Theater: The Merlin Players present A Christmas Carol

This holiday masterpiece tells the story about a mean-spirited and selfish old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Tickets: $17 adults, students $10, available at the box office, www.paradisecenterforthearts.org or by calling 952-985-4640.