Christmas Eve in Harvard Square

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Celebrate Christmas Eve, the loveliest night of the year, at UpStairs on the Square.
$85 Prix Fixe menu (half price for children), reservations start at 5pm. The menu includes a choice of Classic Prime Rib, Sage Roasted Half Chicken, Christmas Spiced Artic Char and more delectable options. UpStairs is also open for Christmas Eve lunch, finish your shopping with a lunch and a pop!
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UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street, 617-864-1933

16 Garden Street is hosting a Festive Holiday Buffet on Christmas Day from noon-3:30pm. A small sampling of what will be offered includes winter vegetable soup with pesto croutons, prime rib of beef carving station, Yule logs, chocolate truffles, eggnog and French-cut Sattler chicken with champagne cranberry cream!
$45 for adults, $20 for children, tax/gratuity not included and children under 4 are admitted free of charge.
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16 Garden Street, 16 Garden Street, 617-234-1365, http://www.sheraton.com/commander

Sandrine’s offers a French take on Christmas Eve with a mouth watering menu that includes quail, bass, escargot and lobster butternut squash bisque. Both an a la carte and a prix fixe menu are available (see menu for details)
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Sandrine’s, 8 Holyoke Street, 617-497-5300, www.sandrines.com

Activities and Events

The Brattle Theatre is closed on Christmas Eve. Re-opens Christmas Day with movie classics: Grapes of Wrath at 4:15 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. / Edward Scissorhands at 9:30 p.m.
The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, 617-876-8021, www.brattlefilm.org

Harvard Museum of Natural History offers Free Admission to all Massachusetts residents on Sunday, Dec. 26 from 9 AM until 12 noon and on Wednesday Dec. 29 from 3-5 p.m. Bring visitors to see the renovated African wildlife gallery or the Blaschka Glass Flowers. Pick up a Marauder’s Map to explore the galleries with the Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt through December 31. (Museum closed Dec 24, 25 & Jan 1)

Follow your visit with lunch or dinner in Harvard Square, www.harvardsquare.com where your HMNH membership card earns you a 10% discount on your meal (excluding drinks) at Grafton Street, Temple Bar, Redline or Russell House Tavern.
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

The Charles Hotel has open hours for the public during holiday season, including abbreviated hours on Christmas Day. Visit the Charles Hotel website for details.
Rink Hours:
Christmas Eve – 10am – 6pm
Christmas Day – 10am – 2pm
Dec. 26 – Jan. 2nd – 10am – 6pm
The CharlesHotel, 1 Bennett Street, 617-864-1200, www.charleshotel.com