The Christmas Ship makes 4 West Seattle stops this weekend; Our Lady of Guadalupe lights its tree at the summit of Seattle’s highest hill; and West Seattle High School‘s Travel Club raises $ to cross the Atlantic — all part of the 51 West Seattle weekend events ahead:

ALL WEEKEND: Movies at the Admiral Theater (schedule here)

ALL WEEKEND: Christmas-tree shopping around West Seattle — see our list of lots and their prices, linked from the WSB Holidays page

CONTINUING THROUGH DEC. 20: Wreath sale to benefit Furry Faces Foundation, wreaths on display & available for sale @ Hotwire Coffee (made from cuttings)

FRIDAY: Fourth night of Hanukkah

FRIDAY & SATURDAY: “Symbols of Life” art show @ArtsWest, noon-7 pm both days

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Drop off new and “gently used” rummage sale items @ West Seattle High School for tomorrow’s WSHS Travel Club fundraising sale, 3-7 pm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Holiday Barrel Tasting & pre-sold wine pickup, Northwest Wine Academy, SSCC, 4-7 pm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Interfaith Community Christmas Celebration, hosted by/at Seattle LDS Stake, 4-9 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music @ C & P Coffee with Bobcat Bob, 6-8 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Holiday Craft Fair, cafeteria @ Lafayette Elementary, 6:30-8:30 pm (bring an item for food-bank donation)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Christmas tree lighting @ Our Lady of Guadalupe Church/School, 7 pm

FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Holiday Barrel Tasting & pre-sold wine pickup, Northwest Wine Academy, SSCC, 4-7 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: “O. Henry’s The Gifts of the Magi” @ ArtsWest (with WestSide Baby donation drive, read more here), 7:30 pm (buy tickets online)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark with Fear Train Caravan, Jubilee’s Child, Novena Novela, starts at 9 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT: Live music @ Easy Street After Hours with The Ronz and special guests, 9:30 pm

SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Swim at Southwest Pool (schedule here)

SATURDAY: Fifth night of Hanukkah

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Pancake breakfast, candy and craft sale, presented by West Seattle Lions @ West Seattle Senior Center, 8 am-1 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Orchard Street Ravine work party, 9 am-1 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: WSHS Travel Club fundraising sale at West Seattle High School, 9 am-3 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: North Delridge Adopt-a-Street cleanup, 10 am-2 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: West Duwamish Greenbelt work party, 10 am-2 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Holiday Bazaar at Delridge Community Center, 10 am-3 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Kitten Holiday Party @ Pet Elements, kittens (and “teenage” cats) available for adoption from Feral Care, Furry Faces Foundation wreaths on sale, coffee from Hotwire, party cake from Coffee to a Tea with Sugar, 11 am-3 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Holiday Barrel Tasting & pre-sold wine pickup, Northwest Wine Academy, SSCC, 11 am-3 pm

SATURDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON: Annual trunk show @ Murphy’s Furniture, 11 am-4 pm

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Polar Bear Plunge to call attention to global warming, meet @ noon @ Alki Bathhouse (read more here)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Santa photos at Westwood Village, noon-4 pm (more info here), bring a donation for White Center Food Bank

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Holiday art show and sale @ Ginomai art center (42nd/Genesee), hosted by Patricia Ann Wilson, noon-5 pm

SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: “Grand Adventures in Nickolai’s Toy Shoppe,” presented by The School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts Youth Performance Company, @ Youngstown Arts Center, 2 & 6 pm

SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING: Interfaith Community Christmas Celebration, hosted by/at Seattle LDS Stake, 4-9 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Christmas Ship visits Seacrest @ 5:15 pm, Lowman @ 8:50 pm, Alki @ 9:40 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music @ C & P Coffee with Ken Cofield, 6-8 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: “O. Henry’s The Gifts of the Magi” @ ArtsWest (with WestSide Baby donation drive, read more here), 7:30 pm (buy tickets online)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music at Skylark with Another Perfect Crime, Danielli, Ghost Lobby, starts at 9 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Live music @ Easy Street After Hours with The Lonely Forest and special guests, 9:30 pm

SATURDAY NIGHT: Union Jack (Rolling Stones tribute) plus The American Night (Doors tribute), Rocksport, 10 pm

SUNDAY: Sixth night of Hanukkah

SUNDAY MORNING: Children’s Lesson & Carols, St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, 9:30-10:45 am

SUNDAY MIDDAY: West Seattle Farmers’ Market @ The Junction, 10 am-2 pm

SUNDAY MIDDAY: Free flu-shot clinic, Delridge Community Center, 10 am-2 pm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Santa photos at Westwood Village, noon-4 pm (more info here), bring a donation for White Center Food Bank

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: “O. Henry’s The Gifts of the Magi” @ ArtsWest (with WestSide Baby donation drive, read more here), 1 pm (buy tickets online)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Live music @ C & P Coffee with Pete Tomack and guest, 3-5 pm

SUNDAY EVENING: “O. Henry’s The Gifts of the Magi” @ ArtsWest (with WestSide Baby donation drive, read more here), 5 pm (buy tickets online)

SUNDAY EVENING: Gingerbread-house decorating @ Capers, preregistration required ($25), 5:30 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: Taproot Theatre’s traveling improv group performs “An Improv Christmas Carol” in dessert theater @ West Seattle Christian Church ($10 tickets include dessert by Sugar Rush Baking Co. as well as the performance; call church office @ 932-2098), 6:30 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: Fauntleroy Church Chancel Choir community Christmas concert, featuring John Rutter’s Magnificat plus singalongs, 7 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: Community Choir Concert, SSCC’s OLY Hall, 7 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: All-ages live music at Skylark with Forever Growing, Supermassive, Shiftless Layabout, starts at 7 pm

SUNDAY NIGHT: Christmas Ship visits Don Armeni @ 7:10 pm

Are we missing anything? Let us know! And between weekends, keep an eye on our continuously updated Events page, plus our Holidays page!