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Christmas culture 2016

Guardian critics pick their highlights of the Christmas season

  • Renée Fleming for Der Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House

    The best classical performances of Christmas 2016 – from Messiah to An Orkney Wedding

  • Fatboy Slim. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)

    The best pop and rock gigs of Christmas 2016 – from Madness to Fatboy Slim

  • Love and power … Ashley Shaw as Victoria Page in The Red Shoes

    The best dance shows of Christmas 2016 – from the Nutcracker to Hansel and Gretel

    Walk among pirouetting dancers or get drawn into the world of a breakdancing wolf this season
  • Strictly Ballroom Courtney-Mae Briggs and James Bennet on steps by Antony Robling (2)

    The best theatre of Christmas 2016 – from The Star to Strictly Ballroom and Black Beauty

  • All you need is bricks … the Beatles Yellow Submarine set from Lego

    The culture Christmas gift guide 2016

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