Mark your calendar for various productions of “The Nutcracker” and “A Christmas Carol,” Dickens of a Holiday, Holly Jolly Days, holiday concerts and light shows and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Dickens in Dundee, tree lightings, parades and festivals throughout the suburbs, Breakfast with Santa, Highwood’s Elf Invasion Pub Crawl, “Nutcrackers” and more happening this week.

Six homes will be open for visitors to take in the spirit of the season on the Mount Prospect Historical Society’s Holiday Housewalk. Among them will be the Colonial-style home of a descendant of one of the village’s founding families.

Mark your calendar for the opening of Santa’s Rock N Lights in Geneva, Aurora Christkindlmarket at RiverEdge Park, Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic, Long Grove Vintage Holidays, the Great American Dog Show and more happening this week.