Merry or scary? Flowchart leads to your perfect Las Vegas Christmas

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The Holiday Cactus Garden at Ethel M Chocolates Factory marks its 26th year. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

Skate to your heart’s content at the Rock Rink in Downtown Summerlin. No credit

After gliding around the rink at the The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ Boulevard Pool, warm up at the fire pits. (Erik Kabik)

The Las Vegas Philharmonic will perform at their concert, “A Baroque Holiday — Handel’s Messiah,” on Dec. 6.

Bring the family to enjoy holiday classics performed twice on Dec. 7 by the Las Vegas Philharmonic. Credit: Getty Images

Majestic Repertory Theatre’s “Krampus” invites audience members to a family party gone terribly wrong. Getty images

Paula Dymond of Toronto, left, and Jen Jakubowicz of Philadelphia pose in front of a 15-foot-tall gingerbread house in the lobby of Aria in Las Vegas Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. The team at the Patisserie at Aria constructed the structure, baked over 600 pounds of gingerbread, including 5-foot-tall gingerbread people and giant sugar bears. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Bartenders Clint "Spotty" Spotleson, left, and Bryan Pierzga, right, mix drinks at the Sand Dollar Lounge in Las Vegas, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. The bar is hosting Miracle on Spring Mountain, a five-week holiday pop-up with extravagant decorations and a specialty cocktail menu. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae

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There isn’t a wrong or right way to celebrate this time of year — even if you go all out for Boxing Day.

For some of you, there’s no place like a concert or a skating rink for the holidays, and that’s great.

Others, though, may like their seasonal chills to come more from terror than the weather, and an interactive evening with a European goat demon may be just what Santa ordered.

Follow the flowchart below for a look at local Christmas events, ranging from the traditional to the unconventional.