"A Christmas Carol" Set in a library on Christmas Eve, adapted by Bob Ford and Amy Herzberg, 2 p.m. today, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Christmas Eve, TheatreSquared in Fayetteville. $20-$54. 777-7477 or theatre2.org.
Now that the kids are out of school and playgrounds are wet and cold, many houses are a little loud for the holidays. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville has a solution for at least some of that time.