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The season’s final performances of the First Christmas Nativity Pageant are Saturday night at 6:30, 7, 7:30 and 8 at Topaz Park. The pageant is presented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The donkey is being stubborn this year but overall, the First Christmas Nativity Pageant, a live pageant with more than 100 cast and crew (including the four-legged players), is ready to bring the message of peace on Earth to Victorians today, Friday

The CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble will perform a mix of a cappella and accompanied seasonal works for choir, brass and piano, under the direction of Michael Gormley, at their Night Before the Night Before concert at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday.

IN CONCERT What : A Child’s Christmas in Wales with Vox Humana When : 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24 Where : Saturday at St. Mary’s Anglican Church (1973 Cultra Ave.

What : Ghosts of Christmas Past walking tour Where : Start at the Visitor Centre at 812 Wharf St. When : 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, through Dec. 31 Tickets : $13/15 For more information, visit : discoverthepast.

If Pierre Gauthier seems as jolly as old St. Nick these days, it’s because he got an early Christmas present.

DEC. 28 DANCE Performance The Gift presented by Ballet Victoria at the Royal Theatre, today at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 29 and 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $30 and up at rmts.bc.ca or 250-286-6121. FILM Special Movie Thursday: Kedi.

DEC. 26 FILM Singcinema Wizard of Oz at the Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas St., 7 p.m. Tickets: $20. victoriafilmfestival.com MUSIC Folk, Roots, Blues Impulse Response at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993.

DEC. 24 MUSIC Classical A Child’s Christmas in Wales with Vox Humana Chamber Choir and narrator Melville Jones, today at Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 2:30 p.m. Donation at the door. voxhumanachoir.

DEC. 23 MUSIC Classical The Night Before the Night Before — Christmas with CapriCCio at Christ Church Cathedral, Quadra at Rockland, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets: $10-$25/12 years and under free with ticket holder.