Oktoberfest is dead. Halloween is dead. The Day of the Dead is dead. Even Thanksgiving is dead. Well, at least to the Northwest Repertory Singers. The Tacoma-based organization has just nudged out the department stores in the race toward Christmas. The choral group is currently rehearsing for its annual December concerts, and like every year, opens the singing sessions to the public. That's right, Hermey! It's not even yet time to set clocks back an hour or pay way too much for a pumpkin, and grandma is going to get run over by a reindeer a little earlier this year. So exchange your pumpkin sweater with that candy cane ditty in the back of your closet, because the sugarplums are rockin, and there's no need for any knocking.

NORTHWEST REPERTORY SINGERS, 6:30 p.m., Mason United Methodist Church, 2710 N. Madison St., free admission, 253.265.3042