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Morning

Saturday Art Market

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 624 Santa Barbara St.

Romero Canyon to Camino Cielo

Sierra Club Hike

9 a.m., Meet behind Bank of America, State St. and Hope Ave. (Free)

Winter FUNderland

Family Fun!

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., S.B. Museum of Natural History (Free - $12)

Mild-Mannered Holiday Monsters

Art From Scrap

10 a.m. to noon, Art From Scrap ($6)

La Cumbre Plaza Holiday Walk

With live acoustical guitar Xmas music featuring Anthony Ybarra.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., La Cumbre Plaza

LifeChronicles Gift-Wrapping

Holiday giving

10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Borders Books & Music on State

Casa del Herrero Holiday Tours

10 a.m., Casa del Herrero ($25)

Holiday Boutique

Contemporary Arts Forum

10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Contemporary Arts Forum (Free)

27th Annual Last Place on Earth Holiday Show

Artists Show

10 a.m. to 7 p.m., (Free)

Santa Paws

10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dioji ($15)

S.B. County Genealogical Society

Monthly Meeting

10:30 a.m., First Presbyterian (Free)

Meet the Artist

Jael Fusager of Magick Fusager Design

11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Z Folio Gallery (Free)

Rebecca Lovejoy Stebbins Open Studio

11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 3959 Foothill Rd., Carpinteria.

Afternoon

Paintings!

Contemporary Landscape Painters

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Weldon Art Ranch

Christmas at the Ranch

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Stow House ($2 - $5)

15th Annual Candy Cane Train

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., South Coast Railroad Museum ($3.50)

Santa Barbara County Wineries Book Signing

With Author Janet Penn Franks

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Barnes & Noble

The Nutcracker

Curtis School of Dance

1 p.m., Carpinteria Middle School ($14)

The Nutcracker Tutu Suite

Performance of 4-5 yr olds, plus the Goleta Ballet Theatre

1:30 p.m., The Goleta Valley Community Ctr. (Free)

You Can't Take it with You

Theater

2 p.m., Rubicon Theatre ($34 - $57)

State Street Ballet's Nutcracker

This professional ballet company is sure to delight and entertain with its innovative take on Tchaikovsky's classic.

2 p.m., Lobero Theatre ($18 - $48)

Gates and Goodell

With Roy Schmeck and the Schmecktones.

2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Cold Spring Tavern (Free)

Casa del Herrero Holiday Tours

2 p.m., Casa del Herrero ($25)

Holiday Carolers

Strolling downtown

2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Strolling downtown S.B.

A Promise to Remember Discussion and Signing

With Author Kathryn Cushman

2 p.m., Borders Books & Music - Goleta (Free)

The Newcats, Take Six, and The Way 24:14

Live music on the patio

2 p.m., Borders Books & Music on State (Free)

Black and White and Re[a]d All Over

A celebration of poetry and literature.

4 p.m. to 6 p.m., 855 at the Arts Ctr. ($5)

World Culture Holiday Celebration

Socializing, snacks and storytelling

4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Institute of World Culture (Free)

Christmas with the Kranks

Family Flick Night

4:45 p.m., La Cumbre Plaza (Free)

Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Family Flick Night

4:45 p.m., La Cumbre Plaza (Free)

Evening

Una Noche de Las Posadas

Join in this rich cultural tradition, experiencing first-hand the way in which Santa Barbara’s earliest Spanish and Mexican residents celebrated Christmas with song and food.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m., El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park (Free)

Antara and Bill with Janet Robin

Live Music

6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Cold Spring Tavern (Free)

State Street Ballet's Nutcracker

This professional ballet company is sure to delight and entertain with its innovative take on Tchaikovsky's classic.

7 p.m., Lobero Theatre ($18 - $48)

Alchemy of Melancholy with Dr. David Rosen

7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Montecito Branch Library ($15)

The UltiMUTT Show for the Whole Family

Greg Popovich’s Comedy Pet Theatre

7 p.m., Marjorie Luke Theatre ($15 - $35)

Finn Riggins, King City Speed Trap, the Donner Party, and Evy Llyan

Live Music

7 p.m., Muddy Waters Cafe

S.B. Children's Chorus Holiday Concert

7 p.m., First Presbyterian ($7 - $15)

Santa Ynez Valley Chorale Holiday Concert

Several area chorales join for a production of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah

7:30 p.m., The Church at the Crossroads, 236 La Lata Dr, Buellton. ($12 - $15)

You Can't Take it with You

Theater

8 p.m., Rubicon Theatre ($34 - $57)

The Uneasy Chair

Ensemble Theatre Company Production

8 p.m., Alhecama Theatre ($27.50 - $40)

4th Annual Holiday in the Round

With Kate Wallace, Peter Gallway, Rebecca Troon.

8 p.m., Trinity Backstage Coffeehouse ($10)

Nicole Lvoff

Jazz standards, bossa grooves and sultry ballads

8 p.m., Tsunami (Free)

Night

1st Annual Snow Ball

RSVP ahead for no cover.

9 p.m., Sandbar

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