Skylands Stadium Christmas Light Show — Can't get enough of Christmas lights? Skylands Stadium in Sussex County has a drive-through Christmas Light Show, with 2 million lights spanning a mile of festive, luminous sculptures and music. 6 to 11 p.m. Friday and 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 94 Championship Place in Augusta. Admission $20 per carload. Coupons for $5 off are available at skylandsstadium.com

PNC Bank Arts Center Holiday Lights Spectacular — In Monmouth County, PNC Bank Arts Center also shines brightly this weekend, with 150 light displays stretching over more than two miles. At the end of the light show, the JCP&L Holiday Village offers photos with Santa. Adding to the winter extravaganza is a skating rink. Dusk to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and dusk to 10 p.m. Sunday at 116 Garden State Parkway in Holmdel. Admission $25 per car. For tickets, visit livenation.com. For more information, visit seetheholidaylights.com

'The Nutcracker', State Theatre — There's still time to catch a little Tchaikovsky this season. American Repertory Ballet's two-hour show (with intermission) runs Friday through Sunday at 15 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick. Tickets $32 to $67; call (732) 246-7469 or visit statetheatrenj.org

'The Nutcracker', Centenary Stage — In Warren County, the New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet hosts its own version of the ballet Friday through Sunday at the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Ave. in Hackettstown. Tickets $22.50 to $25 for adults, $15 for children under 12; call (908) 979-0900 or visit centenarystageco.org

'The Pipes of Christmas' — Looking for a very Celtic Christmas?

Members of the Kevin Ray Blandford Memorial Pipe Band at the Pipes of Christmas. (Warren Westura)

The Clan Currie Society hosts its "Pipes of Christmas" concert Sunday at Central Presbyterian Church in Summit, with bagpipes, strings, percussion and brass. The Union County concert, which benefits Clan Currie's music scholarship program, is sold out, but there is a wait list. Call (908) 273-3509, tickets $50. Audience members are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. The show is 2 p.m. Sunday at 70 Maple St. in Summit; visit pipesofchristmas.com

Kwanzaa Children's Festival — NJPAC is hosting its annual Kwanzaa celebration Saturday, which includes a free Kwanzaa Children's Festival, with a West African dance workshop, Caribbean, African-American and African folktales, and a Kwanzaa ceremony with the lighting of the kinara. Noon to 5 p.m. at NJPAC's Center for Arts Education, 24 Rector St. in Newark. There will also be an artisan marketplace at the lobby of Prudential Hall at One Center St., Newark. Call (888) 466-5722 or visit njpac.org

'Life in Color: Unleash' – Billed as "the world's largest paint party," this explosion of multicolored hues and electronic dance music returns to Atlantic City Saturday with France's DJ Snake ("Turn Down for What"). 8 p.m. at Atlantic City Convention Center, One Convention Center Boulevard, Atlantic City. Ages 17 and older only. For tickets, $84.30 to $116.20, call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. For more information see lifeincolor.com

Life in Color returns to Atlantic City this weekend with DJ Snake. (Life in Color)

Handel's 'Messiah' — Due for your annual dose of a holiday classic? New Jersey Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Montclair State University Singers deliver their best rendition of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" Sunday at NJPAC. 3 p.m. at Prudential Hall, One Center St. in Newark. Tickets $25 to $89. Call (888) 466-5722 or visit njpac.org

'Doktor Kaboom! The Science of Santa'— At William Paterson University this Sunday, Doktor Kaboom! explains to kids what, exactly, makes reindeer fly, and how Santa Claus figures out who's been naughty or nice (not to mention how he makes it through any kind of chimney). Recommended for children in grades 3 and up. 2 p.m. at Shea Center for Performing Arts, 300 Pompton Road in Wayne. Tickets $10 for children, $12 for adults; call (973) 720-2371 or visit wp-presents.org

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