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Celebrate Christmas with a delicious dinner, holiday lights sight-seeing or a visit to the Christmas Village, closing December 24. (Photo by M. Fischetti for GPTMC)

The most wonderful weekend of the year is upon us (actually, we think every weekend in Philadelphia is wonderful), and there are plenty of ways to celebrate.

We have a highly curated list of the best options for Christmas Eve and Christmas night dinner, what holiday happenings are worth your time this weekend, and what non-Christmas celebrations are going on as well.

Our top picks for this long holiday weekend, Friday night through Monday, below:

Friday, December 23

ComedySportz Philadelphia’s “A Very Special Ladies and Gentlemen Christmas Special” — Closing Day!

Haddonfield’s Candlelight Shopping — Closing Day!

Woodmere Art Museum Friday Night Jazz: Holiday Edition

Art After 5 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Escape to Toyland

Fancy Folks: Art And Mummery at City Hall

Roundup: Our Top 10 Picks For Holiday Dates In And Around Philadelphia

Twelve Nights of Christmas Cocktails at Square 1682 — Closing Day!

Lantern Theater Company’s Private Lives

Laughing All the Way at Act II Playhouse (Fri, Sat)

1812 Productions’ This Is The Week That Is (Fri, Mon)

Pennsylvania Ballet’s The Nutcracker (Fri, Sat, Mon)

Saturday, December 24

Our Top Picks For Feasts Of The Seven Fishes In Philadelphia

Roundup: Where To Eat Out For Christmas Eve In Philadelphia

The Moo Shu Jew Show at the Gershman Y

Christmas Village in Philadelphia — Closing Day!

Warm up with our guide to hot drinks

Our Top Picks For Holiday Theater In Philadelphia

Reading Terminal Market Holiday Railroad (Fri, Sat, Mon)

ToyTime and Under the Tree at the Mercer Museum (Fri, Sat, Mon)

Read on, below.

Arden Theatre’s Charlotte’s Web (Fri, Sat)

Theatre Horizons’ Voices Of Christmas (Fri, Sat, Mon)

A Brandywine Christmas (Fri, Sat, Mon)

Santa at Franklin Square

Chanukah Dinner at Zahav

Sunday, December 25: Merry Christmas!

Some festive reading: Uwishunu Asks: “If You Were Santa, What Would You Give Philadelphia This Holiday Season?”

Roundup: Where To Eat Out For Christmas Dinner In Philadelphia

Peddler’s Village’s Gingerbread House Competition and Display

Our Guide To Public Ice Skating In Philadelphia: Blue Cross RiverRink is open!

Comcast Center Holiday Spectacular (Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon)

Top Holiday Lights In Philadelphia And The Countryside

Longwood Gardens Christmas (Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon)

“Being Jewish At Christmas” at the National Museum of American Jewish History

Gas & Electric Arts’ Hershel And The Hanukkah Goblins (Fri, Sat, Sun)

Monday, December 26

Macy’s Holiday Light Show (Fri, Sat, Mon)

Winterfest ’11 Beer Tasting at World Cafe Live

Franklin Institute Nightly Observatory Viewing

Jersey Boys at the Forrest Theatre (Fri, Mon)

Morris Arboretum’s Holiday Garden Railway Display (Fri, Mon)

Winter Adventure Tours at Eastern State Penitentiary (Fri, Mon)

Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs at the Franklin Institute (Fri, Sat, Mon)

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I at the Walnut Street Theatre (Fri, Mon)