Atlantic Ballet Company’s annual Christmas-by-the-Sea production of “The Nutcracker” returns to the Camden Opera House; shows are 7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $18, $15 younger than 13/older than 64, online at BuyNutcrackerTickets.com. Tickets also at Planet Toys, Camden; Grasshopper Shop, Rockland; Townline Video, Warren; and Sherman’s Books, Damariscotta.

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