Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

Friday

Dec. 9

Special delivery

Prepare for a wild sleigh ride through video versions of Santa Claus at “Kevin Geeks Out About Holiday Specials,” with comedian Kevin Maher and special guests looking a classic Christmas shows like “Santa Claus versus the Martians” and “A Very Turtle Christmas.” If you miss this show, there will be another at Nitehawk Cinema on Dec. 14.

7:30 pm at Alamo Drafthouse (445 Albee Square West between Willoughby and Fulton streets Downtown, www.drafthouse.com/nyc). $15.

Saturday

Dec. 10

A good Claus

Brooklyn art-rock band Landlady hosts a holiday spectacular tonight at the Bell House, bringing together a dozen bands to raise cash for kids’ music school We Make Noise. The annual fund raiser will feature short sets from the Westerlies, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Crooklyn Rockers, and Jeff Curtin and his Magic Theremin, among many others.

8 pm at Bell House [149 Seventh St. at Third Avenue in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www.thebellhouseny.com]. $15.

Sunday

Dec. 11

In the nuthouse

It’s a beloved holiday tradition! The Mark Morris Dance Company’s “The Hard Nut,” a suburban interpretation of classic ballet “The Nutcracker” leaps back onto the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music this week, with an army of scary rats, an all-gender storm of sugarplum fairies, and costumes that call back to the swinging 1970s.

Jingle bell rockers: The band Landlady will play a holiday benefit show on Dec. 10, along with 11 other bands and performers.

Nathan West

3 pm at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave. between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in Fort Greene), www.bam.org. $25–$125.

Wednesday

Dec. 14

Go for that

The holiday season is the perfect time to celebrate pop duo Daryl Hall and John Oates — after all, Santa’s private eyes are watching you to see if you’re a man eater, or if you deserve the kiss that’s on your list! So we think you should visit the cover band extravaganza “Deck the Hall & Oates” tonight, but you know it don’t matter anyway.

8 pm at Knitting Factory [361 Metropolitan Ave. between Havemeyer and N. Fourth streets in Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696, bk.knittingfactory.com]. $12 ($10 in advance).

Thursday

Dec. 15

Green Christmas

Head to church tonight for the “Christmas in Ireland” concert from Irish tenor Emmet Cahill, from the band Celtic Thunder. The crooner will sing some seasonal favorites, Irish folk tunes, and share stories of his childhood holidays in the Emerald Isle.

7:30 pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (2805 Fort Hamilton Pkwy. at E. Fifth Street in Windsor Terrace). $15–$75.

Special edition: In the “Kevin Geeks Out” show this week, Kevin Maher and his guests will examine bizarre pop culture portrayals of holidays in sitcoms, cartoons, and cult movies.

Photo by Caleb Caldwell