With loads of events on the holiday calendar, music that celebrates the season might be the best gift to give. The following classical events and concerts, listed in order of appearance, promise to bring winter warmth and musical thrills.

San Francisco Symphony: Davies Symphony Hall is a one-stop shop for holiday cheer, with concerts, films with live orchestra, and special events galore. The season includes Handel’s “Messiah” (Dec. 5-6), a “Deck the Hall” concert (Dec. 7), “Peter and the Wolf” with Nickelodeon “”Blues Clues and You!” star Joshua Dela Cruz as narrator (Dec. 14), “Holiday Gaiety with Peaches Christ” (Dec. 17), “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (Dec. 21-22), and more.

Details: Dec. 5-22, $24.50-up; sfsymphony.org.

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