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Saturday Holiday classic There's an argument to be made that the greatest holiday movie of all is A Christmas Story, the 1983 charmer based on the childhood memoirs of radio great Jean Shepherd. The story of a lad in late-'30s/early '40s Indiana who only wants a Red Ryder BB gun

"A Christmas Carol" at Walnut Street Theatre for Kids has its last performances this weekend.
"A Christmas Carol" at Walnut Street Theatre for Kids has its last performances this weekend.Read moreMARK GARVIN

Saturday

Holiday classic

There's an argument to be made that the greatest holiday movie of all is A Christmas Story, the 1983 charmer based on the childhood memoirs of radio great Jean Shepherd. The story of a lad in late-'30s/early '40s Indiana who only wants a Red Ryder BB gun ("You'll shoot your eye out!") screens at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville. Time: 2 p.m. Tickets: $9; $7 seniors & students; $5 under 13. Information: 610-917-0223 or thecolonialtheatre.com.

Saturday

Merry music

Conductor David Charles Abell leads the Philly Pops in Holiday Pops! with soprano Angela Brown, three choirs, and Peter Conte at the organ, at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Broad and Spruce Streets. Time: 3 p.m. Tickets: $26 to $111. Information: 215-893-1999 or www.phillypops.org.

Saturday-Sunday

God bless us, every one

Walnut Street Theatre for Kids presents a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. Times: 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $10 to $16. Information: 215-574-3550 or www.WalnutStreetTheatre.org.

Sunday

Having a party

Sure, it's set on New Year's Eve, but Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus is a frothy confection of mistaken identity and frivolity that's perfect anytime. A film of the Vienna State Opera's 2011 production screens at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr. Time: Noon. Tickets: $20; $18 students. Information: 610-527-9898 or brynmawrfilm.org.