Central Cinema continues its charming TV Dinner series—in which beloved television shows light up the big screen before audiences offered food and drink—with a night of Christmas-themed TV specials. On the bill: 1965’s existentially harrowing A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1966’s blessedly Jim Carrey–free Dr. Seuss cartoon How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and 1988’s Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special, a mind-bending delight featuring Oprah Winfrey, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Little Richard, k.d. lang, Grace Jones, Magic Johnson, Joan Rivers, Charo, and the Del Rubio Triplets. (Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave, www.central-cinema.com, 7 pm, free, reserve a spot with a $5 food voucher, all ages)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...