Which insane holiday spectacular will you see this year?
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December will be rolling around soon, and that, of course, means it’s time to start thinking about which bizarre, postmodern holiday extravaganza you want to witness with friends and/or relatives. Find yourself in the mood to hear Christmas classics as interpreted by a neo-classical, symphonic metal supergroup? Do you like lasers and dangerous pyrotechnics? Then you’re going to want to check out Trans-Siberian Orchestra when the group baptizes the Xcel Energy Center in spectacle Dec. 4.
Squealing yuletide guitars not your thing? Fine. They’ll be saving a seat for you at Mystic Lake as Cirque Dreams Holidaze: A New Wonderland plays an 11-day engagement at the resort/casino, starting Dec. 1. Nothing says Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa quite like a bunch of acrobats in skintight unitards flying around a tinsel-littered stage in the throes of some strange, pancultural ritual of carnal ecstasy.
Yes, it’s a potentially soul-shattering decision. But if you, like so many of us here at The A.V. Club, do not have the funds to attend every possible Christmas spectacular this season, the veritable Sophie’s Choice presented by this situation is unavoidable.
