JOHN WATERS!—If there’s one thing John Waters knows, it’s the trashy delights that can be wrung from Christmastime. The cult filmmaker and author’s delightfully charming one-man show A John Waters Christmas is a hysterical must-see, as Waters is one of the most erudite, elegant, and funny people alive, a true Prince of Puke among men. COURTNEY FERGUSON
Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie, 8 pm, $36-105
FILM—Watching Monty Python’s Life of Brian on something other than your grandparents’ Betamax is a reasonable holiday activity. It’s one of the better Python films—not the one where the compulsive eater’s stomach explodes, but the one about the fellow (Brian!) born one manger stall down from Jesus Christ and doomed to a life of mistaken identity. Happy birthday Brian! Also Jesus! DENIS C. THERIAULT
Academy Theater, 7818 SE Stark, see Movie Times, $3-4