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Music

* The Pacific Symphony presents “Holiday Magic,” family programs today at 10 and 11:30 a.m. ($10-$12), then joins the Pacific Chorale in Handel’s “Messiah” at 3 p.m. today ($18-$50) at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. (714) 755-5799.

* The combined choirs of Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church perform Schubert’s “Magnificat” at the church, 20444 Magnolia St., Huntington Beach. 7:30 tonight. $8-$10. (714) 962-3333.

* Russian singer Svetlana Portnyanskaya presents a Hanukkah concert at the Jewish Community Center of Orange County, 250 E. Baker St., Costa Mesa. 8 tonight. $15-$30. (949) 755-0340.

Jazz/Blues

* The Freddy Cole Quartet gives a Christmas concert at the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s Founders Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 7:30 and 9:45 tonight. $28-$32. (714) 556-2787.

* The Pete Jolly Trio plays at Spaghettini, 3005 Old Ranch Parkway, Seal Beach. 8 tonight. Free. (562) 596-2199.

* The Jeff Clayton Quartet with Bill Cunliffe plays at Steamers Cafe, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton. 8 tonight. $3, plus two-item minimum. (714) 871-8800.

Pop/Rock

* Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Bros. give a pops concert with the Pacific Symphony at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 8 tonight. $22-$77. (714) 755-5799.

* Ozomatli and Blues Explosion play at the Galaxy Concert Theatre, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana. 8 tonight. $13.50-$15.50. (714) 957-0600.

* Amy Grant sings a Christmas program at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, 2695 E. Katella Ave. 8 tonight. $29.50-$45. (714) 704-2500.

* Bomboras, Satan’s Pilgrim and the Dynatones play at Club Mesa, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. 9 tonight. $7. (949) 642-8448.

* Wank, All the Madmen, Walter Clevenger and the Simpletons play at Linda’s Doll Hut, 107 S. Adams St., Anaheim. 9 tonight. $7, benefits Orangewood Children’s Home. (714) 533-1286.

Stage

* “The Christmas Post,” a holiday musical, opens at Coast Hills Community Church, 5 Pursuit, Aliso Viejo. 6 tonight. Also 8:45 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Free. (714) 362-0079.

Dance

* The Daria Bearden Foundation dances “The Nutcracker” at Plummer Auditorium, 201 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton. 3 and 7 p.m. today. Also 2 p.m. Sunday. $12.50-$15.50. (714) 544-3795.

Kids

* Puppeteer Tait Hill presents “A Visit to Santa’s Workshop” at the Children’s Museum at La Habra, 301 S. Euclid St. Noon today. Museum admission: $4. (562) 905-9793.

Events

* Orange County Model Engineers offers free train rides at Fairview Park, on Placentia Avenue between Adams Avenue and Wilson Street, Costa Mesa. 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. today. Free. Also Sunday. (949) 548-7246.

--Compiled by Kenneth Williams