If so, get ready: Ballet Tucson’s “The Nutcracker” opens at 7:30 p.m. today. Life music, exquisite dancers, sugarplum fairies ... how could you resist? Performances are repeated at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Christmas Eve. Catch it at the Tucson Music Hall in the Tucson Convention Center. Tickets are $25-$54. 1-800-745-3000.

