Keeping the yuletide gay

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DEPARTMENT STORE SANTAS, TIMES 2  | A disgruntled gay elf (Garret Storms, above) recounts the horrors of working for Macy’s in WTT’s ‘The Santaland Diaries,’ while in DCT’s ‘Miracle on 34th Street,’ Kris Kringle (Francis Fusilier, left) transforms a family. (Photos by Karen Almond)

[font size=4]You can be of good queer this Christmas with our rundown of seasonal classics, old & new.[/font]

Christmas is a time for family (and sometimes recovering from family), cheer, alcohol, more alcohol and finding things to do indoors where ugly sweaters are welcome. And there’s no reason you can’t gay it up, whether it’s watching hot men in tights (The Nutcracker!), seeing plays with gay plotlines (The Santaland Diaries!), enjoying some campy musicals (the British panto!) or just taking the folks out to a family-friendly show with a longstanding tradition of good will, preferably with man named Ebenezer leading the way (A Christmas Carol!).

We’ve rounded up most of the Christmas-themed plays, musicals and ballets, and added in some fundraising performances (Uptown Players gets candy caned! Leslie Jordan is back!) plus some community events that help you keep the yuletide gay.

— Arnold Wayne Jones

Dance and theater

The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s celebrated ballet — beautiful romantic music throughout — is perhaps the most revered of holiday traditions. The Texas Ballet Theater mounts its annual version from Sir Ben Stevenson, once again with performances both in Dallas and Fort Worth.

Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. Dec. 5–7.
Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St., Fort Worth. Dec. 12–27. TexasBalletTheater.org.

Read more: http://www.dallasvoice.com/keeping-yuletide-gay-10185669.html

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1. I went to a store but they were out of gay apparel

This sounds like "Holidays on Ice" by David Sedaris