do with Albert Hammond Jr. Yesterday in my preview post I told you, "It will be worth it." It was definitely NOT worth it. It was not worth the hearing loss I suffered, the headache I still have or the fact that I didn't even get to finish listening to Albert Hammond Jr. Yep, that's right folks, I didn't stay...

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets.

, which is not a Christmas-themed show, but which is the origin of one of our favorite holiday songs, “We Need a Little Christmas.” It does not appear to be onstage for the holidays this season, but it's not keeping us from quoting it, or putting up the image. Now, on with the listings!

...Valid Points: Elton John may be outspoken, but he might also be right. (Via Yahoo!)

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed.

Two music festivals are hitting the Philadelphia area this weekend, and they couldn't be more different. The first is R5 Productions' This Is Hardcore 2006 fest. It starts Friday night at 5:30PM "*SHARP*," goes from noon until who knows when on Saturday and Sunday, and it's at the Starlight Ballroom all three days. We must not be hardcore enough, because we recognize pretty much none of the artists on the bill (which you can find here - along with links to buy tickets - if you scroll down a bit). We like the name Fearless Vampire Killers, though, despite the fact (or perhaps because of the fact?) that there's a really bad Roman Polanski vampire sex comedy with the same title. And anyway, isn't that what fests are for: discovering bands you've never heard of before?

This weekend, this Phillyist (along with my wife, co-editor Star, and her sister) had a ball running around the Philadelphia Museum of Art on a Watson Adventures scavenger hunt. Watson doesn't run traditional scavenger hunts, where you have to find and bring back certain items (the Watson people were careful to point out that we should not pick up any vases or paintings while we were in the museum). Instead, their hunts consist of a series of riddle-like questions which can only be answered by visiting specific places and examining your surroundings carefully. In this case, the theme was nudity (woo hoo!) and the stuff we were examining was pieces of fine art. Before the hunt begins, you break up into small teams and come up with a team name (which can be important, too - but more on that later). Getting a good combination of folks with different talents and areas of knowledge on your team is a good idea (hopefully you'll also have compatible personalities - being able to work together is also important!). Although you don't get extra points for being first to get done, you do lose points for being late to the finish line, so speed and ability to navigate is important. Answering the questions requires an observant eye, clever thinking, and knowledge of various types of trivia (you'd think art trivia would have been the most important for our hunt, but there was also stuff about TV shows and Christian saints). You might have to work through a bit of wordplay in your head, then crouch down to read something at the base of a statue, then run on to the next room and look for a naked man in chains.

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

-By way of the This Is the City of Brotherly Love LJ Community, (and subsequently The Inquirer and Bizjournal.com) we learn that Philly isn't as smart as we might think we are. We were going to start a discussion about how this was a syllogistic fallacy to equate "degreed" with intelligence, but we just couldn't be arsed, frankly. So, um, yeah. How do you like those apples, smarty pants?

Phillyist would like to remind you that our first Happy Hour, entitled "Remember, This Is Phillyist's First Happy Hour," will take place THIS WEDNESDAY, July 27th. Fergie's Pub, located at 1214 Sansom Street, has been kind enough to host us as well as offer us our own $3 lager special. We'll be celebrating our ist-ness on the second floor of Fergie's from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, although you're more than welcome to arrive early and stay late. After all, if any one deserves pre- and post-gaming, it's Phillyist.