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CHRISTMAS REVELS

For its 35th annual season, the winter-solstice celebration that started it all goes back to the beginning, returning to a mediæval English theme in homage to the early Revels performances | Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge | December 16-30 | $20-$42 | 617.492.2222 or http://www.revels.org/.

BOSTON POPS HOLIDAY SEASON

New for 2005: a half-dozen children’s matinees providing more time with Santa, and a week-long visit from the Trapp Family Singers (the great-grandchildren of the Captain). Plus, of course, Keith Lockhart, Bruce Hangen, and a pit full of holiday favorites at Symphony Hall, 301 Mass Ave, Boston | December 9-31 | $24-$109 | New Year’s Eve, $80-$169 | Tickets on sale October 24 at 8 am at the Symphony Hall box office; phone sales begin October 25 at 9 am | 617.266.1200.

BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS SHOW

A decade-long boom has turned the business of fine art — from old masters to contemporary cutting-edge work — into a seller’s market. Importing a European concept, these art fairs allow far-flung gallery owners to reach wealthy would-be patrons far outside their usual spheres. Now in its ninth year, the annual BIFAS brings 40 dealers from New England, Olde England, and around the globe together for Massachusetts’s most exclusive tag sale, unloading inventories that include 17th- to 21st-century paintings, sculpture, prints, and photography | Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St, Boston | November 10-13 | 617.363.0405 or http://www.fineartboston.com/.