“Elves” Jim Richardson and Cody Morris wait with reindeer Cupid and Vixen for their turn in the second annual Santa’s Arrival Parade Nov. 21 at Park Meadows Mall.

Between December 1938 and September 1939, through the singular generosity of the United Kingdom, ten thousand children found refuge in England. Of these, only a thousand were ever reunited with their parents.

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Claudia Cangilla McAdam’s Web site says she’s been writing for three decades— authoring a dozen books and numerous magazine and newspaper articles and stories. Her most recent book, “Awakening,” tells of a 14-year-old girl’s time travel back to Jerusalem of 2000 years ago, when Jesus was in the community and teaching.

“Food, Glorious Food” sets the scene as hungry little orphans line up for a meager meal. Among their number is plucky, pint-sized Oliver Twist, who manages to prevail over the system. Charles Dickens” timeless characters will fill the Town Hall stage as “Oliver!” the musical by Lionel Bart, plays through Dec. 27, directed by the multi-talented Christopher Willard, with musical direction by Donna Debreceni. Town Hall Arts Center offers this family show in its historic theater at 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton. 303-794-2787 ext. 5; www.townhallartscenter.com.

Act I opens with scruffy, depressed, kleptomaniac Maggie (Sara Mae Johnson) clutching a shopping bag filled with her latest acquisitions. With her is preachy 12 Step advocate Paul (David Harms), formerly an expert in safe-cracking, who declares that he has been “theft-free” for 686 days. He wants to enlist her in one of his many 12 Step programs: this one is for recovering thieves.