Flash Forward

Sunday, Dec. 20

The United Nations established this day to celebrate efforts to eradicate poverty, hunger and disease worldwide.

Ring in the season from 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. at Pinecrest Gardens with performances by the Miami Children’s Theater and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony.

A dazzling production of high jumps, high notes, exquisite costumes, favorite holiday songs and musical classics such as "Singin’ in the Rain," "I Dreamed a Dream" and "All I Ask of You." 8 p.m. at Kravis Center.

Thursday, Dec. 24

Pull out the caja china and roast the lechon at the traditional family dinner.

One cup of egg nog has approximately 342 calories, 167 of which are from fat. The word egg nog comes from a Middle English term meaning a small, wooden, carved mug used to serve alcohol.

Friday, Dec. 25

The annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. And Santa Claus brings presents, too.

Friday, Dec. 25

Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Miami continues its Christmas Day tradition of playing at AmericanAirlines Arena, this time against New Orleans. Noon on ESPN.

Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro star in the story of a girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty in the Miracle Mop and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Visit Miami.com for our movie review.

Director Quentin Tarantino directs this highly-anticipated Western set after the Civil War about a stagecoach with a bouty hunter and fugitive trying to get through a Wyoming blizzard to the town of Red Rock. Visit Miami.com for our movie review.

Friday, Dec. 25

First full moon on Christmas Day since 1977, the year the first Star Wars movie came out.

Originally a straight stick, it was not until the 1900s that candy canes with red stripes appeared in Sweden.

Russian designer Valentin Fedorov’s haunting 3-D backdrops invoke the spirit of Tchaikovsky at the Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcraker. 1 and 5 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater.

With the playoffs out of the question for both teams, quarterback Ryan Tannehill leads Miami into their next to last game of the NFL season.

This story was originally published December 19, 2015 at 4:39 PM with the headline "Flash Forward."