This holiday season in New York means at least ten A Christmas Carols, including one this year on Broadway, and 15 Nutcracker Suites. Holiday shows in the city range from family fare to offbeat satires and even off-color burlesque, many of which return year after year. But any guide must begin with the two oldest and best-known:
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall)
and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater)