T’was the week before Christmas and all through the town, holiday fun was concluding, just winding down.

I could continue to parody Clement Moore’s overwrought poem, but my wife wears no kerchief, I got no cap. So let’s not.

Pressing Strings is perhaps the most famous Annapolis band at the moment, but their success makes hometown apperances rare. It’s been almost exactly a year since Jordan Sokel, Nick Welker, and Justin Kruger and Austin Day were in the city for a Christmas week concert, even if they’ve played a few dates nearby and around Maryland during a busy touring year.

Sunday, the group will perform two shows at Rams Head On Stage. The 5:30 p.m. performance was almost sold out by midweek, so the 8:30 p.m. ticket is your best bet. They’ll undoubtedly be playing songs from their August album release, “Minutes to Midnight.” Tickets are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door plus taxes and fees.

Rock and roll story

7 p.m. Thursday

The Annapolis Film Festival is offering a sneak peek of “Better Man,” the Paramount Pictures biopic on the life of British singer Robbie Williams that’s in theaters next month.

Arguably one of the best-known pop artists in his own country, Williams started in a boy band and evolved into a performer with an over-the-top stage presence. Yet he only had one hit in the United States, and his $100 million deal with the label EMI in 2002 for U.S. fame is sometimes blamed for its demise.

Tickets for the showing in the Bowen Theatre at Maryland Hall are $20.

Will there be camels?

6:30-8 p.m. Friday

Heritage Baptist Church hosts its “Living Nativity, featuring animals and costumed actors portraying Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus as the Three Magi arrive to meet the child.

The audience is led through a life-size storybook that explains the Christian story of Christmas, based on a reference in the Book of Matthew. Free.

Winter solstice

7 p.m. Friday

Ensemble Galilei performs its 34th Winter Solstice/Christmas Concert at historic St. Margaret’s Church, an annual homecoming for a classical music group with gravitas.

The ensemble includes tenor James Oxley, harpist Sue Richards, piper Isaac Alderson, Kathryn Montoya on winds, multi-instrumentalist Ginger Hildebrand and poet and violist Carolyn Surrick. Their resonance comes from decades of playing together in 46 states, on 15 CDs and 20 million plays on Spotify, as well as collaborations with everyone from NPR to NASA.

General admission is $40, with $35 tickets for students and seniors available in advance.

Bluegrass nuts

7:30 p.m. Friday

Live Arts Maryland makes a meal out of holiday performances, and its last bite of the season may be the zestiest yet.

The Front Porch Orchestra, an eight-piece band from Easton, brings “The Bluegrass Nutcracker” to the Live Arts Studio at the Annapolis Mall, a bar-for-bar rendition of “The Nutcracker” narrated with an eye for its oft-overlooked ridiculousness.

Tickets for the all-ages performance are $30 plus taxes and fees, with discounts for seniors, active military and students.

The final dance

Friday-Sunday

It’s your final weekend to catch the Ballet Theatre of Maryland production of “The Nutcracker” at Maryland Hall.

Performances begin at 7 p.m. Friday, followed by two matinees on Sunday. Before each Sunday performance, members of the audience can mingle with dancers and take photos at the Sugar Plum Party.

Tickets are $67.63, with discounts for seniors, military, students and children. A pass to stream the ballet at home is $36 per household.

Holiday run

7:30 a.m. Saturday

Wrap up your year of running at Naptown Half Marathon & 10K/5K on the Sunday before Christmas. Put on by the Revolution3 running production company, all three courses start at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and follow routes downtown and across the Naval Academy Bridge to the B&A Trail.

Joining the run costs $43.90, $91.60 or $134 depending on the route, plus taxes and fees.