IRVINE: Nutcracker Ballet with Festival Ballet Theatre, December 13-24, 2013. Features Irina Dvorovenko & Maxim Beloserkovsky of American Ballet Theatre. 0-40. Location: Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive Irvine, CA. 854-4646, thebarclay

NEWPORT BEACH: Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade Dec. 18-22, 2013 Daily, after dark, christmasboatparade

SAN DIEGO: California Ballet Company's The Nutcracker, December 14-22, 2013. -90, (858) 560-6741. Location: San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA, californiaballet

SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco's Ballet Nutcracker, December 11-29, 2013. 25, 865-2000. Location: War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA sfballet

SANTA ROSA: Great Russian Nutcracker Ballet. Performed by famed Moscow Ballet! Time: 7 p.m. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts 50 Mark West Springs Rd. Santa Rosa, CA Great Russian Nutcracker 8-102 / wellsfargocenterarts 546.3600

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