The weekend is sledding when it should be shopping.
Some get in the holiday spirit by dressing in an ugly sweater. You head to a debaucherous party filled with DJ-backed tunes, gratis bowls of eggnog spiked with two different rums and plenty of sexy Santas to pose for pictures by the fireplace. Let’s hope they’re female.
Except for the Keira Knightley scenes, Love Actually was pretty intolerable. So you’ll want to check out Love Seasonally, the sarcastic, sometimes-raunchy tribute to the film, brought to you by the ad-lib masters at Improv Boston. Yes, there will be an awkward office party scene.
Hitting a Chinese food joint on Christmas Eve is a hallowed tradition. The catch: you have to go to a Chinese food joint. Changing that is the Regal Beagle, which will be offering a Chinese menu (crab rangoon, crispy chicken wings) and fish bowl drinks. No, you won’t be hungry an hour later.
You’re a little too old for leaving milk and cookies out for Santa. (That routine ended last year.) So no matter what your faith, you might as well treat Christmas Eve like any other big Friday. Hence, Matzo Ball at Royale, a monstrous, DJ-fueled, all-night bash. Dreidel optional.
This is no McDonald’s potato wafer (although you love those). This is a hamburger patty–sized Pork Stuffed Hash Brown, also known as hash brown 2.0. If you’re imagining a monster portion of crispy, golden hash browns filled with pork, Vermont cheddar and jalapeño hollandaise... you’re imagining correctly.
