Bring the kids

By Globe Staff, 11/29/2001

Holliston: Breakfast With Santa. Pancakes and sausages, performances by local students, and pictures with Santa 8-11:30 a.m. Sunday at the Placentino-Miller Cafetorium, 235 Woodland St. $4, under 12 $2.50. Sponsored by Holliston Music Parents Association; 508-429-3466.

Milford: Welcome Santa Parade. Clydesdale and Belgian horses, Crann Tara Pipe Band, Cycling Murrays, dancers, fire apparatus, color guards, floats, marching bands, Santa, and more leave 4 p.m. Sunday from East Main Street at Route 109, proceeding to Main Street through downtown area. Rain date Dec. 9.

Newton: ''The Nutcracker.'' Classic holiday ballet presented by Albany Berkshire Ballet at 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, and at 1 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Newton North High School, 360 Lowell Ave. $28.50, seniors $26.50, children $15.50; 413-445-5382.

Newton: Holiday Performance. The Friends of Broadway, a 17-member company of girls ages 7-17, will sing and dance to Broadway, pop, patriotic, and holiday tunes at 2 p.m. Saturday at F.A. Day Middle School, 21 Minot Place. $5 advance, $6 at the door. Proceeds to the Sept. 11 Fund; 508-358-3067, ext. 333.

Newton: ''The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer Nutcracker.'' Ellen Kushner narrates her original Hanukkah story with live accompaniment by the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton St.; $20, children $12; 617-965-5226.

Wayland/Sudbury: Kids Night Out. Youngsters in grades K-6 are invited to enjoy air hockey, foosball, ping-pong, supervised games, arts and crafts, free play, and dinner from 6-9 p.m. Friday at the Longfellow Children's Center, 524 Boston Post Road. $15, each additional sibling $10; 508-358-0710.

Westborough: ''Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.'' Cast of 33 area youngsters featured at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Gibbons Middle School, Fisher Street. Presented by Westborough Players Club. $5; 508-366-4507.

Weston: Holiday Open House. Family event featuring letters to Santa, stamp hunt, craft activities, and more noon-4 p.m. Saturday at the Cardinal Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, 235 Wellesley St. Free; 781-768-7331.

Weston: Celebrate Dragon Books' 10th birthday with children's book illustrator Fahimeh Amiri (''The Prince Who Ran Away'') from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday. Author Isabel Ferguson and illustrator Joan Wolcott (''Come and See: The Life of Mary Baker Eddy'') will appear from 1-3 p.m. The bookstore is at 391 Boston Post Road; 781-647-0049.

This story ran on page W9 of the Boston Globe on 11/29/2001.
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