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Friday
 · Music round-up extravaganza! Van Halen rocks the Staples Center, The Deadly Syndrome and Eskimohunter play at Crash Mansion for the Holiday Christmas Sweater Party, Imperial Teen are at the Troubadour, RZA plays the El Rey, Apex Theory are at the Whiskey.
· 1928 silent film classic The Crowd—the first movie to feature a bathroom with a real toilet!—screens at the Aero.

Saturday
 · The UCB Theater hosts The Dirtiest Sketch in LA Contest, featuring cash prizes ($3.07!) to whomever presents the filthiest sketch three-minutes-long or shorter.
· Musical interlude: Les Savy Fav at the El Rey, Stevie Wonder and friends at the Nokia Theater, Etta James at the Wiltern, and Snoop Dogg's Smokin Christmas Party is at the House of Blues.
· Generalized Anxiety Disorder, an art show about fear and anxiety, helps you work through your issues at the Walter Maciel Gallery.
Sunday
 · Unsilent Night invites you to stroll around Pan-Pacific Regional Park with any instrument of choice to make joyous holiday music together.
· Lacy Street Lofts' opening gala features multimedia artwork by the likes of Clive Barker and Robert Reynolds.