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The spirit of Christmas is everywhere you look this month.
Charlie Brown has it. Longwood has it. Even the zoos have it.
Swing into the Christmas season with the
sounds of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and
Sammy Davis Jr. at the Rat Pack Holiday
Show featuring all the seasonal classics.
(Dec. 5, Tropicana Showroom at Tropicana
Atlantic City, 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City,
N.J., caesars.com/tropicana-ac/shows)
Penn Cinema & Media Studies and New
Italian Cinema Events, in collaboration with
PI-Philly and the Consulate General of Italy
in Philadelphia, present the 24th edition of
New Italian Cinema Events, a three-day festival
of new and original Italian feature films in
Philadelphia. The festival is free and open to all.
(Dec. 6-8, Rainey Auditorium at the Penn
Museum, 3260 South St., Philadelphia, Pa.,
cinemastudies.sas.upenn.edu/events/2024/
12/06/new-italian-cinema-2024-edition)
Rekindle the magic of the holiday season
with the return of the Wildwood Holiday
Spectacular! After a long hiatus, The Bobby
Rydell Foundation is proud to bring back
this beloved holiday tradition, where music
and joy come together for a night to remember.
Enjoy an unforgettable evening with a star-
studded lineup featuring The Skyliners; The
Tymes; Tommy Cono; and Wildwood’s Own
Joey M who will perform soulful renditions
of classic hits and holiday favorites. (Dec. 7,
Wildwood High School, 4300 Pacific Ave.,
Wildwood, N.J., wildwoodsnj.com/event/
wildwood-holiday-spectacular)
Darlene Love brings us Love for the
Holidays. Since the early ’60s, as part of Phil
Spector’s “wall of sound” hit factory, Love has
had major success with her billboard hits
“He’s A Rebel,” “The Boy I’m Gonna Marry,”
“Wait ‘Til My Bobby Gets Home,” “He’s Sure
the Boy I Love” and the No. 1 holiday classic
“Christmas Baby Please Come Home,” a song
that she performed annually with Paul Shaffer
and the CBS Symphony Orchestra on “The
Late Show With David Letterman.” (Dec.
13, Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave.,
Glenside, Pa., keswicktheatre.com/events/
detail/632944)
The Playhouse presents “A Charlie
Brown Christmas” live on stage. The
critically acclaimed holiday celebration that
the whole family can enjoy brings Charlie
Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of
the Peanuts gang together live on stage as
they uncover the true meaning of Christmas
and perform songs from the unforgettable
musical score in a tribute to the legendary
composer Vince Guaraldi. The Broadway-
style production is complete with all-new
immersive sets, lighting, choreography, and
colorful costumes. (Dec. 22, The Playhouse
on Rodney Square, Hotel DuPont,
1007 N. Market St, Wilmington, Del.,
thegrandwilmington.org/productions/8451-a-
charlie-brown-christmas)
Half a million twinkling lights and
spectacular fountain shows combine to
create an incredible winter wonderland at
A Longwood Christmas, named the Best
Botanical Garden Holiday Lights for four
years by USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice
Awards. Visitors can stroll the grounds of
Longwood Gardens to marvel at miles of
lights glowing in the trees, seasonal plants
decorated with ornaments, a festive outdoor
railway, cozy fire pits, and the famous colorful
fountains dancing to holiday music.
(Nov. 22-Jan. 12, 2025, Longwood
Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett
Square, Pa., longwoodgardens.org)
Delphine and Carmela, The Calamari
Sisters, bring their brand-new Christmas
show, The Calamari Sisters’ Feast of the
Seven Fishes, to Pitman, N.J. As crowned
ambassadors for the Brooklyn Navy Yards,
they’re entrusted with bringing the “Bi-Annual
Fishacopia Christmas Festival and Cock Fight”
to other cities. The sisters are determined to
make the festival a success and present their
award winning “Seven Fishes in Seven Minutes!”
More chaos than Christmas, the show features
comedy, song, and dance. (Dec. 27-29, The
Broadway Theatre, 43 S. Broadway, Pitman,
N.J., thebroadwaytheatre.org)
The immersive LumiNature display
transforms the Philadelphia Zoo into a
multimedia spectacular with 16 zones
illuminated with a million twinkling lights.
While the animals sleep, humans can ride
the SEPTA PZ Express Kiddie Train under
a canopy of lights, go on a scavenger hunt,
or walk through a 100-foot-long lighted
jungle tunnel. There’s a 22-foot-tall butterfly
tree, a 40-foot-tall glowing penguin, and
the new sparkling waterfall of lights. Top
it off with seasonal fare, live performances,
hot chocolate, and adult beverages.
(Through Jan. 4, 2025, Philadelphia Zoo,
3400 W. Girard Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.,
philadelphiazoo.org)
Norristown’s Elmwood Park Zoo shines
during the holiday season with millions of
LED lights illuminating the attraction’s 16
acres during Wild Lights. The walk-through
experience features brilliant light displays,
live entertainment, animal meet-and-greets
and photo ops with characters and Mr. Claus
during the evening hours. (Through Dec. 30,
Elmwood Park Zoo, 1661 Harding Blvd.,
Norristown, Pa., elmwoodparkzoo.org)
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ABRUZZESE DELCO
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