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Meryl Streep, Patti Smith, holiday markets—here’s your cultural cheat sheet for the last days of 2014.
By Alex Frank

Here’s your cultural cheat sheet for the last days of 2014, featuring Meryl Streep, Patti Smith, holiday markets, and an app that tracks Santa’s sleigh.

  • Into the Woods
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    Into the Woods

    With a kid-friendly plot based on Grimm fairy tales and star turns by Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp, this might be the perfect family movie for the holidays.
    Opens Thursday, December 25

  • Patti Smith at Webster Hall
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    Patti Smith at Webster Hall

    For your friend who loved Just Kids, it’s the best gift ever: tickets to see the punk legend Patti Smith, live, in the East Village.
    Monday, December 29

  • Ice Skating at Bryant Park
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    Ice Skating at Bryant Park

    December in New York City isn’t complete without a trip to one of the city’s picturesque ice rinks. This one is free if you happen to have skates. For the rest of us, rentals are available, as well as skating lessons.
    Until March 1

  • Macys Santaland
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    Macy’s Santaland

    Want a picture with Santa at Macy’s? There’s an app for that. It lets you reserve Saint Nick’s lap in advance.

    Until December 24

  • Charli XCX Sucker
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    Charli XCX, Sucker

    Get acquainted with next year’s pop superstar: the British signer Charli XCX. After a radio hit (“Boom Clap”) and an appearance on **Iggy Azalea’**s “Fancy,” she’s out with a brand new album, _Sucker.

    Available now_

  • Balanchines The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center
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    Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center

    We’re all for American Ballet Theatre’s adventurous twist on the classic but if you’re looking for the traditional treatment, get thee to Lincoln Center, where New York City Ballet is celebrating 60 years of performing The Nutcracker.
    Until January 3

  • Union Square Holiday Market
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    Union Square Holiday Market

    Get a last-minute gift or celebrate an end to the holiday shopping season with a sweet from Momofuku Milk Bar or Doughnuttery.
    Until December 24

  • Google Santa Tracker
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    Google Santa Tracker

    Is your child both tech-savvy and credulous? Let Google map Santa’s route from the North Pole to your chimney.

    Available now

  • New York Knicks vs. Washington Wizards
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    The New York Knicks vs. the Washington Wizards

    At Madison Square Garden, the holiday spirit takes a back seat when the Knicks’ tough-talking forward Carmelo Anthony faces off against the Wizards’ star point guard John Wall.
    Thursday, December 25

  • Selma
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    Selma

    Don’t miss the British actor **David Oyelowo’**s uncanny portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this new drama about the 1965 voting rights marches. It’s already being talked about as an awards contender.
    Opens Thursday, December 25

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