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CAMERA-READY CHRISTMAS A display of vintage movie posters includes international campaigns for “White Christmas,” “Miracle on 34th Street,” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” In the Italian poster for “It’s a Wonderful Life,” James Stewart resembles not a small-town banker but an opera singer surrounded by voluptuous beauties. Through Sunday,January 2,Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, noon-6 p.m., Posteritati, 239 Centre St., between Broome and Grand streets, 212-226-2207, free.

RIDING HIGH The UBS Art Gallery displays carousel animals created between 1890 and 1920. Highlights include a horse clad in medieval armor, a growling tiger, and a greyhound standing at attention. The pieces come from the Charlotte Dinger Collection, and the exhibit was organized by the Morris Museum in Morristown, N.J. Reception: Tonight, 6-8 p.m. Exhibit: Today through Monday, January 3, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., UBS Art Gallery, 1285 Sixth Ave., between 51st and 52nd streets, 212-713-2885, free.

CLASSES

NEW YEAR, NEW CRAFTS Brush up on your beading, bookmaking, or metalwork. The Craft Students League hosts an open house for prospective students to learn about classes offered in the winter term, which starts January 12. Wednesday, January 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m., YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave. at 53rd Street, 212-735-9722, free.

COMEDY

MOO SHOO LAUGHS The comedy show “Moo Shoo Meshuginas” features Jewish comedians in a Christmas Eve performance. Cory Kahaney, Jon Lampert, Lenny Marcus, and others perform, and Chinese food is served. Friday, 6, 9, and 11:45 p.m., Comic Strip Live, 1568 Second Ave., between 81st and 82nd streets, 212-861-9386, $12 and $15 plus two drink minimum, meal not included.

FUNNY GIRLS The burlesque comedy show “Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad” presents a Christmas Eve event. Performers include Ophira Eisenberg, Rachel Feinstein, Rena Zager, Cynthia Levin, and the Burlesque Superstars. Friday, December 24, 8 and 10 p.m., Cutting Room, 19 W. 24th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-691-1900, $15 admission and $10 minimum.

DANCE

ICE ESCAPADES The Ice Theatre of New York celebrates its 20th anniversary with a winter festival featuring several premieres by both dance and ice choreographers. Highlights include “Twist,” the first work on ice by New York dance choreographer David Parsons, performed by French/Israeli pairs champions Line Haddad and David Tankersley. Modern dance choreographer Heather Harrington’s new work “The Lottery” features a 12-skater ensemble and “Cracked Ice” is ballerina Katherine Healy’s ode to classical ballet. Monday, December 27, and Tuesday, December 28, 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 29, 3 and 7 p.m., Thursday, December 30, 3 p.m., Chelsea Piers Sky Rink, Pier 61, 23rd Street and the Hudson River, 212-336-6100, $20 general, $15 seniors and students, $25 includes performance and one skate at Sky Rink.

FAMILY

CLOWNING AROUND The Big Apple Circus presents “Picturesque,” a show based on depictions of the circus by Renoir, Degas, Chagall, Toulouse-Lautrec, Calder, and Picasso. Through January 9, shows daily, Saturday-Thursday and New Year’s Day, 12:30 and 4:30 p.m., New Year’s Eve, 12:30 and 9:30 p.m., Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, 212-721-6500, $37 and up.

EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION Parents learn how to help their budding scientists develop a project during a workshop at the New York Hall of Science. A private, 30-minute consultation is included in the fee. Wednesday, time given with registration, New York Hall of Science, 718-699-0005 ext. 320, $25 general, $20 members.

TEA WITH TEDDY Freshly unwrapped dolls and teddy bears as well as their beloved, timeworn compatriots join children for a tea party. Sunday, 1-3 p.m., Historic Richmond Town, 718-351-1611, $7 children, $3 adults, pre-paid reservations required.

PA RUM PA PA PUM Just a few days remain to see 22 watercolors by Romare Bearden, illustrations from the children’s book “Li’l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story” (exhibit closes Friday, December 31). Meanwhile, the museum offers special activities during the holiday week: Children ages 8 and up make their own sun amulets and learn about the Winter Solstice (Sunday, 2:30 p.m.), and people of all ages are invited to swing, twist, and jitterbug during a New Year’s Dance Party (Thursday, 2:30 p.m.). Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday-Friday, 1-6 p.m., Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave., 718-735-4400, $4. Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

FILM

FLORIDA CAPER Claudette Colbert stars in Preston Sturges’s comedy “The Palm Beach Story” (1942) as a woman entangled with a series of eccentric millionaires, including an elderly “Weenie King” and a dim-witted good guy played by Rudy Vallee. The film is screened as part of a series of Sturges’s work. Sunday, December 26, 2 p.m., American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 seniors and students, free for members.

FOOD & DRINK

NEIGHBORHOOD NOSH The Lower East Side Conservancy’s “Noshing Tour Extravaganza” stops by Congregation Chasam Sopher; Congregation B’nai Jacob Anshei Brezezan aka the Stanton Street Shul, and Kehila Kedosha Janina. At each site, participants enjoy treats such as herring, sweets, and Greek Jewish finger food. Sunday, December 26, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., meet at Congregation Chasam Sopher, 8 Clinton St., between Stanton and Houston streets, 212-374-4100, $20 general, $18 seniors, $16 students, $2 discount for pre-registration.

GARDENS

NORDIC NATURE The beauty of the season is captured in an installation of Icelandic lace, by artist Rosa Sigrun, floating above lush beds of poinsettias and amaryllis. A wall of winter wreaths completes the scene. Through January 9 (closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day), daily, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Steinhardt Conservatory, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, 718-623-7200, weekends: $5 general, $3 seniors, weekdays: free, and free at all times for children under 16. Closed Christmas Day. Open Monday.

READINGS

IN A BLUE STATE Poets and playwrights offer their “rants, reflections, and elegies about 11/2.” Participants include playwright/novelist Donald Olson and poet Carol Rosenfeld. Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St., 212-505-3360, free.

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